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Q2 Comparable Sales Down 0.9% At Soma

Soma’s new Enbliss Wireless Bra and Wireless Bralette.

Comparable store sales at Soma, the lingerie division of Chico’s FAS, continue to drop. They were down 0.9% in the most recent quarter, and for the first six months of this year they are down 3.2%.

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Starline Continues To Expand Activewear Line

Following a successful introduction last year, Starline has expanded its collection of activewear to 13 styles.

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iFabric Q3 Sales -33% As It Exits Sleepwear

In a stark reversal, iFabric Corp. sales plunged 33% in its fiscal third quarter while earnings sank from a profit of Can$269,154 (Canadian dollars) (about $207,000 at current conversion rates) last year, to a loss of Can$171,701 (about $132,000) in the three months ended June 30, 2018.

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Van De Velde Sales Fall 3.9%; Profits Drop 25%

Van de Velde reported its sales fell 3.9% in the first half, while net profit plunged 25% as the company spent heavily on information and communications technology (ICT) and “eCommerce functionalities.” It said it expect these trends to extend to the full year.

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Victoria’s Secret, Pink August Comp Sales -5%

Victoria’s Secret and Pink August comparable store and direct sales in the U.S. and Canada dropped 5%. Store sales alone, without benefit of the rising online and catalog business, were down 9%.

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Fashion Forms: Big Ads On Manhattan Busses

Fashion Forms, the adhesive bra and solutions product specialist, has again demonstrated its continuing commitment to enhancing its products for its retailers with a dramatic bus advertising campaign.

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Mapalé Adds New 40-Piece Lounge Collection

Mapalé has just expanded its “Mapalé Lounge” segment with a new group of cozy designs. “It is a small collection of around 40 styles of PJ’s,” explained co-owner Angel Tobon.

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National Mill Industry: Members Only License

National Mill Industry has signed a license to produce Members Only underwear, sleepwear and loungewear for men and women according to the company’s Joseph Cohen.

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Hanes Innerwear Sales -3.4%, Profit -10.4%

Hanesbrands Innerwear “net segment sales” in the second quarter fell 3.4% while Innerwear “segment operating profit” fell 10.4%.

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Shapeez Introduces ‘The Virtual Trunk Show’

The Virtual Trunk Show is a new retail promotional concept from Shapeez that “has been generating great results from our stores,” declared co-owner David Berner.

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VS, Pink Q2 Sales +5%; Hauk New Pink CEO

Examples of the new Sexy Illusions and T-shirt bras from Victoria’s Secret

Overall sales at Victoria’s Secret and Pink rose modestly in the second quarter, while comparable sales declined for the two labels. Meanwhile, a second print catalog mailing was reported for the former brand, and a new CEO for the latter.

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Ivette Bridal: Successful Specialty Store Network

The Backless Body (left) and another Ivette Bridal style.

The Ivette Bridal intimates collection, launched in 1970 in Barcelona and only recently introduced in the U.S., has succeeded with a network of strictly controlled specialty stores.

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LeggStory Launching New Hosiery Collection

LeggStory, the French hosiery brand, continues to expand its retail presence in the U.S. market. Its latest collection, Season 3, which includes “stockings with fancy garters and new hold-ups stockings up to size 7/8,” arrives in September.

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Aakar Reports Strong Results At N.Y. Curve

Aakar, the Indian robe and intimates resource, enjoyed a strong response from stores at the recent Curve show in New York, its first trade event in the U.S.

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Mod By Parfait Intros Spring Summer 2019

MOD by Parfait, the sister brand to Parfait, has introduced its Spring/Summer 2019 collection, focused on the “trend-driven, millennial lingerie category,” according to the company.

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Wood Underwear Adds Colorful Jocks Straps

Wood Underwear has introduced a new collection of jock straps which will be shipping to retailers soon.

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Dreamgirl Working To Broaden Its Retail Base

Dreamgirl, long known as a prominent supplier of provocative lingerie, is planning to broaden its offerings, “to cross over, to move into mainstream retail as opposed to only sexy,” declared CEO Barry Revzen.

