THE DAILY FIX: FASHION INDUSTRY NEWS THRUS

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SAKS FIFTH AVENUE HAS AN A-LIST AMBASSADOR – RetailingToday
“Saks Fifth Avenue is teaming up with Stand Up To Cancer to bring awareness to cancer research and attract shoppers will to support it.”

ON THE MOVE AGAIN, ALIBABA BUYS STAKE IN DISCOUNT FASHION SITE MEI.COM – Forbes
“Alibaba Group Holding, China’s biggest e-commerce business, has bought a “strategic” stake in fashion and luxury good site Mei.com, Alibaba said in a statement today. It didn’t say how large a stake it purchased or how much it paid.”

KOHL’S GIVES BACK THIS BACK-TO-SCHOOL SEASON – RetailingToday
“The retailer plans to feature children’s books from author Laura Numeroff now through September at Kohl’s stores nationwide and on Kohls.com. Each item is priced at just $5, with 100% of the net profit supporting children’s health and education initiatives nationwide.”

FROM BATHING TO SWIMMING: THE EVOLUTION OF THE TEENY, TINY SUMMER BIKINI – LA Times
“The idea of the modern-day swimsuit has been around for a while — just check out the 4th century bathing bellas in bikini-like bandeaus and bottoms frolicking along the mosaic tiles on the floor of Sicily’s Villa Romana del Casale. But like everything else in fashion, we had to wait for them to come back in style again, which they did less than 150 years ago after centuries during which people swam nude or in their underwear — if they swam at all. With the help of Kevin Jones, curator of the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising’s Museum Collection, and author Sarah Kennedy (“Vintage Swimwear,” Sterling Publishing, $34.95), we take a look at some of swimwear’s more noteworthy moments since fussy Victorian women donned woollen water-wear to bathe — not swim.”

IS THE CONTAINER STORE BACK ON TRACK? – RetailingToday
“The Container Store may have cleared the low bar it set for itself in the first quarter, but reporting a loss and another quarter of negative same store sales can’t feel good.”