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• FACES.(American Apparel and Footwear Association)(American Image Awards)

  - 2005-05-30

  Byline: Brian Russak Lots of fun and a worthy cause at the American Apparel & Footwear Association's 27th annual American Image Awards, held May 23 at New York's Grand Hyatt Hotel and hosted by the ageless and stunning Christie Brinkley. Over predinner cocktails, AAFA...

  Tags: American Apparel & Footwear Association, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, Prada, Retail

• Secured Capital beat out several rivals for the listing on Whalers Village, a beachfront shopping center on the island of Maui that is valued at $100 million

  - 2004-05-26

  Secured Capital beat out several rivals for the listing on Whalers Village, a beachfront shopping center on the island of Maul that is valued at $100 million. The 112,000-sf property is fully leased to glitzy retailers, including Chanel, Prada, Versace, Gucci and Tiffany & Co. The property is owned by...

  Tags: Prada, Retail, Tiffany & Co. Inc.

• JUST SAY NO; EVEN WITHOUT ADDING ANY NEW RETAIL ACCOUNTS FOR SEVEN YEARS, GEORGE MALKEMUS STILL WORRIES ABOUT EXPANDING MANOLO BLAHNIK'S BUSINESS TOO FAST.

  - 2004-02-23

  George Malkemus doesn't mind the status quo. The Texas-born president of U.S. operations for Manolo Blahnik has not opened any new retail accounts here in seven years. "Part of the reason Manolo and I don't push the envelope is because...

  Tags: General Motors Corp., Prada, Retail, SALES, women

• THE FN LIST: DIAMOND DISTRICTS: THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE RETAIL ZONES; SIZE MATTERS, BUT LOCATION MEANS EVERYTHING FOR A FOOTWEAR RETAILER. FROM MANHATTAN'S FIFTH AVENUE TO HONG KONG'S CAUSEWAY BAY, SHOE MERCHANTS PAY BIG BUCKS FOR PRIME SPOTS.

  - 2003-12-01

  STREET: RENT/SQUARE FOOT* 1. Fifth Avenue, New York: $850 per square foot As Ol' Blue Eyes once sang, if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. And if you're a footwear store on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue, you've made it....

  Tags: London, Manhattan, Paris, Prada, Retail, Saks Fifth Avenue

• Absolutely fabulous meets the real world.

  - 2002-03-26

  Mar 26, 2002 The Australian ABIX via COMTEX -- A weakened global economy has had an impact on the luxury goods business throughout the world. Fewer travellers, especially of Japanese and American origin, has meant reduced financial activity for luxury goods' retailers such as...

  Tags: Boston Consulting Group Inc., FINANCE, financial, Prada, Retail

• MILAN'S A MELANGE OF LOOKS, COLORS.(Fall '99 fashions debut at Milan shows)

  - 1999-01-13

  LAYERED, SPORTY STYLES ARE INSPIRED BY THE SLOPES AND THE STREET MILAN -- Welcome to a season of fashion schizophrenia. According to designers showing their fall '99 collections here this week, the man on the cusp of the 21st century works hard and plays...

  Tags: Ford Motor Co., jacket, Milan, Prada, Retail

• A FULL FRONTAL ON THE FIFTH AVENUE FLUX--PRADA AND THE GAP, A/X AND THE NBA STORE MOVE IN, BUT THE NEW NEIGHBORS MAKE FOR A SCHIZOPHRENIC MIX OF LUXE AND MODERATE. WHAT DO THE THEY HAVE IN COMMON? GLOBAL AMBITION AND AN IMAGE FEST.

  - 1998-09-25

  NEW YORK -- The recollections vary. Some remember Fifth Avenue as the exclusive home of Cartier and Bergdorf Goodman. Others recall a Fifth Avenue of street peddlers, three-card-monte dealers and dubious retailers with fake going-out-of-business sales. Either way, a wave of new retailers has changed...

  Tags: NBA, Prada, Retail, SALES

• PRADA STOPS SHIPPING MAXFIELD.

  - 1998-04-01

  MOVE MADE AS ITALIAN FIRM GETS READY TO OPEN FIRST SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STORE The Prada pullback has begun. The Italian design firm has stopped selling L.A.'s hip Maxfield boutique -- months ahead of the anticipated opening of the first Prada Men's Store in southern California...

  Tags: Engineering, Prada, Retail