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Coach Inc., the largest U.S. luxury handbag maker, climbed the most in almost two months after reporting quarterly profit that topped analysts’ estimates, driven by holiday sales in North America.
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Product is king again.
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Retailers are managing to increase prices and pass on higher costs to shoppers, even in the face of concern that an economic rebound is waning.
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Retailers from American Eagle Outfitters Inc. to Bloomingdale’s are betting that women are ready to shed skinny jeans for a return to flared styles, a change that may firm up more than sagging denim sales.
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Urban Outfitters was Louis Redondo’s favorite store for fashionable hats and T-shirts five years ago. Today, he says he’d be embarrassed to wear its bright, striped sweaters and flared velvet pants for anything except a Halloween costume.
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J. Crew Group Inc. fell the most since August in New York trading after Needham & Co. cut profit estimates for the clothing retailer, saying increased promotions will lower earnings.
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Sears Holdings Corp. and Urban Outfitters Inc . are weighing rival bids for clothing retailer J. Crew Group Inc. in a potential challenge to TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners LP’s $3 billion buyout, said three people with knowledge of the matter.
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Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said he asked Google Inc. whether it tested its Street View software before using it, which he said should have revealed the unauthorized collection of personal data from wireless computer networks.
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Mickey Drexler put $10 million of his own money into J. Crew Group Inc. when he took over its top job in 2003. As he overhauled the New York retailer, he personally reviewed every item of clothing sold, every model in the catalog and every new employee.
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Coach Inc., the largest U.S. luxury handbag maker, fell the most in more than four months after saying that a measure of profitability may not improve this year amid higher costs.
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