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Saturday, 20 March 2010
one of the finest in the country
Lewis White used that word early and quite often as he discussed the business, A.O. White, started by his father more than 60 years ago and that he took over in the early '90s. He also used it to describe the retail industry, fashion, attitudes about dress, and even that relatively new and ubiquitous industry term 'business casual,' which both women and particularly men struggled to get their hands around when it came into prominence in the mid-'90s.
"We pretty much built a business on what's called business choose tiffany bracelets," he explained, "because guys coming out of tailored clothing and the business uniform didn't know what to do. I gave seminars ... I went to companies and talked to people about what was good, what wasn't, what you could and couldn't do. People were in Never Never Land, not knowing what was appropriate."
In each case, including business casual, the evolution continues, said White, as he explained in depth how the store his father started in downtown Springfield to sell men's tailored clothing is now operating in the center of East Longmeadow and sells mostly women's attire. In short, A.O. White has changed to adapt to all that evolution taking place in society and retail, he said.
"Today, we sell everything from $2,500 for sale tiffany coats to Red Sox T-shirts," he said, "and very often to the same customer."
Tracing the history of the company, White said his father, Albert Oscar White, opened the men's clothing store that took his name and initials in the late 1940s. He moved several times, always within downtown Springfield, and eventually settled in choose tiffany pendants was then known as Baystate West (now Tower Square) not long after it opened in 1967. The elder White would go on to be the first general manager of that retail and office facility.
In the early years, his store sold tailored items--suits, jackets, and trousers--made by some of the finest clothiers of the time, including many names that have disappeared from the fashion landscape. "It was a great store," said White, "one of the finest in the country."
Albert Oscar White eventually diversified into women's clothing (he took a vacant storefront in Baystate West above his men's store for this second venture, A.O. White for Women), and it was this aspect of the business that his son essentially took over and refined, focusing on working women, which was a new trend in the retail sector.
In 1983, the company continued its evolutionary process by opening a store in the Longmeadow Shops called A.O. White Sports, which, as the name suggests, sold casual, sporty clothing for both men and women. And when downtown Springfield started to become much less of a retail center (part of that business sector's evolution in the wake of the Holyoke Mall and other facilities like it), A.O. White first closed its women's store downtown (in 1991), and then its men's store (in 1993).
The Longmeadow store then became the sole location, and it continued to change with the times, focusing increasingly on women's clothes and moving out of tailored men's clothing entirely.
When asked to describe the sum of what's offered today, White thought for a moment and said, "a carefully selected and well-edited collection of casual and dressy clothes for men and women that basically covers every aspect of someone's lifestyle.
Friday, 19 March 2010
the highest finish
Jan. 20--Austin Westlake smashed the tournament record and its No. 1 player bested the top-ranked junior amateur golfer in the country to win an Aggie Cup Invitational blessed by good weather and great competition.
The defending Class 5A state champion Chaparrals shot their second consecutive round of 293 as the event finished Tuesday at Miramont Country Club. Westlake won the A&M Consolidated tourney for the second time in four years, posting a 586 tiffany accessories total that was 13 shots better than second-place Mansfield.
Four teams eclipsed the previous tournament record of 630, with Southlake Carroll shooting 608 and Lufkin at 625.
Westlake junior Brenden Redfern matched the opening 70 he fired Monday at Traditions Club, winning the individual title by five shots and breaking the tournament standard by three. Redfern finished six strokes ahead of Dallas Jesuit's Jordan Speith, the No. 1-ranked junior amateur in the nation.
Consol coach Justin McKown attributed the low scores to good weather and a loaded field. Westlake, Mansfield and Lufkin finished in the top four at the UIL state tournament last spring.
"I don't know if there's any other teams out there that are better than the ones that are here today," Westlake coach Callan Nokes said. "We knew we needed to play well, but we're capable of playing well. I've got six guys that could play on virtually anybody's first team. It's a luxury, because they push each other pretty hard in practice."
Westlake entered the final round with a 19-shot lead tiffany was plenty even though Mansfield went under par as a team Tuesday, shooting 285.
Bryan's boys earned the highest finish among the local entries, taking eighth in the 17-team field. The Vikings shot 327 in the second round for a total of 660.
