Chalayan buys back brand, Abboud wins name, Social Media and CRM, Wooing the well-heeled, Jimmy Chuggs?
Hussein Chalayan Buys Brand Back from Puma (Mediabistro) “Chalayan has bought his brand back from Puma parent company Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (PPR). The French conglomerate acquired a majority stake in the designer’s London-based fashion business in March 2008.” Designer Abboud Gains Limited Use of Name (WSJ) “A federal district court in New York ruled that menswear designer Joseph Abboud, who sold his

