WWD articles from April 2003

WWD archives from April 2003

That's Sleek.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... NEW YORK - Designers have a light touch when it comes to their newest and sexiest fur looks. Skinny, almost weightless, coats can even double as dresses. Here, one example: Vera Wang's high-necked goatskin version. Consolidation has impacted...

Out With The Old.
April 1, 2003... Byline: Rosemary Feitelberg Having long relied on more conservative shoppers, furriers are welcoming younger customers in their 20s and 30s who tend to be more adventurous with their fur purchases than their elders. Instead of relying on...

The Merchant Class.
April 1, 2003... Byline: Eric Wilson NEW YORK - All it takes to grasp the radical change in the way fur is merchandised in specialty stores across the nation is to listen to Marissa Hartington describe how customers at her Naples, Fla., boutique are buying John...

Peta Power.
April 1, 2003... Byline: Scott Malone NEW YORK - It is undeniably a status symbol, but of what? Fur is probably the only material that a moviegoer would expect to see in the costume of both a socialite and a neanderthal. For two decades, People for the...

What's My Line?(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... ? Byline: Rosemary Feitelberg NEW YORK - Just as every fur has its own personality, every furrier is equally individualistic or idiosyncratic, as the case may be. Fur designers are a bit pressed to show some flair, now that big names like...

Moving On Up.
April 1, 2003... Byline: Joshua Greene NEW YORK - Furriers have friends in high places. As if selling luxury goods wasn't already difficult enough in the city, fur retailers have decamped for the mountains to set up shop in some of the most stylish and...

Showtime for Furriers Around the Globe.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... NEW YORK - Despite Fur Fashion Week basically becoming a one-day affair and moving from May to April, other fur-related events remain intact. The Fur Information Council of America's annual fashion show will be held April 8 at 6:30 p.m at...

Thoroughly Modern Mini.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... NEW YORK - Furs had a strong presence on runways everywhere for fall. So it's only natural that the mood would be in the spirit of the season's youth movement, with its daring lengths and bold details. Mini-coats in vintage-type furs are high...

'CNN Effect' Goes On As Iraq War Attracts Consumers' Focus.
April 1, 2003... Byline: Evan Clark and Jennifer Weitzman New York - The first week of spring and the arrival of the baseball season didn't pull consumers out of their wartime shopping stupor. Stores reported more shutouts than home runs during the final...

Sale of Fendi Stake Drops Prada Net.
April 1, 2003... Byline: Amanda Kaiser MILAN - Robust fourth-quarter growth wasn't sufficient to keep Prada Holding NV's full-year results from falling substantially under pressure from the sale of its stake in Fendi and a 2001 change in ordering procedures...

Morgan Stanley Pushes for LVMH Suit Disclosures.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... PARIS - Like the war in Iraq, the $100 million lawsuit LVMH Mo?t Hennessy Louis Vuitton launched last November against Morgan Stanley will probably take longer than many people originally thought. Lawyers from the two sides are set to meet...

In Brief.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... MORE TIME FOR TAUBMAN: Simon Property Group Inc. and Westfield America Inc. on Monday extended their $1.7 billion, or $20 per share, all-cash offer for Taubman Centers Inc. until midnight on May 30. As of March 28, when the most recent offer...

Correction.(Brief Article)(Correction Notice)
April 1, 2003... A bracelet with plastic discs and a metal chain featured on page 9 of Monday's Accessories/Legwear In Depth Section II is by Roxanne Assoulin for Lee Angel. The resource was incorrect.

Kmart Cuts 660 Jobs at HQ.
April 1, 2003... Byline: Vicki M. Young NEW YORK - The hedge-fund investors who will own the majority of Kmart Corp. after its bankruptcy may be prodding the store and its real estate assets in some unconventional directions. This comes as the discounter said...

Saks Postpones Redo.
April 1, 2003... Byline: David Moin With contributions from Pete Born NEW YORK - Saks Fifth Avenue is taking a breather on its flagship renovation, putting a major makeover of the main floor cosmetics and fragrance department on hold for at least a year. ...

Reebok Pumps Up New Concept.
April 1, 2003... Byline: Rosemary Feitelberg NEW YORK - Reebok has taken more than a page from a fashion magazine for its refurbished Upper West Side store - it's borrowed the whole concept. Located at 170 Columbus Avenue, the 3,000-square-foot space offers...