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Victoria’s Secret, Pink July Comp Sales -4%

Victoria’s Secret and Pink July combined comparable store and direct sales in the U.S. and Canada fell 4%. As has consistently been the case recently, the direct business pulled up the overall results. Comparable sales for the stores alone fell 6% for the month.

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Naked Underwear Now Sold At Costco Australia

Naked Brand Group Limited, the result of the recent merger between Naked and Bendon, “has launched Bendon’s new mass-market diffusion program featuring Bendon’s best-selling women’s comfortable brief design with Costco Australia.”

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Legg Story Launches New Bridal Collection

Legg Story has launched a new bridal collection which includes stockings, tights and “hold ups for brides to be,” which come with matching lace garter belts, according to a spokesperson.

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CVS Now Selling Heidi Klum Solutions Line

Heidi Klum solutions products on CVS.com.

Naked Brand Group Limited, the result of the recent merger between Bendon and Naked, announced an agreement to launch its Heidi Klum Intimates Solutions Line in CVS stores.

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Morro Acquires JOCKO Men’s Apparel Brand

Morro Capital, a Miami-based menswear group, has acquired the JOCKO apparel brand. The athletic label was founded in Los Angeles 25 years ago by Michael Lee.

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Wood Intros Confetti Men’s Underwear Line

Wood Underwear has introduced a new collection for spring summer 2019 “with confetti inspired vibrant colors and prints,” according to founder Terresa Zimmerman.

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Wylde Lingerie: New Line Coming To Curve

Wylde Lingerie is a new brand, launched in January, that will exhibit for the first time at the upcoming Curve show.

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PantyProp Offers Stores Leak Proof Swimwear

PantyProp, the solutions company that makes a range of leak proof underwear, other apparel and swimwear for women and teens, is now offering retailers a collection of swim suits.

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The Breast Friend: New Bra Clip Improves Fit

The Breast Friend, a new bra clip that improves the fit of bras, will be exhibiting at the upcoming Curve show. Designer and owner Christopher Webb told BODY it is the first trade show for the item, which has only been sold, to date, to consumers on his website.

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MOD by Parfait Intros S/S 2019 Swim Groups

MOD by Parfait, sister brand to Parfait, has expanded upon the successful debut of its swim collection last year with a new collection for the Spring/Summer 2019 season.

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Van de Velde Sales Fell 3.9% In First Half 2018

Sales in the first half of 2018 slipped 3.9% at Van de Velde, the Belgium-based company that owns the Marie Jo, PrimaDonna and Andres Sarda wholesale brands, as well as international retail chains including the Rigby & Peller (formerly Intimacy) stores in the U.S.

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Kaliopi Eleni: New Silk Resource At Curve

Kaliopi Eleni, the eponymous label from an Australian designer and actress, is composed of “luxurious silk loungewear for lovers, honeymooners, holiday makers and anyone dreaming of exotica, mystery and romance in faraway mystical places.”

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Axami Expanding Its Sexy Collection In U.S.

Axami, the Polish brand with several lines, including luxury, basic, bridal and plus size, has also found success in the U.S. with its sexy collection.

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Aakar: New Indian Firm Showing At NY Curve

Aakar is an interesting new source for intimates, coming to the New York Curve for this first time this summer. The India-based supplier already has a U.S. distributor.

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Luxury Post-Surgical Bras From Crisscross

The Nina and Grace bras from Crisscross Intimates are “luxe post-surgical bras for any stage or phase of breast surgery,” explained Jean Criss, owner of the company.

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VS, Pink U.S., Canada June Comp Sales -1%

Examples of new T-shirt bras, a July focus for Victoria’s Secret.

Victoria’s Secret and Pink U.S. and Canadian comparable company-owned store sales fell 6% in June (following a 12% drop last June). When the direct business for those brands is added in, the combined comps for the two labels declined only 1% (following a 17% drop in June 2017).

