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Jimmy Choo preps for IPO, Women lead recovery, Twitter talk, Holt Renfrew gets friendly, New faces

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Jimmy Choo takes steps to possible IPO (FT)
"The private equity owner of Jimmy Choo plans to appoint investment banks to advise on strategic options for the maker of stilettos for the stars, including a possible initial public offering valuing the company at about £500m."

Affluent, Generous Young Women Lead Recovery (Marketing Daily)
"When it comes to power-shopping our way toward economic recovery, a new report from American Express says well-heeled young women are leading the charge."

Should luxury brands use twitter? (Luxury Society)
"Luxury is an intricate web of emotions... can it be captured in 140 characters (and that too with a shortened link of some sort if the company is trying to drive some traffic to a specific webpage or website)?"

Taking a page from Wal-Mart, Holt Renfrew hires greeters (Vancouver Sun)
"The luxury retailer's new president, Mark Derbyshire, is chagrined at the mention of the company's reputation for having sales clerks with a chilly attitude that may intimidate potential customers."

Fashion Week Preview: The Faces (NY Times)
"Now that we're practically on a first-name basis with Doutzen, Lakshmi and Anja, it's time we meet Bambi, Fei Fei and Kat. They are some of the new and almost-like-new faces we'll be seeing next week at the New York fashion shows."

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