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		<title>Is luxury back? Coach beats estimates with 2Q earnings</title>
		<link>http://www.hithaprabhakar.com/2011/01/25/is-luxury-back-coach-beats-estimates-with-2q-earnings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hithaprabhakar</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[$COH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burberry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(A luxury obsessed consumer. Picture courtesy of Racked.com) Coach reported better than expected profits today. Net income rose to $303.4 million, or $1 a share up from $241 million or 75 cents in 2Q of last year. Sales rose 19% &#8230; <a href="http://www.hithaprabhakar.com/2011/01/25/is-luxury-back-coach-beats-estimates-with-2q-earnings/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The REIT stuff: Dillard&#8217;s to get into the real estate biz</title>
		<link>http://www.hithaprabhakar.com/2011/01/20/the-reit-stuff-dillards-to-get-into-the-real-estate-biz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hithaprabhakar</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[$DDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dillards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macys $M]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the heels of reporting promising numbers for 3Q 2010 (net income was $14.4 million at 22 cents a share up from last year&#8217;s $8 million at 11 cents a share) Dillard&#8217;s ($DDS) announced today they will be moving into &#8230; <a href="http://www.hithaprabhakar.com/2011/01/20/the-reit-stuff-dillards-to-get-into-the-real-estate-biz/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Speaking of $JCG&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.hithaprabhakar.com/2011/01/18/speaking-of-jcg/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hithaprabhakar</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[buy out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J. Crew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JCG]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of their Saturday deadline, J.Crew recieved no additional takeover bids during their &#8220;go shop&#8221; period a provision that is frequently included in leverage buyout deals (the deadline for other potential companies to throw in their hats was &#8230; <a href="http://www.hithaprabhakar.com/2011/01/18/speaking-of-jcg/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Retail hangover?</title>
		<link>http://www.hithaprabhakar.com/2011/01/07/retail-hangover/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 06:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hithaprabhakar</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bluenie.com $NILE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[luxury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macys $M]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nordstrom $JWN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ralf Lauren $RL]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tiffany & Co. $TIF]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Drawing by Seth Herzog) The retail industry was bracing itself for the inevitable and it looks like it happened. No, sillys, Terry Lundgren is not stepping down as chairman and chief executive of Macys (M)&#8211; it seems as though the &#8230; <a href="http://www.hithaprabhakar.com/2011/01/07/retail-hangover/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Style File Daily Cheat Sheet</title>
		<link>http://www.hithaprabhakar.com/2010/08/10/the-style-file-daily-cheat-sheet-45/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hithaprabhakar.com/2010/08/10/the-style-file-daily-cheat-sheet-45/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hithaprabhakar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[retail]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is Fashion Ready to Break New M&#38;A Ground? There’s a new theme in fashion M&#38;A that has “synergy” taking a back seat to “innovation.” “This is like the geek trying to get the hot cheerleader to become cool at the high &#8230; <a href="http://www.hithaprabhakar.com/2010/08/10/the-style-file-daily-cheat-sheet-45/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Style File Daily Cheat Sheet</title>
		<link>http://www.hithaprabhakar.com/2010/08/05/the-style-file-daily-cheat-sheet-44/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hithaprabhakar.com/2010/08/05/the-style-file-daily-cheat-sheet-44/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hithaprabhakar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liz Claiborne Losses Grow Liz Claiborne Inc. said Thursday that its second-quarter net loss widened, despite margin improvement at its Juicy Couture, Kate Spade and partnered brands divisions. The New York-based retailer amassed a net loss of $87.2 million, or 92 &#8230; <a href="http://www.hithaprabhakar.com/2010/08/05/the-style-file-daily-cheat-sheet-44/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Style File Daily Cheat Sheet</title>
		<link>http://www.hithaprabhakar.com/2010/08/04/the-style-file-daily-cheat-sheet-43/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hithaprabhakar.com/2010/08/04/the-style-file-daily-cheat-sheet-43/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hithaprabhakar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(wwd)San Francisco Merchants Indicted in Major Counterfeit Ring Calling it the largest enforcement action against counterfeit goods on the West Coast, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Tuesday that a long-term investigation involving $100 million of counterfeit luxury goods has &#8230; <a href="http://www.hithaprabhakar.com/2010/08/04/the-style-file-daily-cheat-sheet-43/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Style File Daily Cheat Sheet</title>
		<link>http://www.hithaprabhakar.com/2010/08/03/the-style-file-daily-cheat-sheet-42/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hithaprabhakar.com/2010/08/03/the-style-file-daily-cheat-sheet-42/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hithaprabhakar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(wwd)Indian Cotton Harvest May Benefit Manufacturers India, the world’s second-biggest exporter of raw cotton after China, is positioned to produce a healthy harvest this year that could help lower world prices and lift global garment manufacturers. During July, the wettest month &#8230; <a href="http://www.hithaprabhakar.com/2010/08/03/the-style-file-daily-cheat-sheet-42/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Style File Daily Cheat Sheet</title>
		<link>http://www.hithaprabhakar.com/2010/07/29/the-style-file-daily-cheat-sheet-41/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hithaprabhakar.com/2010/07/29/the-style-file-daily-cheat-sheet-41/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hithaprabhakar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(wwd)Profiling China&#8217;s Luxury Consumer Luxury brands better get to know the Chinese words er nai and xiao san. Those phrases mean mistress and third girlfriend, respectively, and are whispered on an almost daily basis by well-to-do Chinese. “With some fashion brands, &#8230; <a href="http://www.hithaprabhakar.com/2010/07/29/the-style-file-daily-cheat-sheet-41/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Style File Daily Cheat Sheet</title>
		<link>http://www.hithaprabhakar.com/2010/07/28/the-style-file-daily-cheat-sheet-40/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hithaprabhakar.com/2010/07/28/the-style-file-daily-cheat-sheet-40/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hithaprabhakar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russia&#8217;s Newest Spy Move over, Anna Chapman, there&#8217;s another &#8220;Victoria&#8217;s Secret&#8221; agent sending love to Mother Russia &#8212; and her name&#8217;s Anna, too. Around the same time Chapman and her Russian spy-ring comrades were sent home, federal agents at JFK Airport &#8230; <a href="http://www.hithaprabhakar.com/2010/07/28/the-style-file-daily-cheat-sheet-40/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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