Social Media Breeds Edvertorial (WWD)
"'It's a new way of communicating with consumers... an editorial approach to telling your brand story, and the social-media space just lends itself so beautifully to that combination.'"

Everyday Escada? Life After '80s power dressing (WSJ)
"Over the past two years, in an effort to add new customers, Mr. Sälzer cut Escada's prices by 20%... reduced the size of the collections by a third, while increasing the number of daywear pieces."

Power of the Cyberimage (IHT)
"'Nicola has an extremely prophetic future radar — a kinetic link to tomorrow's trends today. His laser-guided vision makes his extreme point of view a take-it-or-leave-it proposition.'"

Value of being 'Made in Italy' (FT)
"The demise of 'Made in Italy' have proved to be greatly exaggerated. In 2010, the country's exports are estimated to have grown 12.5 per cent, far outpacing the 4.4 per cent rise in global gross domestic product."

Designers Anonymous (NY Times)
"Suddenly anonymity, the kind that lets you blend into a crowd, looks pretty desirable, too. It certainly did during a week of Milanese fashion shows that were so unostentatious as to be generic. Almost across the board, designers here chose a low-key approach."