Gap Inc. Boosts Design Team.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... NEW YORK - Gap is retooling its design team, cutting out a layer of management while taking in some top Seventh Avenue talent. Among the changes, Jerome Jessup, executive vice president of Gap Design, is leaving the company, and design...

What a Trip.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Byline: Marcy Medina LOS ANGELES - It's a very rare Beverly Hills doyenne who can say that The Beatles wrote a song about her, but Nancy Cooke de Herrera is just that kind of grande dame. True, she has a faithful housekeeper of 39 years, named...

Eye Scoop.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... SUPREME BEING: She's coming out, all right. The one, the only, the legendary Diana Ross has signed on to entertain all the divas and deities joining Tom Ford, Nicole Kidman and Anna Wintour at the "Goddess" dinner to benefit the Metropolitan...

Flower Child.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Though she usually shrugs off any birthday plans, last Friday night Olivia Chantecaille - whose middle name just happens to be Delphinium - put on her dancing shoes and threw herself a 30th birthday party among the wild and brilliant blooms at...

Stretch Marks.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... In the market for a Pilates-toned physique minus the medieval looking machines and exorbitant price tag? Instructor Alycea Ungaro's new book and CD set, "Portable Pilates," might be the answer. As the founder and owner of Tribeca Bodyworks -...

Consumer Speaks.
April 1, 2003... Byline: Emilie Marsh and Chantal Goupil PARIS - The French may be taking to the streets to protest the war in Iraq, but they're still buying clothes - and most are leaving politics out of the equation when it comes to American brands. An...

Fashion Scoops.
April 1, 2003... A PRINCELY GARDEN: The Prince of Wales already is a farmer, baker and butcher. Now, add furniture to the list of products made by his charitable foundation, the Duchy Collection, which focuses on sustainable farming, forestry and food...

Flu Fears Make Quiet Interstoff.
April 1, 2003... Byline: Constance Haisma-Kwok HONG KONG - Nervousness about the atypical pneumonia outbreak affecting Hong Kong led buyers to shy away from Interstoff Asia, the region's most important textile fair. Many heeded the words of the World Health...

DuPont-Koch Textile Talks Seen Continuing.
April 1, 2003... Byline: Scott Malone NEW YORK - One barrier may have been lifted last week in the reported negotiations between DuPont and Koch Industries about the sale of DuPont's fibers business to the Wichita, Kan.-based petroleum giant. As reported,...

Benetton Appoints Fiat's Cassano CEO.
April 1, 2003... Byline: Amanda Kaiser MILAN - Benetton Group SpA put a former Fiat executive in the driver's seat Monday after posting its first-ever full-year loss. Silvano Cassano, president of Fiat's consumer services unit since last year, will become...

Memo Pad.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Byline: Jacob Bernstein and Greg Lindsay CUT AND PASTE: What price retouching? For Seventeen, about $3,500. That's how much sources said the magazine spent to try and keep May cover star Sarah Michelle Gellar from taking legal action after...

Yurman's Swiss Timing.
April 1, 2003... Byline: Melanie Kletter NEW YORK - Watches are a red-hot category these days and David Yurman is seizing the moment to build up its timepiece business. The namesake New York jewelry and watch firm today plans to cut the ribbon on the...

Asia Watch.
April 1, 2003... Byline: Tsukasa Furukawa and Koji Hirano PRADA EXPANDS: Prada Japan opened a 10,000-square-foot, directly operated shop in Ginza, Tokyo, last weekend. It will be followed by another Prada shop, with six floors, in Aoyama, Tokyo, in June. The...

Henry Racamier, 91, Led Vuitton Expansion.(Obituary)
April 1, 2003... Byline: Robert Murphy PARIS - Henry Racamier, one of the architects of Louis Vuitton's early growth and a popular business figure in France, died Saturday after suffering a heart attack while on holiday in Sardinia. He was 91. The Paris...

Flare Up.(Edward Wilkerson is using elements of the 1940s and 1950s in his new fashion designs)(Brief Article)
April 2, 2003... NEW YORK - The Forties and Fifties were eras of glamour and style. Now, bridge designer Edward Wilkerson is taking elements from that time - the flared skirt, the easy topper - and sprucing them up for his fall Lafayette 148 collection. Here,...