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Raveware: ‘Dionysus’ Is New Men’s Collection

Raveware, the sister brand to Starline, is launching a new line of “bondage inspired play wear for men,” according to CEO John Wiltgen.

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New ILS: Many Top Brands For Fall Event

The New International Lingerie Show (NILS) will have many prominent brands exhibiting at its fall show, September 24 through 26, at the Westgate Hotel in Las Vegas.

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Mapalé: Camouflage Group ‘Most Successful’

A military inspired, camouflage-based lingerie group proved to be a surprise hit for Mapalé, the Florida intimates, swim, resort, dance and beachwear producer.

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Plus Sizes Are Popular For Studio Collants

“Our philosophy is all women are beautiful,” declared Josh Ordonio, the U.S. sales contact for Studio Collants. “Our desire is to provide plus size styles to all our curvy customers.”

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Escante About To Intro New Collection, Catalog

Escante’s latest collection, as well as a new catalog, are both nearing completion, with showings of the former and mailings of the latter beginning in July. Deliveries will start August 25.

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Parfait Intros First Swim Collection For SS’19

Parfait, the “size-inclusive lingerie brand,” has launched its “first-ever swimwear collection for the Spring/Summer 2019 season.” This follows the successful addition last year of swimwear as part of its new sister brand, MOD by Parfait.

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Extensive ‘Luxury’ Line Successful For Axami

Axami, the extensive Polish brand with many separate groups, has been expanding rapidly in the U.S. market. A key component of its success has been its Luxury collection.

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Dominique Minimizers: A Formula For Success

Two views of Dominique’s Mystique Minimizer style #7000.

“Minimizers are immensely popular, and in the case of Dominique, have our highest sell through rate,” began owner Michael Chernoff, discussing a category of bras his company has made a specialty.

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Exquisite Form: New Bra, Sleepwear Styles

Exquisite Form, part of BL Intimates (BLI), is launching a new bra style as well as two new sleepwear designs this fall, Stephanie Bronk, corporate account manager, told BODY.

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Sales, Profits Up At iFabric In First Half

Second quarter sales rose 11.5% at Coconut Grove Pads Inc. (also known as CPG and Coconut Grove Intimates), contributing to another sales increase for parent company iFabric Corporation. The firm has also renewed its license to produce certain products using the Maidenform label through the end of 2020.

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La Whisper Bringing 3 Brands To Curve Show

La Whisper’s three brands: EvaShow, NBB and Marc & André.

La Whisper Apparel is an intimates distributor that is bringing, to their first Curve show inJuly, three interesting labels: NBB Lingerie, EvaShow and Marc & André.

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Souhela Ferrah: Luxury Line Coming To Curve

“A label inspired by the island life with a twist of French style,” is Souhela Ferrah, an eponymous brand launched in Bali in December 2017 by a former fashion model.

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Starline and Raveware Break Sales Records

Buoyed by positive reactions from buyers, some of it at recent trade shows, sister companies Starline and Raveware both reported record breaking sales for their latest collections.

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Dominique Continues To Expand Bridal Line

Since Dominique, a brand focused on the needs of the specialty retailer, launched over a decade ago, a growing segment of its business has been serving the needs of women during that most special of all occasions: weddings.

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VS, Pink U.S., Canada May Comp Sales Up 2%

Victoria’s Secret and Pink comparable U.S. and Canada store and direct sales rose 2% in May. A gain, yes, but that is compared against a huge drop of 14% last May.

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Aerie Astounds With Q1 Comparable Sales +38%

Aerie comparable sales jumped an astonishing 38% in its first fiscal quarter of 2018. The event was even more remarkable since the comps, for the lingerie division of American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), were up 25% in the same quarter last year.

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Soma Q1 Comps Down 5.8%; Cuts Store Count

Soma comparable sales fell 5.8% in its fiscal first quarter. It was the largest drop in comparable sales in several years for the intimates division of Chico’s FAS, Inc., and came as the company reported the closure of four more Soma boutiques.

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