Fashion Design

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

WWD Breaking News

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-Burberry is building on its Icons collection - which consisted chiefly of accessories upon its launch last March to mark the company's 150th anniversary - by expanding into performance sportswear, loungewear and clothing for evening...

-Inditex, the Spanish fast-fashion conglomerate that runs the Zara chain, on Wednesday outpaced market expectations for the ninth consecutive quarter as it reported a 30 percent hike in fourth-quarter profit, driven by aggressive store openings in France, Spain and Italy...

-Buxton, a retail research firm, concluded that the average growth rate in retail businesses for all metropolitan statistical areas in the U.S. during the last three years was 14 percent. This week's WWD List ranks these metro areas by the highest retail business growth from 2003-2006...



For complete coverage, see tomorrow's issue of WWD.



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