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Excluding $240.7 impairment charge, firm beat estimates.
Newsreel: Fashion Companies Expand Offerings
Moderate knit firms Nina Leonard and Lauren Hanson, and sportswear company Krazy Kat mix it up for fall.
Under Seige, Vendors and Retailers Become Closer Partners
Their number-one strategy: Becoming better allies with their equally struggling retail partners.
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Retailers shopping Moda Manhattan were still determining how much lower their fall open-to-buys will be.
Buyers Scour for ‘Special’ Items at Train
With retailers at the Train show here saying they reduced their open-to-buys by 10 to 33 percent for fall…
Warnaco Sees Loss, but Beats Expectations
Sales decline 4 percent in quarter.
Mainstream Vendors Reduce Wholesale Prices
Mainstream designers lower wholesale prices, launch less expensive capsule collections, and trim away…
Li & Fung to Take Over Claiborne Sourcing
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Retailers Get Sense of Optimism From Fall Shows
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Siegel Back at Lacoste
Robert Siegel's retirement from Lacoste lasted five weeks.
Obituary: Robert Fairchild, 66
Robert Fairchild, a member of the family that founded WWD and other Fairchild publications, died Monday.