Megastore Backlash: Designer Units Strive For Cozier, Local Style.
April 2, 2003... Byline: Anamaria Wilson and Evan Clark NEW YORK - In these tough times, retailers are desperate to attract increasingly blas? consumers with everything from unique store design to products. And they're running smack into Wall Street as a...

Vidal Sassoon Sues P&G.
April 2, 2003... Byline: Andrea M.G. Nagel NEW YORK - Vidal Sassoon is out to prove to Procter & Gamble that not everything is for sale. Sassoon, 74, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles against...

LVMH, Morgan Stanley Lawyers Duel.(LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton S.A. $100 million bias suit against Morgan Stanley and Company Inc.)
April 2, 2003... PARIS - In the face of a $100 million bias suit launched by LVMH Mo?t Hennessy Louis Vuitton, does Morgan Stanley want more evidence from the luxury group, or less? That was the incredulous stance of counsel for LVMH Tuesday as it faced...

Jessup Heading to Ann Taylor Unit?(Jerome Jessup, AnnTaylor Inc.)
April 2, 2003... ? Byline: David Moin NEW YORK - Ann Taylor Stores Corp. is expected to announce soon a new head for its Ann Taylor division, and there's speculation that Jerome Jessup, formerly with Gap, may be headed to the career women's chain. The...

In Brief.(multiple topics)
April 2, 2003... WARNACO SIGNINGS: Warnaco Group Inc. has signed a licensing agreement with Nautica Enterprises Inc. to produce Nautica swimwear, and has also signed a lease for new headquarters at 501 Seventh Avenue. Nautica had a deal with Apparel Ventures...

Jones Promotes Corso, Sees Another Downgrade.(Jones Apparel Group Inc., Jackie Corso; Credit Suisse First Boston downgrades stock)
April 2, 2003... Byline: Melanie Kletter and Arnold J. Karr NEW YORK - Victoria & Co. chief executive officer Jackie Corso has been named ceo of the handbag and small leather goods division at parent company Jones Apparel Group. She takes over the...

Tarrant Gets American Rag Label.(Tarrant Apparel Group co-owner of American Rag CIE II)
April 2, 2003... Byline: Nola Sarkisian-Miller with contributions from Dan Burrows and David Moin LOS ANGELES - Coming soon to a department store near you: American Rag CIE clothing. That's the premise behind Tarrant Apparel Group's agreement with the...

Time Up for O'Dair.(Time Inc., Barbara O'Dair)(Brief Article)
April 2, 2003... Byline: Jacob Bernstein NEW YORK - Call it spring cleaning. Just days after word spread through Time Inc. that Carrie Tuhy was being replaced as the managing editor of Real Simple, sources said the company told Teen People's managing editor...

U.S. Trade Report Lists Unfair Practices.(U.S. Office of the United States Trade Representative)
April 2, 2003... Byline: Kristi Ellis WASHINGTON - Egypt, Nigeria, India and Brazil maintain some of the highest trade barriers on apparel and textiles, which the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative underscored in its annual report on foreign trade barriers...

Zen and the Art of Shopping.(Attention Shoppers! The Women's Guide to Enlightenment Through Shopping)
April 2, 2003... Byline: Valerie Seckler NEW YORK - Most American women wouldn't view shopping as a road to self-discovery or a path to personal growth, let alone as as means to attain an in-the-moment, Zen-like state. Author-psychotherapist Eve Eliot aims...

McFashion's Feeding Frenzy.(Fashion Victim: Our Love-Hate Relationship With Dressing, Shopping, And The Cost Of Style )
April 2, 2003... Byline: Valerie Seckler NEW YORK - Consumer spending may have slowed since the start of the war with Iraq, but America is still home to a growing populace of fashion victims - those who consistently buy into whatever trend the fashion business...

Japan's Uniqlo Revamps Image.(Fast Retailing Company Ltd.)
April 2, 2003... Byline: Tsukasa Furukawa TOKYO - Fast Retailing Co., which is best known for its low-price casual brand Uniqlo, is shifting its brand concept and image to "fashionable basics" in response to falling sales and is trying to seek new growth in...