The Consol Maroon team took ninth with a 329 at Miramont and a 663 total. Consol's White team was 11th after a closing round of 340 left the Tigers at 667.
Texas A&M signee Greg Yates of Mansfield shot a 1-tiffany bracelets 71 on Tuesday and finished second in the medalist competition with a score of 145. Speith rebounded with a 70 for a 146 total to take third.
Consol senior Mike Eyeington posted the low round of the day among local players, shooting a 75 to finish at 155. Eyeington was one shot ahead of Bryan junior Sam Destefano, who closed with a 77.
"Yesterday it just wasn't clicking for me, but today was better," Eyeington said. "I made a lot of pars. Not a lot of birdie putts dropped, so 75 was good, but it could have been a lot better. That is usually the case."
Thursday, 18 March 2010
the American people
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Model Kylie Bisutti, the new face of Victoria's Secret, headed to the U.S. flagship store of women's exclusive shoe and handbag brand, Carmen Steffens, in Sherman Oaks, CA to shop in support of their Haiti fund-raising efforts. In an tiffany necklaces to help support emergency relief efforts, Carmen Steffens pledged 50% of U.S. sales from January 13th - 20th to the American Red Cross Haitian Relief and Development Fund.
"The outpouring of donations and overall support for Haiti tiffany necklace this tragic time has demonstrated the true compassionate nature of the American people," says Mark Willingham, president of Carmen Steffens' U.S. initiatives. "I would like to personally thank our customers for their support of our Haiti fund-raising endeavors."
To learn more about the American Red Cross Haitian relief efforts, please visit: http://american.redcross.org/supporthaiti
About Carmen Steffens
One of the most in-demand fashion exports to come from Brazil, Carmen Steffens exclusive handcrafted shoes and handbags are sold through over 150 Carmen Steffens stores worldwide and over 450 multi-brand boutiques. The brand's U.S. tiffanys store is located in Los Angeles. All Carmen Steffens products are handcrafted in limited quantities and reflect a unique Brazilian style that can be found in no other brand.
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
better known as the Garage
'There are people who expect me to have a Chanel breast pump," said Dasha Zhukova last December as she emerged from a suite at the Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles, where she had been nursing her two-week-old son. "For the record, I don't, but there are definitely some bizarre preconceptions about me out there."
For someone who had had a minor medical procedure the previous day, and who has been derided in the press, particularly in England, as a dilettante who wouldn't know a Moholy-Nagy from a Manolo Blahnik, Zhukova -- the art world's prima tiffany, fashion impresario and editor in chief of Pop magazine -- was anything but reserved.
Barefoot and wearing a Politburo-red knubbly coat that brought to mind Chanel (but wasn't), Zhukova fielded questions on everything from her father's incarceration (and subsequent acquittal) when she was a teenager -- "What can I say? It's very difficult, but you learn that there are some things that you just cannot do anything about" -- to her uneasy relationship with the British press. "It's unpleasant at times, but I don't get hurt by it," she continued, with her signature delivery that suggests both engaged circumspection and fashionable ennui. "The reader always loves a bit of a jab, so I understand the impulse. It's a better story. I'm tiffany earrings, Russian, I come from money, and I date a very well-known person."
Despite her desire not to be reduced to an attractive binary complement, any discussion of Zhukova inevitably circles back to her being the girlfriend of Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire and art collector. An undeniably glamorous couple -- "They are the Aristotle Onassis and Maria Callas of the art world," says the artist Francesco Vezzoli -- they have become highly visible, if discreet, members of the tiffany key beau monde, which is really not an oxymoron.
Yes, Abramovich owns the world's largest yacht and is building a home reportedly worth $242 million near Harrods, and Zhukova has been known to attend the opening of a wound. But just try to pick them out in a crowd. It's nearly impossible. Somehow they have managed to both subvert the cliche of showy, high-flying Russians and maintain an air of secrecy despite their ubiquity.
Not surprisingly, the 28-year-old Zhukova is fiercely protective of her paramour, the one subject on which her voluptuous lips are all but sealed. "I don't talk about it," she said matter-of-factly, "because at the end of the day it's personal. And because my quotes are held up and used to present not only my point of view but those of the people I am close to, of course I am going to be guarded."
