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BREAKING NEWS: Dreamgirl Expands in UK at Birmingham Fair Leg Avenue Expands Plus, Adds New Catalog Bradelis Flagship Opens in Lower Manhattan PS Brands Gets N/A Hind License for Socks Espiral Expands Rapidly with Latin Inspiration Seven ‘til Midnight Inks Distributor for Spain Electric Lingerie Halter On ‘The Jersey Shore’ G*Pow Athletics Debuts Men’s Line at MAGIC Shapers with Bio-Crystals from Co’Coon PJ Salvage: Back With Expanded Collection Music Legs Expands Clubwear, Adds Catalog VX Adds Larger Sizes, More Bridal Offerings Jois: Redesigned Group From Yoga Specialists Hot Item at Resurrected Barbara: ’Beauty Perfect’ Hanro: Cotton Seamless, Shapewear Doing Well Hot Item at Resurrected Barbara: ’Beauty Perfect’ Floodline Emphasizes Versatility in its Styles Nippies Swim Makes SI in Just its First Season Dreamgirl Invests In Supply Chain Software Seamlessly Shaped: New From Yummie Tummie Los Angeles Textile Show Opens Today Men’s Underwear ’Expert’ Blog Launched Pure Style Girlfriends: First Time at MAGIC Leonisa 2012 Swim Line Provides Confidence Pure Style Girlfriends: First Time at MAGIC Dreamgirl Expands in UK at Birmingham Fair Miami SwimShow, 30, Toasts $4.1B Industry Hot Item at Resurrected Barbara: ’Beauty Perfect’ PJ Salvage: Back With Expanded Collection Lyssé Launches 4-Piece Activewear Collection Luli: French With Great Colors, Modest Prices Frangi Pangi Hires New Regional Sales Manager Leonisa 2012 Swim Line Provides Confidence VX Adds Larger Sizes, More Bridal Offerings Electric Adds Eight New Hustler Costume Styles Fashion Forms Launches 7 New ’Solution’ Bras Bragel’s Bradelis Bras Are Meant to Be Seen Leg Avenue: Debuts NY Curve with Burlesque Electric Lingerie Halter On ‘The Jersey Shore’ Los Angeles Textile Show Opens Today Bragel’s Bradelis Bras Are Meant to Be Seen Houston Halloween Show Nearly Full Lip Service Lists Most Successful Costumes BodyZone Launches Dynamic New Website Men’s Underwear ’Expert’ Blog Launched Coconut Grove in Deal to License VF’s Splendid Lucile Lingerie Revives 1890-1930 British Label Seven ‘til Midnight Adds Bridal Thongs, Camis Houston Halloween Show Nearly Full Underbrella: A New Lingerie Brand at Curve BodyZone Launches Dynamic New Website Pluto Introduces “On the Moon” Collection Dreamgirl Expands in UK at Birmingham Fair Diva: New Costumes From La Femme Fatale Dreamgirl Invests In Supply Chain Software Bradelis Flagship Opens April in Manhattan Frangi Pangi Hires New Regional Sales Manager Fullbeauty.com Adds Plus Swimwear Choices Fashion Forms Launches 7 New ’Solution’ Bras Seamlessly Shaped: New From Yummie Tummie Fashion Forms Launches 7 New ’Solution’ Bras Underbrella: A New Lingerie Brand at Curve Electric Lingerie Halter On ‘The Jersey Shore’ Music Legs: Expanding In Several Directions Floodline Emphasizes Versatility in its Styles Los Angeles Textile Show Opens Today Coquette Expands Plus, Corsets and Costumes Leg Avenue Has New ’Rave Wear’ Collection Oh La La Cheri in 2012: Amusing, Original Style Neon Bright Colors Top Sellers at Ellie Shoes Underbrella: A New Lingerie Brand at Curve Pluto Introduces “On the Moon” Collection Underbrella: A New Lingerie Brand at Curve

Espiral Expands Rapidly with Latin Inspiration

When a 14-year-old company’s catalog output jumps from 285 pages to 450 in a single year it’s a clear sign that sales are accelerating. Such is the case with Espiral, a Florida-based firm offering a wide variety of lingerie, club wear, resort wear, dancewear and swimwear produced in its own factory in Colombia.

