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		FASHION RETAIL BEAUTY SPORTSWEAR EYE MEMOPAD TEXTILES ACCESSORIES FINANCIAL FASHIONCAREERS.COM		Monday, April 09, 2007 TODAY'S TOP STORIES Fashionably Pregnant: Chic Maternity Styles See Innerwear Boom Fashion lingerie is crossing over into the specialized field of maternitywear. Growth Time for Gucci Watches Frida Giannini keeps to her fast-paced schedule with the object that takes the longest for her to design and produce. Margin Rates Robust in 4th Qtr. Better-managed markdowns, stronger same-store sales and improved inventory management boosted gross margin rates for most retailers during the fourth quarter of 2006. _________________________________________________ Information Architect / User Interface Design Sorry, but this is NOT a visual design position for graphic or web designers. It IS an Information Architect and User Interface Design position for a New York based company. We are seeking a User Interface designer for a full-time, contract-to-hire position (temp to perm). You will work with the Director of User Interface Design to concept and design user interfaces and interaction models for both web and application based systems. You will take your work from concept through to production. Please respond with "WWD Information Architect" in the subject line of your email. Apply at wwd@24seveninc.com _________________________________________________ FINANCIAL Wal-Mart U.S. Bolsters Executive Team Wal-Mart U.S. president and chief executive officer Eduardo Castro-Wright has shuffled the top leadership of the retailer's largest operating division, taking another step in an aggressive, three-year turnaround plan. Retail Lifts Employment Growth in March Hiring at apparel retailers helped push total U.S. job growth last month to a seasonally adjusted 180,000 new positions, more than economists anticipated and the biggest pickup since December. U.N. Expert Seeks More Corporate Responsibility The United Nations' top independent expert on corporate social responsibility issues has called for greater accountability by global corporations and said initiatives on this front had still not engaged many state-owned enterprises. Strong Sales at Chicago's StyleMax Midwestern retailers placed bigger buys at StyleMax this season, buoyed by fresh fall fashions and strong spring business. The Future of Technology and Fashion Imagine a device, no larger than a washing machine, that reduces your clothes to mere algorithms and then reinvents them into entirely new designs. World Bank Sees Strong Asian Growth The World Bank forecasts that growth will stay robust this year in China, Cambodia and Vietnam, which are all dynamic, key exporters of apparel. _________________________________________________ New from WWD, DNR and FN fashioncareers.com Introducing the premier online career center delivering quality, targeted search results and access to relevant news. _________________________________________________ EYE Here's the Skinny Blazers and jeans are about as original a combo as peanut butter and jelly. FASHION Fashion Scoops: Heady Art... Luella's New Home Hedi Slimane, the former Dior Homme designer, is readying for a series of art shows even as he contemplates a return to fashion with his own label. Alberta Ferretti To Do Children's Alberta Ferretti is launching a children's line aimed at girls ages 4 to 12 that is to bow for spring-summer 2008 at Pitti Bimbo, the international trade exhibition set to run in Florence from June 29 to July 1. Bright Eyes Judging from the spring collections, neon brights will be popping up in store windows tout de suite. MEDIA/ADVERTISING Memo Pad: Taking Space... Gearing Up... New Style... The New York Observer is intensifying its efforts to position itself as a player in the real estate world, per the interests of its new owner, Jared Kushner. Rare Find Forget the gambling and the showgirls - with high-tech new music venues popping up like mushrooms, rock stars now have more reason than ever to make a pit stop in Las Vegas. _________________________________________________ STILL NOT A SUBSCRIBER? WWD.COM is the fashion industry's must-have business tool! Get all the day's industry news, up-to-the-minute breaking news, web exclusives, complete classified listings and more. http://www.wwd.com/jump/subscribe _________________________________________________ BEAUTY REPORT Beauty Beat: Marionnaud France Taps Several Top Executives... Symrise Joins Biotech Partnership... Clarins' Product Investigated in France... Marionnaud France has added some high-profile names to its executive lineup. On Friday, the perfumery chain named Serge Guevel as its finance director, replacing Richard Lenoit, who has left the company. RETAIL Pampolina Launches Stateside Pampolina's European flair will land in the U.S. this fall. Self-Purchasing Propels Ippolita as It Plans Madison Ave. Store While many fine jewelry brands rely on extravagant gift-giving for the bulk of their sales, Ippolita has cultivated a customer who wants to reward herself. CHILDREN'S WEAR REPORT Seven For All Mankind's Play Time Seven For All Mankind is done playing around with children's wear. Citibabes Retails in Cyberspace Citibabes may be an exclusive, members-only club in New York, but with the launch of citibabes.com's online store, dressing chic children (and parents) just got more inclusive. GENERAL In Brief: Acquisitive Arnault... True Religion Expanding Bernard Arnault, chairman of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, has finalized a deal to buy France's Go Voyages travel agency through his Financiere Agache Private Equity holding company.		Advertisement