It's the same reason, she explained, why she has learned not to discuss the art that she and Abramovich collect. (Works by Bacon and Giacometti are reportedly among the trophies.) "Because Roman arouses quite a bit of interest," she offered in between bites of a cheeseburger, "the minute I start speaking about it, a lot of unfair assumptions come into play. He has to be careful, too. If he stops in front of a sculpture to have a look, and maybe he hates it but he's still intrigued enough to want to look at it, the next day the talk will be that he not only bought it but that he then went to visit the artist and had him make 10 of them for me in my favorite colors."
As a businesswoman, Zhukova is also aware that any revelations about the couple's acquisitions tend to trivialize and deflect attention away from the other baby she recently brought into the world, the Center for Contemporary Culture in Moscow, better known as the Garage. Housed in a 91,000-square-foot former bus depot designed in 1926 by the avant-garde architect Konstantin Melnikov, the Garage -- a nonprofit institution partly bankrolled by Abramovich -- has become a bona fide port of call on the contemporary art circuit, having attracted more than 200,000 visitors in its first year.
The center's inaugural exhibition, a survey of the work of the conceptual artists Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, was a smart parochial gesture. But Zhukova made public her grand plan for the Garage with the staging of "Un Certain Etat du Monde?" featuring works from the Francois Pinault collection, including key pieces by Jeff Koons, Dan Flavin and Paul McCarthy. (The Garage subsequently hosted the main project of the Third Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art and has two concurrent Russian-themed exhibitions opening March 4.)
"I am very ambitious and passionate about what I am doing at the Garage," she said, clearly relieved that the conversation was now focused on her labor of love. "The Garage for me is an extension of a longstanding tradition in Russia of sharing the arts with a wider audience. Most museums in Moscow, like Tretyakov, were established by philanthropists, whose passion for art allowed the development of culture on many levels. Perhaps if I say it often enough, people will finally believe how serious I am about it."
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
many designers
Keeping track of fashion's rotating cast of characters can be more challenging than playing six degrees of separation with inbred European nobility.
Take the case of three of the oldest, most venerable French houses. Nina Ricci is now helmed by the Englishman Peter Copping, who was Marc Jacobs's right hand at Louis Vuitton for 12 years. Copping succeeded Olivier Theyskens, who, tiffanys Ricci, had been at Rochas, until that label was shuttered in 2006. Rochas has now reopened with Marco Zanini as its creative director; Zanini had had a brief stint at Halston after cutting his teeth with Donatella Versace for close to a decade. Meanwhile, Rodolfo Paglialunga, who was at Prada for 13 years, was just hired by Vionnet. Like Rochas, Vionnet had been under the radar for the past few years, after unsuccessful attempts to revive it by Sophia Kokosalaki and Marc Audibet.
Got all of that? Don't worry -- half the time we can't keep track, either. Really, all you need to know is that Copping, Zanini and Paglialunga are three names to watch. In a season of overt femininity, these newcomers got it right with flirty, romantic clothes that proved they have left their assistant days behind them. Their mission was to reinvent brands that stand for something sophisticated but maddeningly diffuse. Fashion historians revere Madeleine Vionnet, but unless you're a museum curator or a nonagenarian princess, chances are you haven't actually seen the clothes. Nina Ricci is remembered for its best-tiffany key fragrance, L'Air du Temps; and although Marcel Rochas was a groundbreaking designer in the 1920s and '30s -- he pioneered celebrity dressing and was one of the first to put pockets in skirts -- fragrances like Madame Rochas, rather than actual clothes, have been the company's bread and butter since he died in 1955.
So how to design a collection based on a smell? "For Nina Ricci, it does pretty much come down to one perfume," says Copping, who interned with Christian Lacroix and worked for Sonia Rykiel before heading to Vuitton. "But just from the name alone -- L'Air du Temps -- you know that it's something very light and romantic. Mme. Ricci's legacy is much more about a feminine spirit than iconic pieces of clothing." Copping's tiffany necklace debut show, which focused on layers of delicately exposed lingerie (another Ricci staple) paired with ruffled skirts and powder pink tulle cardigans, did indeed bring to mind a Frenchified L'Air du Temptress.