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Changes at Ricky’s Lead To Lawsuit & Headlines

In April, BODY ran an exclusive story about management changes at Ricky’s, the New York City costume and beauty products retailer, in which Todd Kenig, Carmen Kenig, Jason Sandlofer and Dominique Costello had all departed the company. Now the situation has gotten uglier and more public with a lawsuit and an article in New York’s largest-circulation newspaper.

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Leg Avenue Reports ’Furry Hoods’ Are a Hit

Leg Avenue’s collection of furry hoods have become “a fashion and Halloween ‘must have’” according to Lisa Griffin, the company’s marketing manager.

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Dreamgirl Invests In Supply Chain Software

Dreamgirl is now using the Logility Voyager Solutions supply chain and inventory optimization software program, which is helping to meet increased demand and boost sales even further this year.

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Electric Adds Eight New Hustler Costume Styles

Electric Lingerie, which holds the Hustler license to produce lingerie and other apparel, is about to double the size of its Hustler Costume collection. According to Electric owner Elan Rofé, the new costumes will begin shipping in mid-August, and include the following concepts: “a leopard, a new nurse costume, a beaver, a pussy cat, a pin up, a sailor and two sports themed costumes.” Currently there are “nine key styles,” all of them “best sellers.”

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Music Legs: Expanding In Several Directions

“Music Legs’ expansion at it’s California offices and warehouse is close to completion,” according to Mark Rosenfeld, national sales manager. “We will have new, bigger warehouse capacity, a new customer service area, a new showroom area and a new meeting and conference space for customers and staff,” when all is complete by mid summer. “We look forward to even better serving the industry with our new facility.”

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Lyssé Launches 4-Piece Activewear Collection

Lyssé, a company that started in 2010 offering a wide selection of leggings, is now launching a four-piece “FIT” activewear collection. The new styles feature the brand’s four-way stretch and control panel as well as grommet detailing in three legging styles – flare ($62 retail), tight ankle ($60) and capri ($56), and a coordinating tank ($42).

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René Rofé Celebrates Isaac Mizrahi License

Robert D’Loren, chairman and CEO of Xcel with René Rofé and Isaac Mizrahi.

On May 2 René Rofé celebrated his licensing agreement with Isaac Mizrahi (BODY, January 20, 2012), under which International Intimates is producing lingerie, shapewear and nightwear. The event was held at the Dream Hotel on West 16th Street, and guests included Rofé, Mizrahi and Robert D’Loren, chairman and CEO of Xcel Brands, Inc., which acquired the Isaac Mizrahi brand in 2011 (and for which Mizrahi serves as creative director). Several prominent retailers were also in attendance, and samples from the new Isaac Mizrahi New York collection were on display.

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Pain de Sucre to Exhibit At Miami Swim Show

“Creativity and boldness have always been the key words of the enterprise,” declared Christian Keusseyan, owner of Pain de Sucre, the luxurious and innovative brand from France that is now being distributed in the U.S. by Cruise and Co. Fashion, Inc. and soon to be shown at the Miami Swim Show.

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Knock Out! Owner Wins Harvard School Contest

Angela Newnam, the owner of Knock Out!, the new lingerie company and a Harvard Business School graduate (1996), has just won that school’s Alumni New Venture Contest and its $50,000 grand prize, for her success in launching the firm. The idea behind the company is to provide sexy, comfortable underwear for women and men that absorbs odor and wicks away moisture utilizing a patented “NoTrace” technology.

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As Losses Continue, Frederick’s Eyes Sale

After five straight quarters in which it has reported losses, Frederick’s of Hollywood Group Inc. has hired Allen & Company LLC, the New York-based investment bank, to assist the board of directors “in evaluating and exploring a broad range of strategic alternatives, including but not limited to a sale of the company or a business combination.”

