My New Toys

No need for a man purse, wear an iPad vest instead!

You’ve got the hottest new gadget in town. Now where do you put it

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At NY Fashion Week: LVMH invests in next-gen artisans

Inside a loft at Milk Studios , the DJs pumped up the beat and Champagne flowed as Renaud Dutreil talked about the future of fashion. As the chairman of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton Inc, the North American arm of the world’s largest luxury goods company, Dutreil has a lot invested in the subject

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Chico’s sexes it up a little

Who says people have to dress frumpy or dowdy in a recession? Apparently not Chico’s FAS .  The mature women’s chain, which operates Chico’s , White House/Black Market and Soma Intimates chains, has made major strides in making its merchandise more fashionable in the past year, and has been rewarded with stellar results in the third quarter and shares that are up eightfold in the last year.

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Coach’s Frankfort talks about holiday season, consumers

Coach Inc. on Tuesday reported better-than-expected second-quarter profit , as more people visited Coach stores and more of those visitors snapped up the retailer’s full-priced handbags. In a telephone interview, Coach Chief Executive Lew Frankfort discusses what happened during the quarter and holiday season, as well as his views on the American consumer.

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Coach’s Frankfort talks about holiday season, consumers

Coach Inc. on Tuesday reported better-than-expected second-quarter profit , as more people visited Coach stores and more of those visitors snapped up the retailer’s full-priced handbags.

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Coach’s Frankfort talks about holiday season, consumers

Coach Inc. on Tuesday reported better-than-expected second-quarter profit , as more people visited Coach stores and more of those visitors snapped up the retailer’s full-priced handbags. In a telephone interview, Coach Chief Executive Lew Frankfort discusses what happened during the quarter and holiday season, as well as his views on the American consumer.

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Audrey Fans Dancing into Gap Stores

    Audrey Hepburn may have window shopped at Tiffany’s, but the Gap says that her fans have been lured inside its own stores, as the style icon’s new ad campaign fills shop windows and television screens this fall.     On Thursday, Gap Inc. cited its Audrey Hepburn skinny black jeans television and print campaign as “supporting improved store traffic in September” that contributed to a less–than-expected overall same-store sales decline of 3 percent. Wall Street had been anticipating a fall of 4.2 percent on average, according to Reuters research.

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Audrey Fans Dancing into Gap Stores

    Audrey Hepburn may have window shopped at Tiffany’s, but the Gap says that her fans have been lured inside its own stores, as the style icon’s new ad campaign fills shop windows and television screens this fall.     On Thursday, Gap Inc. cited its Audrey Hepburn skinny black jeans television and print campaign as “supporting improved store traffic in September” that contributed to a less–than-expected overall same-store sales decline of 3 percent.

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Audrey Fans Dancing into Gap Stores

    Audrey Hepburn may have window shopped at Tiffany’s, but the Gap says that her fans have been lured inside its own stores, as the style icon’s new ad campaign fills shop windows and television screens this fall.     On Thursday, Gap Inc. cited its Audrey Hepburn skinny black jeans television and print campaign as “supporting improved store traffic in September” that contributed to a less–than-expected overall same-store sales decline of 3 percent.

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Audrey Fans Dancing into Gap Stores

    Audrey Hepburn may have window shopped at Tiffany’s, but the Gap says that her fans have been lured inside its own stores, as the style icon’s new ad campaign fills shop windows and television screens this fall.     On Thursday, Gap Inc. cited its Audrey Hepburn skinny black jeans television and print campaign as “supporting improved store traffic in September” that contributed to a less–than-expected overall same-store sales decline of 3 percent.

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