Of course, the concept of fashion revivals is about as new as the sewing machine; plus, the jury is still out on whether contemporary customers actually care about grandmotherly cachet. Last decade, after the success of Marc Jacobs at Louis Vuitton and John Galliano at Dior, virtually every fashion house with a fancy pedigree was given CPR. Some thrived, like Lanvin with Alber Elbaz, but most weren't so lucky. Remember Jacques Fath by Lizzie Disney? We'd rather not. How about Gres by Koji Tatsuno? Or Capucci by Bernhard Willhelm?
Copping, Zanini and Paglialunga are well aware that their new employers had been on this merry-go-round before, despite some good reviews for their predecessors. In the mid-aughts, when the economy was in delirious overdrive and Britney's bejeweled bellybutton was considered aspirational, Olivier Theyskens, then at Rochas, took a stand against "global vulgarity." But even with critical raves and Hollywood A-listers clamoring for his beautiful -- if astronomically expensive -- gowns, Theyskens couldn't purge the planet of thong-revealing logo jeans.
For better or worse, the recent economic crisis has managed to do what no single designer could: refocus our attention on value rather than conspicuous consumption. "Luxury is not a $4,000 T-shirt -- that's just an expensive item, the same as if a can of Coca-Cola cost $5,000," Zanini says. "Real luxury is a balance between quality and the affection you feel for an object that cannot be easily replicated. We've seen so much flamboyance and extravagance from so many designers that I feel that focusing on craftsmanship and striking a reasonable price is the right approach for the new Rochas."
It speaks volumes that Zanini, who spent most of his career working with Donatella Versace, the decidedly un-understated queen of gravity-defying, bust-baring and hip-jutting dresses, is the man responsible for Rochas's new demure silk slips, sheer blouses and jackets belted with a flower at the waist. "Donatella is the only person on this planet who can do what she does in a believable way," he says, laughing. "But at Versace I had the chance to work on the couture collections with all the Parisian ateliers -- embroideries at Lesage, feathers with Lemarie -- and you bring all those experiences with you. Now, at Rochas, I'm exploring another side of my taste, and I feel that it's more personal."
Paglialunga's first presentation coincided with a major retrospective of Madeleine Vionnet's work at Les Arts Decoratifs in Paris. It was an extremely tough act to follow: Madame Vionnet, a French national treasure, was responsible for, among other things, the bias cut and the handkerchief dress. She even pioneered copyright laws in fashion and sewed labels (with her fingerprint on them) onto her garments to discourage copyists.
Saturday, 13 March 2010
Another Delhi-based designer
As the women and men sashay down the catwalk, you can't help cheering in support. This is a grand fashion show, and it isn't happening in Delhi or Mumbai or Bangalore. The venue is Chandigarh, and the atmosphere is electric. The first Chandigarh Fashion Week has stalwart designers-Ritu Kumar, Pallavi Jaikishen, Bhairavi Jaikishen, Satya Paul, Arpan Vohra, Akhil & Nikhil and Charu Parashar-sharing space with local designers-Sonu Gandhi from Ludhiana, Babi from Chandigarh, jewellery designer Anmol from Chandigarh-on the ramp.
A genuine sense of achievement pervades backstage for quite a tiffanys after the show ends. The success of the event has led to it becoming an annual affair, and the state's fashion council is already working on the next one.
Punjab's stint with fashion did not begin recently. Amritsar-born Ritu Kumar, the oldest brand in the region, says, "Women here are individualistic, with a nice sense of colour and style. They are not easily swayed by new fashion trends and love to blend tradition with modernity." Looking at India as a continent and comparing Punjab, in terms of its size, to a country in Europe, Kumar feels that the region is ready to have its own fashion platform, with ensembles relating to the local climate and socio-economic norms.
Pallavi Jaikishen and Bhairavi Jaikishen's bridal collection was a huge hit at the Fashion Week. While in the region Bhairavi made a trip to Patiala just to see the traditional phulkari work made there. "We are looking at this beautiful traditional form as references in our future designs," she explains.
Satya Paul, another large brand, with four stores in the region and 25 years behind them, is the oldest entrant. Satya Paul's Puneet Nanda says, "Punjabis, as a community, are perhaps the most elegant people in India. The women are beautiful and love to experiment with clothes." The brand has sourced cheap bracelets from Punjab and looks at the region as an integral part of the industrial base of Satya Paul's designs.