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Pluto Introduces “On the Moon” Collection

Pluto’s new “On the Moon” collection was “designed for women who are looking for an authentic, unique and casual style, with the quality and comfort of PLUTO,” according to Kathleen Daese who handles U.S. sales for the company

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Frangi Pangi Hires New Regional Sales Manager

Frangi Pangi, the hosiery manufacturer, announced the appointment of Merit Tukiainen as regional sales manager, New England. Merit will be developing wholesale accounts and representing Frangi Pangi at women’s networking and shopping events.

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Sensualle: Unique, Very Sexy Brazilian Lingerie

After exhibiting at both the Curve and International Lingerie Shows in recent years, Sensualle has launched a new U.S. advertising campaign and is poised to announce its first U.S. independent sales respresentative. Taken together it is clear that the company is serious about the American market and deserves a closer look.

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Bra + Corset Combo: Big Winner for Shirley

A new concept in corset design has provided a sales boost for Shirley of Hollywood. “The reaction to our new Hollywood Corset has been fantastic,” declared Eric Schlobohm, director of international sales. “We premiered the group at the ILS show to rave reviews and lots of “Oh My God” comments on the bust lines jumping up two sizes.”

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Bradelis Flagship Opens in Lower Manhattan

There was an opening party last night (April 26th) for the new 1000-square-foot Bradelis New York lingerie boutique at 211 Elizabeth Street in Manhattan (article in BODY last month).

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Lola Luna: New Label Added by Mika Brands

Mika Brands, a US distributor of high-end European lingerie brands has announced the hiring of Olivia Feldman Lingerie as their east coast sales representative. The company will also be announcing a west coast sales rep in May.

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Seamlessly Shaped: New From Yummie Tummie

Seamlessly Shaped is a new collection of panties, expected to retail for $18 (or two for $30), from Shapewear brand Yummie Tummie.

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Fullbeauty.com Adds Plus Swimwear Choices

Fullbeauty.com, the lingerie website that is part of Redcats USA’s OneStopPlus Group, has launched an extended plus size swimwear collection.

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Lucile Lingerie Revives 1890-1930 British Label

Camilla Blois, the great-great granddaughter of Lady Duff Gordon, a leading UK couturier, has launched a London-based lingerie company, Lucile Lingerie, that revives the Lucile Ltd. firm her relative operated from the 1890’s to the 1930’s out of offices in London, New York, Paris and Chicago. While the original firm offered a variety of apparel, the new company focuses on lingerie.

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Houston Halloween Show Nearly Full

The Halloween & Party Expo has announced that despite the next show being nearly 10 months away, the Expo floor is more than 80 percent contracted.

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Hanro: Cotton Seamless, Shapewear Doing Well

Hanro has launched its latest collection of intimates, and is getting a strong response for its “re-launched cotton seamless collection, which is a consumer favorite,” according to a company spokesperson, who added, “We are also seeing good sell thru in our new shapewear collection.”

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Miami SwimShow, 30, Toasts $4.1B Industry

The Miami SwimShow 2013 will celebrate its 30th anniversary with this year’s event (July 21-24, 2012), hosting “2,500 lines organized into well-defined sections for women’s, men’s and children’s, as well as for contemporary, juniors and more,” according to the Swimwear Association of Florida which holds the event.

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Seven ‘til Midnight Adds Bridal Thongs, Camis

Seven ‘til Midnight, a division of Carrie Amber Intimates Inc., the lingerie and costume wholesaler, is expanding its bridal collection with a thong set and new camis.

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Coconut Grove in Deal to License VF’s Splendid

Splendid, an apparel brand owned by VF Corporation, has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Coconut Grove Intimates to design, produce and distribute women’s and girl’s intimates.

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Leonisa 2012 Swim Line Provides Confidence

As Leonisa launches its 2012 swim collection it is emphasizing one its guiding philosophies: to make its customers feel more confident and attractive instead of vulnerable on the beach. “The ideal look is no longer the underfed model-thin figure,” declared Octavio Quintana, vp of Leonisa USA. “At Leonisa, our latest designs are influenced by this welcome trend and we are glad our swimwear helps to improve the lives of our customers with appealing new styles that are major confidence boosters.”

