Of Fashion: What’s Next for Ralph Lauren?
New York — For the first time in its 48-year history, Ralph Lauren’s fashion empire has new leadership. Stefan Larsson inherits a label with rich heritage and global name recognition. But it’s also one that’s grown a bit stodgy and stale. Ralph Lauren’s had a rough year. Shares had dropped 44 percent this year before Lauren announced Tuesday that he was stepping down as CEO from the company he founded. Comparable sales fell 2 percent...
Dressing Up Downtown
Kim Souza opened the doors of Revolution in June 2002, at a time when the clothing store’s neighbors included a strip club called The Wrap and an accompanying adult novelty store. Occasionally, workers from the club would try to consign some of their costumes at Revolution, but they wanted more money than Souza was willing to pay. “That’s a little bit of a change right there,” said Souza, owner and manager of the shop, as she folded...
Inside Tuesday’s ‘Valley News’
Local designers, from left, Mark Merrill and Sigrid Lium, both of White River Junction, Colleen McCleary, of Canaan, and Rene Gerrior, of Lebanon, are honored with flowers and applause at the end of the fashion show held at the Main Street Museum in White River Junction earlier this month. The May issue of Enterprise: The Business Magazine of the Upper Valley, uses the fashion show — and the continued redevelopment of downtown White...