NRF Downgrades '03 Forecast.(National Retail Federation)(Brief Article)
April 2, 2003... NEW YORK - The National Retail Federation dropped its 2003 forecast for retail sales down to 3.8 percent growth, from 5.6 percent predicted in January, due to the war with Iraq. The revised outlook is based on total sales expected from...

Fashion Scoops.(Brief Article)
April 2, 2003... GARDEN PARTY: Something new and unexpected has sprouted in Yves Saint Laurent's famous Majorelle Garden in Marrakech: a boutique. No, the retired couturier isn't mounting a comeback, but he has supervised the project. The 550-square-foot shop,...

The Work of a Young Turk.(Fashion desinger Trina Turk is profiled)(Biography)
April 2, 2003... Byline: Rose Apodaca Jones LOS ANGELES - It took seven years, but Trina Turk believes she's finally ready for show time. Today, the designer known for her contemporary spin on lady chic by way of Palm Springs moderne (which one observer...

Suzy.(Fashion designer David Linley is profiled)
April 2, 2003... Byline: Aileen Mehle David Linley, aka Viscount Linley, aka Queen Elizabeth's nephew, aka furniture maker and designer extraordinaire, is doing a remarkable thing in honor of his mother, the late Princess Margaret. In her memory, he established...

Short Take.(Brief Article)
April 3, 2003... LOS ANGELES - Celebrity stylist Magda Berliner had a hit on her hands with her fall show, which she called "Movin On." She did looks that blended vintage elements with street style. There were, for example, thin wool coveralls worn with a black...

Retail, Luxe Sectors Battle Shock Waves From War and Sars.
April 3, 2003... Byline: Miles Socha and Robert Murphy, Paris; Amanda Kaiser, Milan, and David Moin, Vicki Young and Marc Karimzadeh, New York War and disease are coalescing to create an ever-darkening cloud over the luxury and retail industries. Growing...

Ann Taylor Appoints Jessup Senior EVP.
April 3, 2003... Byline: David Moin NEW YORK - Jerome Jessup has been named senior executive vice president for merchandise and design at Ann Taylor Stores. The announcement Wednesday confirmed a WWD report that day about Jessup joining Ann Taylor. Jessup...

In Brief.
April 3, 2003... CHEERS FOR BRAVO: Rose Marie Bravo, chairman and chief executive officer of Burberry, has been elected to the board of Est?e Lauder Cos. Leonard A. Lauder, Lauder chairman, said in a statement: "We're very pleased. Her extensive experience and...

Federated to Roll Out Rag.
April 3, 2003... / American Rag's vintage styles and denim looks for Federated.Federated to Roll Out Rag Byline: David Moin NEW YORK - Federated Department Stores Inc. is adding American Rag to its stable of private brands sold nationally. The plan is to...

Shrinkage Chills Stores' Bottom Line.
April 3, 2003... Byline: Sharon Edelson NEW YORK - Disaffected employees were the main cause of unexplained inventory loss, or shrinkage, which carved a $31.3 billion chunk out of merchandise stocks in 2001, according to the University of Florida's latest...

Hilda Kirschbaum Gerstein, 92.(Obituary)
April 3, 2003... NEW YORK - Hilda Kirschbaum Gerstein, former vice chairman and president of popular-priced women's apparel retailer Petrie Stores Corp., died Sunday at age 92. Gerstein died at Mt. Sinai Hospital here of pneumonia following a long illness,...

Anne Klein's Nolan Quits To Hit the Campaign Trail.
April 3, 2003... Byline: Eric Wilson NEW YORK - The war against Iraq claimed its first fashion victim on Wednesday, as Anne Klein designer Charles Nolan responded to the tense state of world affairs with a political statement of his own: "I quit." Nolan...

Shrinkage.
April 3, 2003... Retail loss as a percentage of sales by market segment No, it's not that part of the anatomy George Costanza was referring to in a memorable "Seinfeld" episode. Shrinkage, in retail parlance, is inventory loss caused by employee theft,...

Catching the Waves in Times Square.
April 3, 2003... Byline: Julee Greenberg NEW YORK - The beach may be a distance away, but the surf gear isn't. Quiksilver, the Huntington Beach, Calif.-based surf brand, opened its second Manhattan store last week in the crossroads of the world. The Times...

