Word: label
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...threat of financial demise, Belstaff was saved by Italian racer, motorcycle designer and fan of the brand Franco Malenotti. Economic concerns eventually forced the company to relocate to Italy, but loyalist Malenotti, by transplanting the factory boss from Britain and continuing to use English materials, has ensured that the label's craftsmanship and quality continue to ride...
...weren't worrying enough that their revenues are sliding, the major record labels are also having more trouble than ever controlling their artists. Prince cut out Sony BMG last July to give away his latest CD through a U.K. newspaper, cannily betting that he'd make up for this lost income by boosting sales of highly lucrative concert tickets. And in October Madonna abandoned Warner Music to throw in her lot with Live Nation, a California-based concert promoter. "The record-label system is built on 100% control," says Leonhard, and major labels "have lost that...
...Glazman, it started at Whole Foods. The co-founder of the Fresh cosmetics company saw a juice made with açaí (pronounced ah-sigh-ee) berries and was intrigued. "I read the label and immediately started doing research," he says. "Açaí has been known, especially in Brazil, for amazing antioxidant benefits. I thought it would be an amazing ingredient to use topically...
Between each of the five shows, Sälzer is up and about, shaking hands. Not a man who sits still, he runs around 8 miles (13 km) in a nearby forest every day in sneakers that are the only items in his closet that do not bear the Boss label. Sälzer will usually spend the rest of his day on his toes because his policy is to limit his time in the CEO's office to two hours a day. His style is to manage by chatting: anyone can approach him, and whether he's in the showrooms...
CLEARLY THAT PROBLEM is in the past. The womenswear under the Boss Black label being shown tonight, designed by Ingo Wilts, a German who has been promoted through the ranks, is sleek and sexy. Boss Orange, designed by Andrea Cannelloni, an Italian who has been with the company in Germany since 1998, is more casual. Tonight's finale showcases the Hugo label, the brand's most avant-garde offering, and marks the debut of Belgian designer Bruno Pieters, the first major creative appointment Boss has made outside the company since the Milan fiasco. Pieters' collection of compass-cut coats, jackets...