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Michael Kors

Designer, Michael Kors

The designer and previous Project Runway personality infused his once-bankrupt brand with a clean, sporty glamour and took the company public in 2011.

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Luxury

Super Shrink Me: The Rise of the Mini Handbag

In the last decade, luxury handbag prices have skyrocketed. Now, brands are making smaller versions of iconic styles to win back aspirational consumers.

Luxury

Super Shrink Me: The Rise of the Mini Handbag

In the last decade, luxury handbag prices have skyrocketed. Now, brands are making smaller versions of iconic styles to win back aspirational consumers.


News & Analysis

What Does Burberry's New Strategy Mean for Men's Fashion Weeks?

As fashion brands large and small opt to combine their menswear and womenswear collections, is unifying men's and women's fashion weeks the next logical step?

News & Analysis

What Does Burberry's New Strategy Mean for Men's Fashion Weeks?

As fashion brands large and small opt to combine their menswear and womenswear collections, is unifying men's and women's fashion weeks the next logical step?


Retail

Can China End the Illicit ‘Daigou’ Trade?

Lowering import tariffs and tightening customs controls are among the Chinese government’s strategies for curbing "selling agents” who trade in luxury goods at lower prices. Will it work?

Retail

Can China End the Illicit ‘Daigou’ Trade?

Lowering import tariffs and tightening customs controls are among the Chinese government’s strategies for curbing "selling agents” who trade in luxury goods at lower prices. Will it work?


Fashion Week

City Slopes

This season, Michael Kors' men's offering lacked the dream-inducing pizazz of his womenswear.

Fashion Week

City Slopes

This season, Michael Kors' men's offering lacked the dream-inducing pizazz of his womenswear.


Global Markets

What Recession? Wealthy Russians Snap Up Luxury Goods

Luxury brands are seeing strong sales even as mass market plunges.

Global Markets

What Recession? Wealthy Russians Snap Up Luxury Goods

Luxury brands are seeing strong sales even as mass market plunges.


News & Analysis

Coach Leases Space for Fifth Avenue Store, General Growth Says

Coach Inc. leased space at Manhattan’s 685 Fifth Ave. that will serve as a store for the luxury-handbag maker, landlord General Growth Properties Inc. said Tuesday.

News & Analysis

Coach Leases Space for Fifth Avenue Store, General Growth Says

Coach Inc. leased space at Manhattan’s 685 Fifth Ave. that will serve as a store for the luxury-handbag maker, landlord General Growth Properties Inc. said Tuesday.


Financial Markets

Michael Kors Beats Estimates After New Accessories Fuel Growth

Kors Holdings Ltd. posted third-quarter profit that topped analysts’ estimates after e-commerce sales and a new lineup of accessories fueled growth.

Financial Markets

Michael Kors Beats Estimates After New Accessories Fuel Growth

Kors Holdings Ltd. posted third-quarter profit that topped analysts’ estimates after e-commerce sales and a new lineup of accessories fueled growth.


Financial Markets

Coach's Less-Bad Earnings May Be Just Good Enough

For any other retailer, a 7 percent year-over-year decline in profit would be nothing to cheer. But for Coach, the results released Tuesday were a good enough indication that it is finally starting to win back its customers.

Financial Markets

Coach's Less-Bad Earnings May Be Just Good Enough

For any other retailer, a 7 percent year-over-year decline in profit would be nothing to cheer. But for Coach, the results released Tuesday were a good enough indication that it is finally starting to win back its customers.


Financial Markets

Coach Profit Tops Analyst Estimates as New Products Boost Sales

Coach Inc. posted second-quarter profit that topped estimates and raised its full-year earnings outlook after new designs boosted sales.

Financial Markets

Coach Profit Tops Analyst Estimates as New Products Boost Sales

Coach Inc. posted second-quarter profit that topped estimates and raised its full-year earnings outlook after new designs boosted sales.


Global Markets

The Luxury Brand Balancing Act

Fashion’s luxury megabrands have long struck a delicate — and highly lucrative — balance between exclusivity and accessibility. But as digital media, globalisation and off-price retailing reshape the industry, are they in danger of losing the balance that made them so successful?

Global Markets

The Luxury Brand Balancing Act

Fashion’s luxury megabrands have long struck a delicate — and highly lucrative — balance between exclusivity and accessibility. But as digital media, globalisation and off-price retailing reshape the industry, are they in danger of losing the balance that made them so successful?


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