Move Over Motown: Detroit's New Hip.
April 3, 2003... Byline: Melissa Knopper In his "Lose Yourself" video, Eminem pays tribute to his hometown, the faded letters arching across his hoodie spell out "Detroit." That video gave a boost to Made in Detroit, the clothing company that made Eminem's...

MTV, Ben Sherman Bridge the Generation Gap.(Brief Article)
April 3, 2003... Byline: Julee Greenberg NEW YORK - Ben Sherman is making its mark at the MTV Store. The British sportswear company, which rose to popularity in the late Sixties when its following included the members of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones,...

Denim Dish.
April 3, 2003... Byline: Scott Malone Earl Eyes Expansion Earl Jean wants to be known for more than denim. The next two seasons are going to be a key transition period for the seven-year-old denim label, according to Bonnie Takhar, who took over as...

Armani's Beach Grooves.(Brief Article)
April 3, 2003... Byline: Scott Malone Armani's Beach Grooves Following last month's Winter Music Conference in Miami, A|X Armani Exchange is introducing a CD compilation of dance music called "Beachdance," which ties into the brand's spring advertising...

Ellus Arrival.(Brief Article)
April 3, 2003... Byline: Scott Malone Ellus Arrival The Brazilian brand Ellus Jeans is bowing in the U.S. for fall retailing. The line, being represented by Showroom Seven in Manhattan, includes 23 styles of jeans in 11 washes, with an emphasis on the...

Parisian Playground.(Brief Article)
April 3, 2003... Byline: Robert Murphy, Katherine Wagenseil and Emily Kafka Paris might get all the glory for its fashionable inhabitants, but they are also showing some panache for the sportif life. Here's a look at what's hot in the sporting scene. WITH...

Sidelines.(Brief Article)
April 3, 2003... AHOY THERE, RIRI: Skipper Russell Coutts and a few crew members from Team Alinghi, the winner of this year's America's Cup and Louis Vuitton Cup, stopped by Riri's factory in Mendrisio, Italy, last week to show their prizes. Riri was one of...

Ruttenstein Rocks.(Brief Article)
April 3, 2003... Byline: David Moin NEW YORK - It was Kal's show and the turnout was awesome. Six hundred designers, manufacturers and retailers, competitors and colleagues alike, packed the Grand Ballroom at The Plaza Tuesday night, to honor Kalman...

Post-Chap. 11 Board Proposed by Kmart.
April 3, 2003... Byline: Vicki M. Young NEW YORK - Kmart Corp.'s investor constituent groups have submitted to the Chicago bankruptcy court a list of nominees for the nine-member board that will oversee operations following the discounter's expected exit from...

Barneys Notes Sale Grosses $90 Million.
April 3, 2003... Barneys Notes Sale Grosses $90 Million Byline: Dan Burrows NEW YORK - Barneys New York Inc. reported on Wednesday that its offering of senior notes grossed proceeds of $90.1 million. The offering entailed $106 million of the 9 percent...

The Chopin Hour.(Chopin's Funeral by Benita Eisler )
April 3, 2003... Byline: Lorna Koski NEW YORK - Writer Benita Eisler spent 4 1/2 years with Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz, nine with Lord Byron, and, most recently, 3 1/2 years with George Sand and Frederic Chopin for her new book, "Chopin's Funeral"...

Just Nutsa.(Nutsa Kukhianidze, performance in The Good Thief)
April 3, 2003... Byline: Marcy Medina LOS ANGELES - It takes major mettle to hold your own against Nick Nolte, but Nutsa Kukhianidze has got mettle and then some. The 19-year-old newcomer's solid performance is the best thing about Neil Jordan's "The Good...

French Connection.(Susan Tabak, personal shopper, returns from Paris, France)
April 3, 2003... Byline: Alison Oneacre NEW YORK - Susan Tabak doesn't run a contraband operation. But when it comes to acquiring those fashionable items that are most difficult to come by, this rail-thin brunette, lunching today at the best table in the...

Tennis Anyone?(Reese Witherspoon cheers Tara Subkoff)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2003... The Imitation of Christ fashion show was staged poolside at the Avalon Hotel in Beverly Hills, but dressed in their crisp miniskirts, Reese Witherspoon and Scarlett Johansson -working a new 'do she calls the "mullet-shag" - looked ready for a...