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Coquette Expands Plus, Corsets and Costumes

A “25% increase” in the overall number of apparel styles offered by Coquette, as well as a new catalog collection, were among the latest developments reported by vp Marcus Horea in a recent interview.

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Spotlight: Complex New Body Stocking Line

Spotlight Hosiery is a company launched late last year that focuses on elaborate body stockings and a variety of other sheer, seamless garments that often combine hosiery, faux garters and a top, all in one piece. Headquartered in El Monte, California, with production in Taiwan, the firm has ambitious plans for expansion in the U.S. Spotlight’s weapon? Its obvious expertise in producing a wide and wild variety of styles in the somewhat less contested body stocking niche.

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Gilly Hicks Lingerie Hot Segment of Abercrombie

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While still only a minor part of Abercrombie and Fitch Co., sales at the company’s Gilly Hicks lingerie division grew four times faster than the company sales as a whole last year, and the firm has increased the number of Gilly Hicks retail outlets since last June by 31%, from 16 to 21 as of February 2012. Sales at the Gilly Hicks division rose from $40.3 million in fiscal 2010 to $73 million in fiscal 2011, rising by 81% while overall company sales rose by 20% during the same period.

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MeMoi in Dramatic Expansion of Collection

The big story at MeMoi, the hosiery and accessories division of Infinity Classics, is the dramatic expansion of styles, fashion offerings, colors, textures and accessory categories for fall / winter 2012. The aim, according to a spokesman, is to combine fashion leadership, a one-stop-shopping experience with great value-for-the money, all in one brand.

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Nippies Swim Makes SI in Just its First Season

Bristols 6, the maker of the Nippies line of nipple covers, has found success in expanding into intimates, elaborate nipple covers with tassels and now swimwear. Indeed, the tiny swim collection, which is in its first season, found its way into the just-publshed 2012 Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition: a goal that some swim companies strive to achieve for years.

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Closing of Wundervoll Lingerie Is Announced

Matthias Jaschke, a principal of Formesse, the German textile company, announced the closing of the firm’s lingerie division, Wundervoll. “Unfortunately,” he declared, “we failed to make a commercially successful brand out of our celebrated designer label. At the same time, the core business of Formesse developed to such an extent that it became increasingly difficult to manage the challenges faced by both areas. This is why I have reluctantly decided that the current spring / summer collection will be the last for Wundervoll.”

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Neon Bright Colors Top Sellers at Ellie Shoes

“Color blocking and neon are really hot right now,” declared Ellen Renger, owner of Ellie shoes during an interview during the International Lingerie Show (March 26 to 28). As illustration she pointed to Adore (#609) the “top booking” shoe for her at the show. The shoe, with strappy top (22 stringy straps), is made of material that reacts strongly to black light. The shoe is popular with dancers (many of whom wear black-light-reactive costumes) as well as in the rave market.

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Leg Avenue Expands Plus, Adds New Catalog

Leg Avenue has significantly expanded its commitment to the plus size customer, publishing its first plus catalog and adding many new plus styles, including several that are exclusive to its plus division.

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Shapers with Bio-Crystals from Co’Coon

Co´Coon, the prominent Colombian producer of girdles and molding garments, has launched a new seamless collection which is impregnated with Bio-Crystals.

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Los Angeles Textile Show Opens Today

The Los Angeles International Textile Show (LA TEXTILE) opens today at the the California Market Center and runs through the 28th. The show, which has been produced by the center since 1993, is presented in the facility’s penthouse, located on the 13th floor, and in the Fashion Theater, located in the main lobby. Highlights at this edition include an increased number of exhibitors from Europe, South America, and India, as well as additional players in the areas of manufacturing and sourcing. Highlights include the return of the Lenzing Innovation Pavilion and the Korean Pavilion presented by KTTA. The show also presents its complimentary, daily seminar program featuring trend forecasters and industry experts and an interactive trend gallery co-curated by trend partner WGSN and LA TEXTILE.

