FASHION INDUSTRY NEWS – TUESDAY

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SHOE CARNIVAL BEATS STREET IN Q3, POSTS SOLID COMPS – FootwearNews
“Shoe Carnival Inc.’s third-quarter sales surpassed Wall Street’s estimates by more than $5 million, while comps, at 6 percent year-over-year growth, bucked industrywide trends.”

TARGET SITE OVERWHELMED BY CYBER MONDAY TRAFFIC – RetailingToday
“For the second time this year, Target’s e-commerce site crashed due to exceptionally high levels of activity related to a major sales promotion.

SWATCH, VISA LAUNCH PAY-BY-WRIST WATCH VENTURE – Reuters
“Swiss watchmaker Swatch SA, Visa Inc and Visa Europe have launched a project that lets Visa cardholders in the United States, Switzerland and Brazil make payments with Swatch’s new “pay-by-the-wrist” Swatch Bellamy watch.”

DENIM KING ADRIANO GOLDSCHMIED IS TAKING ATHLEISURE TO ANOTHER LEVEL – Forbes
“At the recent Kingpins denim-sourcing conference in Amsterdam, Goldschmied announced his latest venture: a new brand called Acynetic. He created it after he became alarmed one day while accompanying a friend who was picking up his daughter at school. All the moms were wearing workout leggings. Ten years ago they were all wearing jeans.”

MEET HARPER’S BAZAAR’S NEW FASHION NEWS EDITOR LAUREN MCCARTHY – FashionWeekDaily
“Lauren McCarthy has moved into the mighty Hearst Tower, taking up the post of fashion news and features editor at Harper’s Bazaar, following the departure of Christine Whitney, who in June relocated to L.A. to join beauty site Violet Grey as senior editor.”