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Byline: Illustrations by KYLE HILTON The Essentialist 1 Amazon's Fashion Push Amazon quietly launched at least seven private-label fashion brands recently and is now looking to build out its team [...]

The Essentialist Market Report 1 Stock Market Tremors Last week's wild ride on Wall Street that wiped out $1 trillion in market capitalization of the S&P 500 was triggered when [...]

Byline: EDITED BY EVAN CLARK By KARI HAMANAKA ILLUSTRATION BY DAN WOODGER Sink or Swim Action sports brands are trying to get their mojo back after the rise of fast [...]

Byline: EVAN CLARK P&G Still Weighing Beauty Options Procter & Gamble Co. is still looking for the exit for at least parts of its massive beauty portfolio. The consumer products [...]

Byline: EVAN CLARK No End To The Woes At American Apparel American Apparel Inc. is teetering on the edge of chaos. And if that in itself is nothing new, this [...]

Byline: EVAN CLARK Fekkai Looking to Buy Back Brand Frédéric Fekkai is looking to take advantage of the turmoil of restructuring at the Procter & Gamble Co. and buy back [...]

Byline: EVAN CLARK Appeals Court Reinstates Macy's Case Against Penney's J.C. Penney co. Inc. came up 0-for-2 on Thursday. A New York State appeals court reinstated much of Macy's Inc.'s [...]

Byline: RACHEL STRUGATZ and EVAN CLARK Web Giants' Differing Growth Plans Web Titans Alibaba and Amazon both turned in profit declines for the final three months of 2014 - but [...]

Byline: EVAN CLARK EBay Cutting 2,400 Jobs EBay Inc. is not just splitting up, it's also slimming down. The e-commerce giant said it would cut its global workforce by 7 [...]

Byline: EVAN CLARK WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM VICKI M. YOUNG AND ARNOLD J. KARR Tiffany Slips, Lululemon Shines in Outlooks Tiffany & Co. and Lululemon Athletica Inc. might play in the [...]

Byline: EVAN CLARK Neiman Marcus Sees Luxe Strength All things considered, the luxe consumer is feeling pretty comfy - at least according to Karen Katz, president and chief executive officer [...]

Byline: EVAN CLARK J. Crew Credit Rating Cut Weakness at J. Crew Group Inc. has trickled down from its cash registers to its bottom line, and now its credit rating. [...]

Byline: EVAN CLARK WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ARNOLD J. KARR Tiffany Shares Rise on Strong Q3 Sales Shares of Tiffany & Co. extended their winning streak and set a new all-time [...]

Byline: PETE BORN and EVAN CLARK Race Heats Up for P&G Post The Race to succeed A.G. Lafley has shifted into a new gear. More names have emerged in the [...]

Byline: - EVAN CLARK AA Spends $1.3M Battling Charney American Apparel Inc.'S battle with its suspended chief executive officer, Dov Charney, took a bite out of the company's bottom line [...]

Ad Sales Drive Twitter Revenues Investors drove shares of Twitter Inc. up 29 percent in after-hours trading Tuesday after the company showed that it was gaining ground as an advertising [...]

Amazon Loss Widens to $126M in Qtr. Wall street loves a growth story above almost all else - but eventually investors want to see a profit and Amazon.com Inc. might [...]

Byline: - EVAN CLARK Alibaba Updates Growth Profile Alibaba group pulled back the curtain a little more in a regulatory filing Monday, revealing a company that is gaining momentum as [...]

J. Crew's Challenge: What's It Worth? What might be J. Crew group's greatest asset - the exacting and merchandising-infused leadership of Millard 'Mickey' Drexler - has become something of a [...]

Express Downsizing To Increase Profits The weak first quarter has left specialty chains scrambling to reinvent, resize and - more immediately - contend with a very promotional climate at the [...]

MEMO PAD WIRED NEW YORK: Gotham's tech crowd headed downtown to the Museum of Jewish Heritage Tuesday to Wired's Bizcon 2014 - where the promise of advertising on Tumblr and [...]

Arden Hires Banker To Explore Options Blame it on Justin Bieber. Elizabeth Arden Inc., which reignited the celebrity fragrance category with the Canadian pop sensation's first scent, hasn't been able [...]

Nordstrom Keeps Pace With Consumer At Nordstrom Inc., digital is now just a fact of life. 'The Nordstrom team is squarely focused on a strategy that serves customers the way [...]

Alibaba Files for U.S. IPO NEW YORK - Alibaba Group finally made its move. The Web giant - which generated $248 billion in merchandise sales in China last year - [...]

FASHION SCOOPS ADDING UP ON FACEBOOK: Facebook is officially in the video advertising game, having pulled the trigger on its Premium Video Ads program Thursday. The company, which began testing [...]

KATE SPADE Last Brand Standing As William L. Mccomb passes the baton to Craig Leavitt, he's handing over a company projecting significant growth in its primary business: Kate Spade. Fifth [...]