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Music Legs Expands Clubwear, Adds Catalog

Music Legs has greatly expanded its clubwear offerings, displaying all the styles in the collection in a new catalog.

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Floodline Emphasizes Versatility in its Styles

The Floodline, a manufacturer of clubwear, lingerie, dancewear and costumes, emphasized to BODY the versatility of its products which allows it to be sold in a wide variety of retail stores.

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VX Adds Larger Sizes, More Bridal Offerings

VX Intimate has extended sizing in the company’s most popular styles, including the lace, off-the-shoulder minidress (style 5095), the double-layer chiffon babydoll (style 5155) and the microfiber chemise with stretch lace (style 4054). These, as well as certain other designs, are now available in sizes small through 6X.

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Leg Avenue Has New ’Rave Wear’ Collection

Leg Avenue has launched a colorful new ‘Rave Wear’ collection, comprising over 50 styles which the company displays in a new 32-page catalog. The line can be seen in person at the upcoming International Lingerie Show (March 26-28). Suggested retail prices for pieces in the Rave collection range from $10 to $30.

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Diva: New Costumes From La Femme Fatale

Diva Adult Costumes is a new sexy costume division from three-month-old L.F.F. Intimates. It will debut its collection of a dozen outfits at the upcoming combined International Lingerie Show and Las Vegas Halloween show (March 26-28).

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Hot Item at Resurrected Barbara: ’Beauty Perfect’

“It looks like, at the end of the show, our door-opener will be this product,” said Hubert LaFont, directeur general at Barbara, the resurrected French brand, speaking about the new Beauty Perfect bra and control panty that were a prominent part of the new collection he introduced to the U.S. market at the recent CurveNY show.

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Planet Sox Ready To Ship Southpole Hosiery

PS Brands, LLC will begin to ship in April a collection of Southpole men’s, ladies’, boy’s, girls’, baby’s socks, hosiery, and infant crib shoes.

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Leg Avenue’s Mike Tsai Exclusive Interview

BODY publisher Nick Monjo recently interviewed Leg Avenue COO Mike Tsai about current issues and future plans at the company. Here is the full interview.

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Luli: French With Great Colors, Modest Prices

Providing a wide range of colors, as well as an emphasis on selecting shades in each group to enhance a customer’s ability to mix and match pieces across its entire range are the hallmarks of Luli Paris, a brand which made its Curve debut at the recent show in New York.

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Bragel’s Bradelis Bras Are Meant to Be Seen

Bragel International has launched major product initiatives in recent months, all designed to take the company’s existing NuBra line of adhesive bras and bra accessories to new levels. The first additions were the 3D NuBra and NuBra Airy collections. And now comes the “NuBra x Bradelis New York” line (pronounced bra-de-lease), which was exhibited in the Bragel booths at the most recent Curve shows in Las Vegas and New York. These are adhesive bras that are very definitely meant to be seen, not hidden under a garment. The retail price range for this show off collection is $65 to $220.

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Amoena: ’Improved’ Mia Collection Discussed

Interview with Phillip Sporidis, President of Amoena USA Corporation.

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Lip Service Lists Most Successful Costumes

Lip Service reported success with it better costume line, in particular its Joan of Anarchy costume, a hooded dress in simulated chain mail, featuring a winged unicorn on the chest, with a wholesale price of $26 and a suggested retail of $59.99. It comes in sizes XS to XL.

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Bradelis Flagship Opens April in Manhattan

Rendering of New Bradelis Shop at 211 Elizabeth

Gold Flag Ltd., a Japan-based producer of intimates and underwear and the operator of a chain of retail stores in Japan, China and the U.S., plans to open a flagship Bradelis New York store in Nolita on April 27.

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Infinity: Shapewear in Bright Fashion Colors

Infinity Classics, which produces the SlimMe label, is aggressively expanding its offerings in several directions within the shapewear category.