Frederick's Steps Out.(Frederick's of Hollywood Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2003... Perhaps taking a cue from that other lingerie company, this was the third season Frederick's has joined the fashion-week game. Freshly emerged from bankruptcy, the half-century-old lingerie giant has finally reached its sexy, sultry stride. On...

The IOC Action.(Tara Subkoff, Imitation of Christ fashion show)
April 3, 2003... With Reese Witherspoon, Anjelica Huston, Jacqui and Gia Getty, Mena Suvari, Sheryl Crow and Owen Wilson willingly gushing for their pal on camera, Tara Subkoff's homecoming Tuesday afternoon for Imitation of Christ (she actually premiered the...

Flash Point.(Liz Claiborne Cosmetics to introduce new frangrance, Spark)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2003... NEW YORK - After years of catering to a younger crowd, Liz Claiborne Cosmetics is returning its attention to its core of 25- to 40-year-old department store consumers, with a new masterbrand fragrance duo called Spark. Its romantic positioning...

Blemish-Free L'Oreal Eyes 19th Year of Double-Digit Net Growth.
April 4, 2003... Byline: Brid Costello PARIS - It might be a tough period for beauty, but L'Oreal is bucking the trend. Despite uncertain times, the French beauty giant is on track to post double-digit profit gains for 2003 - its 19th consecutive year -...

Clarins Sales Improve, Despite Couture.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2003... Byline: Brid Costello PARIS - France's Groupe Clarins announced first-quarter net sales of $245.7 million, up 0.4 percent. On a like-for-like basis, sales would have increased by 8.1 percent. Dollar figures have been converted from the euro...

Early Comp Sales Lay an Egg.(retail industry suffers in March)
April 4, 2003... Byline: Jennifer Weitzman NEW YORK - The onset of war and the shift of Easter into April this year conspired to reduce March same-store sales results for a handful of early filers. While most retailers will report March comparable-store...

Women's Lifts Oxford Earnings.(Oxford Industries Inc.)
April 4, 2003... Byline: Dan Burrows NEW YORK - War? Disease? Recession? None of it seemed to register at Oxford Industries Inc. in the third quarter as major sales gains, led by those in its women's wear operation, and lower costs allowed the firm to post...

In Brief.(Hugo Boss closures in US; Tiffany & Co offers grants; )
April 4, 2003... BOSS' BIG APPLE BASTION: Hugo Boss might close "one or two" unprofitable U.S. stores, but chief executive Bruno Salzer flatly denied that the Fifth Avenue flagship in Manhattan could be one of them. "Of course, we're not in the black there," he...

Clarification.(on new CEO at Burberry)(Brief Article)(Correction Notice)
April 4, 2003... Rose Marie Bravo is chief executive of Burberry. Due to misinformation from the company, her title was inaccurate in a brief on page 2, Thursday. John Peace is chairman of Burberry Ltd.

Fashion Scoops.(Alexander McQueen dresses Liv Tyler for her wedding; Guy Laroche and designer Letitia Hecht to part; Enron whistleblower Sherron Watkins speaks; other news items)
April 4, 2003... LIV'S BEST MAN: For her very hushed wedding to rocker Royston Langdon last week, Liv Tyler turned to none other than her main man, Alexander McQueen, who has dressed Tyler for many a glamorous occasion lately. Before the star left for Barbados,...

Commerce Sets China Guidelines.(for textile imports that hurt US markets)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2003... Byline: Scott Malone CORAL GABLES, Fla. - The Commerce Department on Thursday set guidelines for companies to file petitions alleging that Chinese textile imports are disrupting U.S. markets. Undersecretary Grant Aldonas told members of the...

Brooks Lassoes Rodeo Space.(new store on Rodeo Drive in California)
April 4, 2003... Byline: Kristin Young LOS ANGELES - Brooks Brothers is going big in Beverly Hills. The retailer has signed a lease for the largest unit on Rodeo Drive for a Southern California flagship, a space left vacant by Tommy Hilfiger three years...

New Chief at Dollar General.(David Perdue Jr.)(Biography)
April 4, 2003... Byline: Arnold J. Karr NEW YORK - David Perdue Jr. has joined Dollar General Corp. as chief executive officer and a director of the Goodlettsville, Tenn.-based discount chain. Perdue will assume the additional title of chairman from Cal...