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EAST MEETS WEST: Valentino looked to Asia to find its new North American leader.
Gianfranco Ditadi, regional manager of Tod’s business in China, is to join Valentino North America as president and chief executive officer at the end of February, according to market sources.
Ditadi has also held senior management roles with Ralph Lauren and Prada Group in Asia.
He is to fill a role that’s been vacant since September, when Sandra Jovicic exited the Valentino company.
Valentino is controlled by Mayhoola, an investment vehicle backed by a private investor group from Qatar, which took control of the company in 2012. The brand is designed by Pierpaolo Piccioli and is helmed by ceo Stefano Sassi. In November 2017, former Marc Jacobs International ceo Sebastian Suhl joined Valentino as managing director of global markets to help the brand’s expansion globally.

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As Altuzarra, the American luxury brand in which Kering has a stake, prepares to celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2019, the label is putting a growth strategy into place. Last month, Altuzarra soft-launched e-commerce, while a pop-up store is planned for February in New York. The store will open at 956 Madison Avenue in the space that formerly housed Tomas Maier, another brand owned by Kering before it revealed plans to shutter the business by the end of 2018 in tandem with Maier exiting his role at Bottega Veneta. E-commerce and the pop-up store are Altuzarra’s first foray into its own retail. With it will come a new handbag, the Play bag, to be sold exclusively through the brand’s own channels.
Joseph Altuzarra launched his collection in 2008, around the same time the stock market crashed, yet found editorial and retail support almost instantly. The son of a French father and Chinese-American mother, Altuzarra’s childhood in Paris has informed his collection’s aesthetic as much as his adulthood in New York has. His clothes bear a mix of French sophistication and American sportswear that has earned industry accolades and attention from the luxury conglomerates. Kering acquired a minority interest in the Altuzarra brand

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In anticipation of the upcoming Valentine’s Day holiday, Bloomingdale’s is embracing love as the concept for the latest iteration of its rotating pop-up shop, The Carousel @ Bloomingdale’s.
For the shop’s two-month run, the department store has turned to Darcy Miller, founding editor of Martha Stewart Weddings, to create a limited-edition Celebrate Love collection of her own designs as well as a selection of pieces from other companies.
The assortment includes everything from stationery, tabletop and beauty products to candy, accessories and apparel. Key items include embroidered Maison Labiche shirts and a Levi’s jacket and jeans as well as a beauty bag filled with GlamGlow, Bobbi Brown and Becca pieces.

The Bloomingdale’s Carousel pop-up has a love theme this time. 

“Everyone is always looking for the perfect gift, whether for their partner, their family, their friends, their pet or themselves, and this shop is filled with treasures, from a special lucky-in-love journal to a gold tandem bicycle,” Miller said.
Frank Berman, Bloomingdale’s chief marketing officer and executive vice president, said: “The concept of The Carousel is about infusing a new perspective into the Bloomingdale’s assortment. Darcy’s take on celebrating love and the art of gift-giving brings a refreshingly modern twist, which we believe will inspire and

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HOT CHRISTMAS: Selfridges said it delivered a “record-breaking Christmas” with sales on the up throughout the holiday period.
In a trading update set to be released Monday, the British department store said it saw an 8 percent sales increase across all of its channels during the week of Christmas and in the 24 day run-up to the holidays.
Selfridges’ Oxford Street flagship saw a 10 percent uplift in sales during the 24 days before the holidays. On Boxing Day, despite declining footfalls in stores across the U.K., the retailer said that it took in more than 4 million pounds in the first hours of the annual sale.
Exclusive product and in-store entertainment — which ranged from a sold-out Christmas cabaret to pop-up choirs and Santa appearances — drove consumers to the stores throughout the festive period, the store said.
“Our ‘Selfridges Rocks Christmas’ theme and entertainment really resonated with our customers, both across our stores and online,” said Anne Pitcher, Selfridges’ managing director.
Last year, the retailer was in the process of completing an ambitious renovation project of its Oxford Street flagship, which has been a key contributor to the increased footfall.
As part of the project, Selfridges unveiled the largest accessories department in the world,

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