Arpan Vohra, a London-trained designer, feels that it is the perfect time to get back to his roots in Punjab. "People here appreciate new designs, labels and experimental garments," he says. Vohra's line is traditional, with playful experimentation, and encompasses structured and draped silhouettes. He says his interaction with potential clients has been very encouraging.
At the other end of the spectrum are designers who specialise in Western cheap bangles. Delhi-based Punjabi designers Akhil & Nikhil, with their impressive fashion background, are proud of Punjab's grand splash in the fashion scene. They look forward to gaining a gathering for their deftly crafted line of Western garments, designed "for the young and the ones who are experimental," they say.
Another Delhi-based designer, Charu Parashar, says, "Punjabis are known for their happy disposition, and my line echoes that." Having presented her Spring 2010 collection, with large sprays of sunflower and rose prints, Prashar's range of Western wear and saris are targeted at the young at heart.
Many regional designers also look at the home front as a mature market for fashion. Chandigarhbased Babi Grewal says, "People here are very fashion-conscious and like to wear well-coordinated ensembles." The growing awareness about trends is an aspect that Sonu Gandhi also agrees with. Having showcased her Serpent Collection at the Fashion Week, Gandhi says, "It is a blend of the modern and the traditional that people look forward to."
Jewellery is also a perennial favourite of Punjabi women. Anmol, a jewellery designer from Chandigarh says, "They are willing to spend if the product is good. Women have now broken away from the old family-jeweller trend and are looking at new designs."
Friday, 12 March 2010
Norris Blanks
Feb. 3--The owners of the Krise building, a seven-story landmark on the corner of Ninth and Main streets in downtown Lynchburg, are negotiating its sale after it went up for auction Friday.
Bill Bryant of Counts Realty and Auction said the high bid Friday was in excess of $1 million, but the owners have not accepted any bids.
Owner Bruce Johnson cheap jewelry that he and co-owner Norris Blanks could have an agreement to sell the building worked out by later in the week.
Johnson and Blanks bought the building in 2004 for $913,200, according to the city's property assessment database.
In an earlier interview, the men said their vision cheap earrings to divide each of the building's top six floors into units that could be sold as condominiums or apartments. The floors have been gutted, repiped, rewired and divided into units ranging in size from 1,800 to 2,000 square feet.
They decided last year to sell the building unfinished in order to pursue other projects.
The building was finished in 1905, when it tiffany the Krise Banking Co. It was later the headquarters for First Colony Life Insurance Co. The first floor of the building now houses Bowen Jewelry Co.
Staff writer Bryan Gentry contributed to this report.
Thursday, 11 March 2010
a car or a diamond
Feb. 10--The recession is hurting the luxury retail business but people still seem willing it turns out people are still willing to shell out a few dollars money for a good piece of chocolate, say local retailers and market research experts.
Like movies, television, a stiff drink and other affordable tiffanys, the chocolate retail business is doing fine despite the fact that while other retailers in the county have left vacancies at a rate of 7.2 percent.the commercial real estate vacancy rate at 7.2 percent.
Candy is the No. 1 gift that people purchase for Valentines Day, according to the National Retail Federation, and local chocolate stores are readying for a quick sales spurt this week.
In downtown Ventura, customers havent stopped spendingcontinue to spend at Trufflehounds Fine Chocolates, said owner Claudia Gilman, even as surrounding retailers, including Bonnies gift and party supply store, clothing stores Duality and LINK, Brian de Staic Jewelry and a Quiznos sandwich shop, have closed.
Gilman expects to do 10 to15 times her normal business this week.
The owners of Tifa Chocolate in Agoura Hills also say they are thriving, despite the economic downturn. The store opened in April, said Mike Ashamalla, who co-owns it with his wife, Denise.
"We are happily surprised to see our sales are growing steadily, and we had a good holiday season and our sales continue to go up," Ashamalla said.
Everybodys giving up things today, said Marcia silver bracelets, senior analyst at Mintel International, a market-research company, but chocolate isnt one of them.
"Thats why these companies are doing well," she said. "There still are a lot of people who say "I still deserve a special treat, and its not going to be a car or a diamond, but I can still afford chocolate. "
Ashamalla echoed that.
