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Article: WWD/DNR APPAREL CEO SUMMIT LINEUP SET.
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- WWD
- Article date:
- October 3, 2007
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Consumer spending is steady. Corporate profits are up. And the stock market has rebounded. But home values are declining, fuel costs remain high, the Iraq war is raging and presidential politics are heating up.
On the fashion front, there's not a ton of innovation or newness, though retailers are encouraged by the popularity of dresses and dressing up, a return to Old Hollywood glamour with shoulder pads, suits, loose-fitting slacks and clutch bags and consumers' craving for shoes.
Against the backdrop of these forces, industry executives will offer their wisdom at the next WWD/DNR Apparel CEO Summit at Manhattan's St. Regis Hotel on Oct. 29 and 30, ...