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New Bra Accessories Added by Fashion Forms

Fashion Forms, the company known for its continuing effort to identify and provide the answer for the intimate apparel needs and challenges of every woman, has just added more solution products to its collection. These, in addition to seven new bra styles, were on display at the recent Curve shows in Las Vegas and New York, and will next be shown at the International Lingerie Show in Las Vegas (March 26-28)

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Gildan Activewear Buys T-Shirt Maker Anvil

Gildan Activewear Inc. purchased 100% of the common shares of Anvil Holdings, Inc. Earlier this month Gildan had announced it had signed a definitive agreement to make the acquisition for a total purchase price of approximately $88 million, financed by utilization of Gildan’s bank credit facility. Under the agreement, Gildan said it was not going to assume any of Anvil’s currently outstanding indebtedness.
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Limited Brands: McGuigan Coo

Limited Brands, Inc. announced today that Charlie McGuigan, chief executive officer of Mast Global, the company’s sourcing and production arm, has been named Limited Brands chief operating officer. In addition to retaining his current responsibilities, he will assume leadership of enterprise operations.
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1 Qt Declines At Warnaco

For the first quarter of 2012, Warnaco net revenues declined 7% from the same quarter last year, to $615.5 million, a decline of 7% compared to the prior year period, while income per diluted share from continuing
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Fitch: Limited Brands Stable

Fitch Ratings, the global rating agency, has affirmed its ratings on Limited Brands,Inc., including the long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ’BB+’. In a statement accompanying the full list of rating, Fitch noted, “The affirmations reflect Limited Brands’ strong brand recognition and dominant market positions in intimate apparel and personal care and beauty products, strong operating results, reasonable credit metrics, solid cash flow generation and good liquidity. The ratings also consider the company’s track record of shareholder-friendly activities.”
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Hanesbrands 1Qt Loss

HanesBrands reported a net loss for the first quarter of 2012, ended March 31, of $0.27 per diluted share, compared with EPS of $0.49 in the year-ago first quarter. Net sales were $1.01 billion, a decrease of 3
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Under Armour: 1 Qt Increases

Under Armour, Inc. announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012 with an increase in net of 23% in the first quarter of 2012 to $384 million compared with net revenues of $313 million in
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Gilly Hicks Growing Fast

Delta Galil Buys Schiesser

Delta Galil Industries, Ltd. has signed a “definitive agreement” to acquire Schiesser AG, the leading underwear manufacturer and marketer in Germany, for a purchase price of €68 million (approximately $90 million).
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Ricky’s: Management Shuffle at the Top Level

In a management shuffle, Todd Kenig, Carmen Kenig, Jason Sandlofer and Dominique Costello are no longer working at Ricky’s, the East Coast costume and beauty products retailer. All except for Sandlofer, still, however, retain equity in the company.
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Wacoal Japan Buys Eveden for $237 Million

Wacoal Holdings Corp, Japan has agreed to purchase the Eveden Group, the UK-based lingerie and swimwear company, for about $237 million including debt. Eveden is comprised of several brands including Fantasie, Freya, Huit, Fauve, Elomi and Goddess. According to Eveden, which specializes in fuller bust and full figure lingerie and swimwear, the company has some 5000 retail customers in 50 countries. It will become a subsidiary of Wacoal.
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VS Up in 2011, Expects Earnings Rise in 2012

Limited Brands, owner of the Victoria’s Secret business, announced that operating income for the fourth quarter ended January 28, 2012 rose to $786.5 million compared to $713.5 million last year, and adjusted net income was $459.2 million compared to $419.7 million last year.
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Van de Velde: ’Tough’ 2011 for Intimacy Stores

Belgian public company Van de Velde announced its annual results, noting of the prominent U.S. retailer it controls, “Intimacy experienced a tough 2011 and must return to turnover growth in every store. Van de Velde will take over operational management from the minority shareholders in May 2012 and has a clear vision on profitability improvement. 18 or 19 stores will be open by the end of 2012.”
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HanesBrands: Overall Sales Up Despite 4Q

HanesBrands saw an increase in income in the last fiscal year despite slow sales in the 4th quarter. Hanes chairman and CEO Richard A. Noll said the underwear and sock categories were particularly strong for the company. In fact, the company is hoping that in 2012 sales and profit growth from their innerwear products will help offset the predicted decline in the outerwear segment, which includes activewear products sold to the screen-print industry.
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Hanes 4Q 2011 Results, Conference Call Feb.15