"People are cutting back on big-ticket items like silver cufflinks-screen TVs," he said, "but people like little indulgences like a cup of gelato. Its a nice pick-me-up without spending a fortune.
"Maybe wed be doing a lot better if the economy wasnt so bad, but were really happy with the results."
One of the top reasons people buy chocolate, according to a survey of chocolate buyers that research firm Mintel conducted last year, is to celebrate a holiday, such as Valentines Day on Saturday. But most did so because "I had a chocolate craving," "for no particular reason" or "as a reward."
The rewarding attributes of chocolate are amorphous indeed.
Chocolate has long had a reputation as an aphrodisiac, recognized throughout history by such people as Casanova, the Marquis de Sade and Montezuma, whom legend states drank cups of chocolate for the same reason his descendants may take Viagra to increase libido.
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
multi-channel marketing
Everything Channel, a division of United Business Media, announced that Greg Avera has joined the company as Global Sales Director, Field Sales & Marketing Services. Everything Channel's Field Sales & Marketing Services provide multi-channel marketing and sales services for technology vendors which are designed to support and complement the sales process and drive marketing programs that actually do sell. With more than 20 years of IT sales and marketing experience, Avera understands the unique challenges technology vendors face when executing channel strategies. Avera is based in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Elsa Peretti Butterfly pendant and will report to Dan Dignam, SVP, Everything Channel.
Avera comes to Everything Channel from Viewsonic, where he was the General Manager US Channel Sales and was responsible for all channel sales, including Regional Value Added Resellers (VARs), e-commerce resellers and Elsa Peretti Open Wave earrings Market Resellers (DMRs). Prior to Viewsonic, Avera led D-Link's channel as Vice President Channel Sales for three years helping them to develop their VAR, government/education and corporate strategy. Earlier, he was a trainer with Tech Data. Avera began his career at BusinessLand in sales.
"Greg's intimate knowledge of channel sales and Link necklace, as well as his experience working with and for distributors, makes him a perfect fit to lead our Field Sales & Marketing Services business. He understands our customers' needs first hand and will be able to help them drive increased sales cost-effectively and efficiently," said Dignam. "We are very excited to expand our sales and marketing services group, it allows us move our business closer to our customers and assist them grow and drive their businesses."
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
jewelry liquidators Wilkerson
Fortunoff Holdings LLC, which has operated fine jewelry and housewares furnishings stores for more than 87 years, will conduct a court-ordered bankruptcy liquidation sale beginning on Thursday, February 26th. The sale, which will include all 20 store locations in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, was ordered by the bankruptcy court as a result of Fortunoff's Chapter 11 filing earlier this month.
In what will be the most significant sale in Fortunoff's long and storied history, inventory valued at approximately $212 million will be completely liquidated. Customers will find tremendous savings on everything in the store, including fine jewelry and watches, antique Elsa Peretti Butterfly pendant and silver, everything for the table, fine gifts, home furnishings including bedroom and bath, fireplace and outdoor furnishings.
The Fortunoff sale is being managed by a joint venture group of leading national retail liquidation firms, including: Great American Group, LLC; SB Capital Group, LLC; Tiger Capital Group, LLC; and Hudson Capital Partners, LLC; along with jewelry liquidators Wilkerson and Associates and The Gordon Co.
"These are unprecedented economic times, and it's unfortunate that after all these years, a New York icon like Fortunoff is going to close and people are going to lose their jobs," said Harvey M. Yellen, Chairman of Great American Bead bracelet. "Fortunoff has been a destination for fine jewelry, home goods and gifts at incredible value, and the going out of business sale will offer a final opportunity to purchase this quality merchandise at even greater discounts."
Bobby Wilkerson, President of Wilkerson and Associates added, "Since 1922 consumers have looked to Fortunoff for its quality, selection, and value of fine jewelry. This liquidation sale is affording an excellent opportunity to shop for quality jewelry and watches at incredible value."
In addition to the merchandise liquidation of Fortunoff, all store fixtures Black oynx Toggle necklace the chain will also be sold.
Fortunoff has been operating under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code since February 5, 2009 (U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, Case #09-10497.) Fortunoff is owned by NRDC Equity Partners, a private equity firm that bought the retailer out of an earlier bankruptcy in March 2008.
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz served as counsel to the joint venture regarding the liquidation of Fortunoff.
