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Gap Inc. appoints leadership for beauty and accessories expansion

Gap Inc. is making a strategic push into the beauty and accessories markets, appointing new leadership and engaging industry experts to guide the expansion. The company announced the appointments of Deb Redmond as general manager of beauty and Michele Parsons as general manager of accessories. These new categories are seen as a way for Gap Inc....

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Reed Krakoff to design collection for Kohl's

New York - H&M can't be the only one getting their hands on the designer collaboration pie. Kohl's has announced that they will be doing a collaboration with Reed Krakoff to be released during April 2016. The line will be called Reed for Kohl's. The collection will be available in 1116 Kohl's stores and on kohls.com. The price points for the...

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Reed Krakoff suspends namesake label

Luxury fashion brand Reed Krakoff has "suspended all future design and production" for an unspecified amount of time as it searches for an investor. The break, according to the New York-based label, will allow the company to "refocus on the accessible luxury segment of the accessories market", signifying a shift from its ready-to-wear...

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Reed Krakoff taps Harlan Bratcher as CEO

Luxury fashion house Reed Krakoff continues to bolster its management time with the appointment of Harlan Bratcher as chief executive officer. The current president and CEO of A/X Armani Exchange will take over tasks from Reed Krakoff himself, who will continue on as the label’s creative director. Bratcher is also is set to join the label’s...

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Reed Krakoff bolsters management team

Luxury fashion house Reed Krakoff has bolstered its management team with the appointment of Stacy Van Praagh, former president of Fendi Americas, as its new president with immediate effect. Van Praagh will oversee all aspects of the “global retail and wholesale business expansion”and will additionally work to deepen the brands' existing...

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Valérie Hermann named president of Ralph Lauren Luxury Collections

Ralph Lauren Corporation have announced the appointment of Valérie Hermann, former CEO and president of Reed Krakoff, as president of Ralph Lauren Luxury Collections. She will begin her new role April 7. Prior to working at Reed Krakoff, Hermann was CEO of Yves Saint Laurent from 2005-2011 and has previously worked at LVMH and the Comité...

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Reed Krakoff buys back namesake label

Accessories designer Reed Krakoff has bought back his namesake label from previous owner Coach Group. In a deal together with US investers Mitchell Rales and Mark Ein, Krakoff is the largest shareholder in a 50 million dollar deal that also sees him as the creative head of the company. "Our investor group is thrilled to use our capital and...

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Reed Krakoff to buy namesake label

Luxury accessories label Coach is set to sell its Reed Krakoff brand to a group headed up by founder and designer Reed Krakoff, Coach’s long-time Executive Creative Director who announced that he was leaving the brand to focus on his own namesake label. When Krakoff announced he was stepping down from his position earlier this year, the American...

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Reed Krakoff to exit Coach

Reed Krakoff who has served as Coach’s president and executive creative director for 16 years is to step down from his role in June 2014, to focus “exclusively on his namesake brand”. Krakoff confirmed in the brand’s third quarter statement that he has decided not to renew his contract, which expires in June 2014, in order to develop and build...