HanesBrands will host a live internet audio webcast of its 2011 4Q investor conference call at 4:30 p.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2011. At the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange that day, Hanes will issue a press release summarizing the results of the quarter and year ended Dec. 31, 2011. The live internet broadcast may be accessed on the home page of the Hanes corporate website, www.hanesbrands.com.
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Industry Vets Launch White Space Marketing

Apparel industry veteran Raymond Nadeau has launched consulting practice White Space Marketing LLC, a strategic firm specializing in new business and product development, brand building, retail merchandising and category management.
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Retail Sales Up in December 2011

According to a release from the U.S. Census Bureau, seasonally adjusted retail sales of apparel, footwear and accessories in December 2011 rose 0.7 percent from the prior month and 5.8 percent from December 2010.
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India Loosens Restrictions on Retailers

After initially suspending a plan that would allow foreign retailers to own any more than 51 percent of their stores, India’s government ratified a decision to allow international companies full ownership of stores selling a single brand.
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Mothercare 3q Sales Up 3%

Mothercare PLC, a U.K.-based retailer of maternity and nursing apparel, reported a 3 percent increase in worldwide sales for the company’s fiscal third quarter ended Jan. 7, 2012.
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Urban Outfitters C.E.O. Resigns

Specialty retailer Urban Outfitters, Inc. announced the resignation of chief executive officer Glen T. Senk on Jan. 9, 2012. He is succeeded by Richard A. Hayne, president and chairman of the board of directors.
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Delta Galil, Jones Cease Jeanswear Sale Talks

Delta Galil Industries Ltd. has announced the termination of all discussions regarding the potential acquisition of The Jones Group, Inc.’s jeanswear division.
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Lululemon Founder Steps Down

Chip Wilson, founder, chairman and chief innovation and branding officer of yoga and activewear retailer Lululemon Athletica, Inc. announced he will resign his executive position as of Jan. 29, 2012. He will continue to serve as chairman of the board of directors.
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Van de Velde Revenue Rises 8.2%

Belgian lingerie company Van de Velde reported a 8.2 percent increase in revenue in 2011.
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Sears Holdings to Shutter Stores

Sears Holdings Corp. has announced it plans to close between 100 and 120 Kmart and Sears full-line stores — approximately 5 percent of its total locations.
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Limited Brands’ December Sales Up 7%

Limited Brands, Inc., the parent company of Victoria’s Secret and Canadian lingerie chain La Senza, reported a sales increase of 7 percent for the five weeks ended Dec. 31, 2011.
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Retailers Affected by Payment Regulations

A report from Steve Kimberling of Intimate Payments is alerting retailers that new federal regulations for electronic payment transactions going into effect January 2012 may have dramatic business effects.
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Frederick’s 1q Loss Nearly Doubles

Frederick’s of Hollywood Group, Inc. reported that its first-quarter net loss expanded to $2.3 million, or 6 cents a share, from $1.2 million, or 3 cents a share, in the year-ago period.
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India Suspends International Retail Plan

After introducing a plan that would allow foreign retailers to open and expand in the country, India’s governing Congress Party announced that the plan was being suspended.
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Tefron Reports 67% Revenue Growth in 3q

Israel-based activewear and intimate apparel producer Tefron Ltd. reported a 67.4 percent increase in sales for the third quarter of 2011.
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Limited Brands Reports Nov. Sales, Issues Dividend

A strong Black Friday turnout at Victoria’s Secret stores pushed parent company Limited Brands’ November revenue up 7 percent, beating analysts’ estimates.
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Charming Shoppes Reports Sales, Fashion Bug Divestiture

Charming Shoppes, Inc., parent company of specialty retailers Lane Bryant, Catherines and Fashion Bug, reported a 7 percent decrease in sales for the third quarter of 2011. The company also announced plans to divest Fashion Bug and focus on accelerating the growth of the Lane Bryant brand.
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