MACY'S ON THE MOVE Evan Clark The Macy's Inc. Retail machine continues to roll on. The end result of decades of consolidation with 840 doors and nearly $28 billion in [...]

Men's Wearhouse Earnings Slip in Q3 By EVAN CLARK The Men's Wearhouse Inc. registered lower third-quarter earnings and a modest uptick in sales, but remained mostly mum on its $1.2 [...]

The Arc of Liz Claiborne Evan Clark and Vicki M. Young At the company's height in 2006, it posted annual volume of $4.99 billion and a portfolio of 40 brands. [...]

Penney's Comps Rise 10.1% in November EVAN CLARK J.C. Penney Co. Inc. continued to gain momentum last month with comparable-store sales increasing 10.1 percent. Myron 'Mike' Ullman 3rd, chief executive [...]

Estée Lauder Cos. in Fragrance Push By EVAN CLARK NEW YORK Fragrance is coming into focus at the Estée Lauder Cos. Inc., which beat first-quarter profit expectations with a modest [...]

P&G's Beauty Sales Slip, Profits Rise By EVAN CLARK The procter & gamble Co.'s beauty business managed to overcome a dip in sales and drove first-quarter net profits up 5 [...]

Moody's Downgrades Neiman Marcus Debt By EVAN CLARK Moody's investors service cut its credit rating on Neiman Marcus Group and weighed in on the prospective financing package that will fund [...]

Penney's Said Mulling More Funding Options By VICKI M. YOUNG AND EVAN CLARK J.C. Penney Co. Inc. is taking steps to enhance its liquidity and further boost vendors' confidence about [...]

Adidas Cuts Full-Year Forecast EVAN CLARK Adidas AG trimmed back expectations for the year in the wake of stiffer currency headwinds, a 'short-term distribution constraint' in Russia and softness in [...]

Nordstrom Targets Online Sales of $6B By EVAN CLARK WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SHARON EDELSON Nordstrom inc. is looking for big-time growth online. 'Our e-commerce business, it was $1.03 billion last [...]

Neiman's Credit Rating Under Watch EVAN CLARK Moody's investors Service and Standard & Poor's are both reviewing their credit ratings on Neiman Marcus Group, anticipating that the firm's $6 billion [...]

Zale Posts Profit in Year EVAN CLARK Zale Corp. narrowed fourth-quarter losses significantly, pulling itself back into the black for its fiscal year. Quarterly losses shrunk to $8 million, or [...]

Express Reports Sales, Net Gains EVAN CLARK Express Inc.'S second-quarter profits gained 7.2 percent, and the specialty chain bucked the broader retail trend, raising its guidance for the full year. [...]

TJX Cos. Profits Increase 13.9% By EVAN CLARK Off-price leader The TJX Cos. Inc. continued to grab share of the apparel market in the second quarter and made money doing [...]

Baker Plots Strategy As Saks Loss Widens By DAVID MOIN and EVAN CLARK It's not a done deal yet but an eager Richard Baker has been touring Saks Fifth Avenue [...]

Dillard's Net Gains 17.7% in Qtr. By EVAN CLARK Dillard's Inc. played the role that analysts expected Macy's Inc. to play as second-quarter earnings season got under way Tuesday. The [...]

American Apparel Q2 Loss Widens By EVAN CLARK American Apparel Inc.'s second-quarter sales showed some pep, with comparable revenues up 7 percent, but the firm's bottom line was bogged down [...]

Q1 Profit Slides at Oxford Industries by EVAN CLARK WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ARNOLD J. KARR Investments in its growing Tommy Bahama and Lilly Pulitzer brands pushed Oxford Industries Inc.'s profits [...]

Cool Weather Drags Down Ann Inc. Net By EVAN CLARK NEW YORK Ann Inc.'s profits caught a chill in the first quarter. Net income fell 27.2 percent to $20.9 million, [...]

Weather Weighs on Chico's Quarter By EVAN CLARK Shares of Chico's Fas Inc. were sent downward Wednesday, falling 7.1 percent after the company posted weaker-than-anticipated first-quarter earnings. President and chief [...]

Coty IPO Values Firm At Over $7 Billion By EVAN CLARK NEW YORK Coty Inc.'s shareholders are setting their sights higher as they head toward the fragrance firm's long-awaited initial [...]

Lampert: Sears Loss 'Not Acceptable' By EVAN CLARK Edward S. Lampert didn't try to blame bad weather, delayed tax refunds or any other consumer bogeyman for Sears Holding Corp.'s $279 [...]

TJX Sees Fertile Buying Market By EVAN CLARK Despite all the talk in fashion about efficient supply chains and smartly managed inventories, off-price giant The TJX Cos. Inc. is nearly [...]

J.C. Penney Loss Widens to $348M By EVAN CLARK The red ink flowed at J.C. Penney Co. Inc. in the first quarter, but chief executive officer Myron 'Mike' Ullman 3rd [...]