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...seats were filled with men in business suits. During dinner and coffee breaks at the two-day luxury conference, the suits from places like Bear, Stearns cornered Burke and bombarded him with questions about luxury businesses?which ones had potential to add secondary lines and which ones could expand with worldwide licensing...
Private-equity cash allows a small company to expand worldwide quickly and strategically. "It's not just an injection of money," says Morra. "They're a sparring partner, someone to sit down to discuss, 'Do we have to open on Madison Avenue or in the meatpacking district?'" He partnered with L Capital because its advisers knew how to get handbag and shoe lines up and running, something that could help Piazza Sempione avoid missteps...
...launched eye-catching, tongue-in-cheek ad campaigns that spoofed fashion advertising, the how-to craze and mother's wisdom with equal doses of kitsch and sex?and, seemingly as an afterthought, glimpses of Diesel product. "Diesel: For Successful Living" became the brand's tagline. Today Diesel continues to expand. In addition to perfume, there's a home-furnishings line in the works, and Rosso is in the middle of an ambitious strategy to make Diesel more premium by integrating sophisticated techniques from ready-to-wear and pushing up prices accordingly. Rosso says he is driven by the increasing sophistication...
...year, making it a vibrant growth sector in the sporting-goods industry. Americans spend around $38 billion annually on sports apparel, with $12 billion going toward performance wear, and that does not include footwear. According to the SGMA, while sales in the performance sector continue to expand, those in other sectors remain flat...
...Speedo isn't the only niche company seeking to expand beyond its base to the growing mass market in activewear. Under Armour, which began by making tight-fitting compression shirts for football players three years ago, is also wooing the nonathlete with a broader range of shirts and shorts with a more generous fit than their pioneering products'. Founded by Kevin Plank, a college football player who was looking for a dryer, better-fitting alternative to a cotton shirt to wear under his pads, Under Armour initially produced nothing but underwear. It wasn't long before athletes began looking...