Fashion week

The company has also set up a dedicated design centre, and offers placements to design students from the London College of Fashion to bring to the table extra knowledge about UK high street trends. And it has even launched its own denim brand in India called LICC Jeanswear.

The changing fortunes of US department stores have also prompted Liz Claiborne Inc to launch a bold new merchandising model to sell its namesake clothing brand and Claiborne-branded merchandise exclusively at JC Penney stores. It also plans to move the Liz Claiborne New York brand out o...