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 FASHION RETAIL BEAUTY SPORTSWEAR EYE MEMOPAD TEXTILES ACCESSORIES FINANCIAL FASHIONCAREERS.COM  | Monday, April 23, 2007 TODAY'S TOP STORIES Good Times Roll On: Luxury Watch Sales Reach Record Heights There's never been a better time for luxury watches. Beauty Beat: New Suitor May Enter Bid for Boots The bidding war for control of Alliance Boots has begun. M&A Deals to Keep Up Breakneck Pace Don't expect a slowdown in M&A activity anytime soon, particularly after Foot Locker's $1.2 billion tender offer Friday for all the outstanding shares of Genesco Inc. _________________________________________________ Regional Manager Regional Manager needed for High End Company. Position will be based in California and involve travel. Ideal candidate will work with store managers and liaison with corporate. Luxury experience a must. Please respond with "WWD Regional Manager" in the subject line of your email. Apply at wwd@24seveninc.com _________________________________________________ ACCESSORIES Gruosi Takes Innovative Path at de Grisogono It took a little luck and a passion for product innovation for Fawaz Gruosi to build de Grisogono into a $300 million company. Sotheby's Hubbard Gavels In 30 After 30 years at Sotheby's, Lisa Hubbard has come to a personal epiphany: "My taste surpasses my buying power." Findings: Diamond Daiquiri... Let The Music Play... Bouffant Baubles... British artist Marc Quinn, who used his own frozen blood for a sculpture, has been working with materials that are more enticing. Samsonite Couture: Sky's the Limit Samsonite's premium division, Black Label, launched its Couture collection last Tuesday in Moscow, a city rooted both in history and new wave luxury, much like the company itself. Limitless Luxury: Top Trends From Baselworld and SIHH Fairs Gemstone-drenched evening cuff watches made an appearance at brands such as Harry Winston and Breguet, taking the place of dainty styles. _________________________________________________ New from WWD, DNR and FN fashioncareers.com Introducing the premier online career center delivering quality, targeted search results and access to relevant news. _________________________________________________ INNERWEAR REPORT Flora Nikrooz Blooms at The Age Group When designer Flora Nikrooz sold her sleepwear company to The Age Group in 2003, the new owners had a three-year plan for annual volume of $15 million to $20 million and quintupling the number of doors in which the brand was sold. Little Joe by Gail Elliott to Open 3rd Store, U.S. Units on Horizon British-born model-turned-designer Gail Elliott will open her latest Little Joe by Gail Elliott boutique in the central business district here next month in The Strand, a picturesque, Victorian-era shopping arcade. FINANCIAL Prada Enhances Web Site With Artistic Feel Prada's Web site now has an artsy bent. Starting today, aficionados surfing the brand's prada.com page will find a new small icon to the right that reads pdf. Companies Focus on Brands as Lending Assets Brands rule and can offer an alternative source for companies to lend against. Supply Chain Financing Beyond Letters of Credit International open account trade was once riddled with challenges for companies looking to do business on a global scale. Intellectual Property: Using It as Leverage WWD sat down with West Coast factoring executives earlier this year to discuss industry trends. Brands emerged as a key one for the year. Haggar Turns Focus to Women's The reinvention of Haggar is entering its second phase, and it revolves around the women's business. Saint Louis Galleria Adds Curfew The 1.2 million-square-foot Saint Louis Galleria is the latest mall to impose a youth curfew in an effort to restore a consumer-friendly atmosphere for weekend shopping. TEXTILE & TRADE REPORT China Growth Seen Hurting Neighbors China's robust economic growth and sharp market share gains in exports of key products from apparel and footwear to furniture and electronics pose a serious challenge to Asia-Pacific nations, according to a United Nations report. EYE Grecian Formula The statues, sarcophagi, urns and amphorae that crowd the new Greek and Roman Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art might be ancient, but the revelry that took place there Wednesday night was nearly Dionysian. _________________________________________________ WWD Fashion Career Expo - Coming Soon To L.A.! May 17th, 10 AM - 3 PM, Los Angeles CA Market Center, 110 East 9th Street Hundreds of prescreened candidates meet hiring decision-makers of marquee companies in the fashion, retail and beauty industries for one day of interviewing. Interested in attending? Visit ww.FashionCareerExpo.com Interested in exhibiting? Contact Melissa Yoblon at (212) 655-4505 ext. 262 or MYoblon@FashionCareeerExpo.com to reserve your booth now! www.FashionCareerExpo.com _________________________________________________ MEDIA/ADVERTISING Memo Pad: Sprouting More Shoots... The Big O... Passion Of Armani... Though Rodale folded Organic Style in 2005, fans of the magazine will be vindicated both by the green media groundswell and the fact that some of its former senior staffers are reviving the model - this time online. Obituary Helen R. Walton, Helped to Mold Wal-Mart, 87 Helen R. Walton helped shape the business strategy and the early culture of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., founded by her husband, Sam Walton. Irwin Alfin, Scent Exec Irwin Alfin, a former executive at Chanel and Revlon who began his own fragrance distribution business in the Eighties called Alfin Fragrances Inc., died Thursday at Presbyterian Hospital here, said his son, David. He was 77. FASHION Fashion Scoops: From Legend To Legend... Coco Jovo... Pucci's Recruit... Ralph Lauren, who's receiving an American Fashion Legend Award at this year's Council of Fashion Designers of America's 2007 Fashion Awards, will have the honor bestowed upon him by a legend in her own right. _________________________________________________ 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 _________________________________________________ GENERAL In Brief: AEO Sues Payless... Battling The Byrd Amendment American Eagle Outfitters said Friday it has filed suit against Payless ShoeSource over its use of the American Eagle footwear mark Payless acquired from shoe wholesaler Jimlar Corp. last year. | Advertisement  | ||||||
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