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MEN’S UNDERWEAR MARKET. INITIATIVE AGAINST SEXUAL VIOLENCE. PAGE MW7 PAGE 5 PAGE MW1 WWDTHURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2014 ■ $3.00 ■ WOMEN’S WEAR DAILY Shining Armour Under Armour today will unveil a two-level, 20,000-square-foot screaming statement in SoHo as it opens the doors to its newest and largest Brand House on Broadway and Houston Streets. One of the most striking elements is a 30-by-16-foot video screen inside the front door with streaming images of various feats of athleticism. For an exclusive fi rst look at the store, see page 4. PHOTO BY KYLE ERICKSEN Primark to Launch in U.S. NEAR BROOKFIELD PLACE DEAL with its 2014 interim results update. By SAMANTHA CONTI Primark follows Joe Fresh into the U.S. market. Fresh is owned by Canada’s Saks Fifth Avenue Eyeing LONDON — The Weston family is prepar- Loblaw supermarket chain, which is ing for its mass fashion encore in the U.S. controlled by the Weston family, whose On Wednesday, Associated British vast retail portfolio also includes stores Downtown Store Location Foods plc, the publicly quoted company such as Selfridges, Holt Renfrew, Brown owned by the Weston family, revealed Thomas and Fortnum & Mason. ment on the Saks report. plans to take Primark to the U.S. market. Joe Fresh has been aggressively open- By DAVID MOIN WWD has also learned that Saks The fi rst Primark store will open in ing freestanding stores in the U.S., and plans to open an Off 5th outlet close Boston toward the end of 2015 on the site began opening shops-in-shop in J.C. NEW YORK — Saks Fifth Avenue is to Century 21 and the Westfi eld World of a former Filene’s department store, Penney units last year. The brand is now closing in on a second Manhattan loca- Trade Center, just east of Vesey Street. with 70,000 square feet of selling space. looking to expand into overseas markets. tion — a full-line store downtown. That would be the fi rst Saks Off 5th in The store will be in the historic During a call with financial ana- According to sources, the retailer New York City. Burnham Building, which is currently lysts to discuss his company’s interim will soon sign a deal to open a store Brookfi eld Place, formerly known as being renovated, at Downtown Crossing. results, George Weston, ABF’s chief at Brookfi eld Place, which is between the World Financial Center, is undergo- Primark also plans to open warehouse executive offi cer, said “a handful” of Vesey Street and the Hudson River in ing a $250 million redevelopment, recon- facilities to supply future stores. Primark stores were planned for the lower Manhattan. fi guring its 250,000 square feet of retail “After extensive research, it has American northeast, and that Boston “Saks will anchor Brookfi eld Place, space and its restaurant components. been decided to take the concept to “feels like a good city” to plant the fi rst making it the undisputable luxury des- Last year, Brookfi eld Place executives consumers in the USA,” ABF said in a fl ag. He pointed to the city’s young and tination downtown,” said a source close said their development could accom- statement that came out simultaneously vibrant population, its abundance of to the talks. modate two small anchor tenants with colleges and universities and its pub- It could not be learned how much 25,000-square-foot and 20,000-square- lic transportation system, as well as its square footage Saks will take at foot spaces, but it’s possible Saks might “cultural connections” with Europe. Brookfield Place, though consider- take both, or even more space. Various Although Weston declined to put a ing the plan is for a full-line store, the new retail and dining experiences at price tag on the future openings, during space will be signifi cant. Saks would Brookfi eld Place are expected to be open the call one analyst proffered an esti- not comment Wednesday on the lower for business in about a year. mate 100 million to 200 million pounds, Manhattan site. Owned and managed by Brookfi eld or $168 million to $326 million at current Ed Hogan, national director of retail Office Properties, which has real SEE PAGE 6 leasing for Brookfi eld, declined to com- SEE PAGE 5 2 WWD THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2014 WWD.COM Roy Files Lawsuit Against Jones THE BRIEFING BOX sive control of Ms. Roy’s brand and the trademarks.” IN TODAY’S WWD By VICKI M. YOUNG The lawsuit also said that Roy’s “rights to creative control and approval of designs were non-negotiable NEW YORK — Rachel Roy is trying to stop Jones conditions of the business relationship.” The court Apparel Group from selling her business to document specified that a critical aspect of the deal Bluestar Alliance for $14.6 million, a move that al- with Jones was that Roy “would at all times retain full Karolina Kurkova legedly was done without her consent. creative control over the designs that were to be sold in a color-blocked Roy has filed a lawsuit against Jones claiming under her name, and would have exclusive approval draped dress breach of a contractual agreement in connection with rights over the use of the trademarks.” from Roksanda the sale of her business, which allegedly was done Prior to the completion of the sale of Jones to Ilincic. For more “free and clear” of the designer’s approval rights. Sycamore, Jones had shut down Roy’s business. The celebrity fashion, The lawsuit was filed April 11 in a New lawsuit said the action was done to “evis- see WWD.com. York state court in Manhattan. Named as cerate” Roy’s Rachel Roy designer brand, defendants were Jones Investment Co. and that Jones was “stonewalling” all ef- Inc., Jones Apparel Group USA Inc. and forts by her to continue conducting her The Jones Group Inc. Jones has since business. The lawsuit also alleged that ex- been acquired by Sycamore Partners in a ecutives at Jones were incentivized to sell transaction valued at $2.2 billion. to Sycamore due to possible “golden para- KAMAU/BUZZFOTO/FILMMAGIC Neither Sycamore nor Bluestar were chute compensation” in excess of $53 mil- named as defendants in the suit. As the lion, and that it was Sycamore who wanted JOSIAH new owner of Jones, Sycamore executives Jones to “purge the Rachel Roy business.” BY declined comment on the legal matter. The lawsuit also alleged that Jones Rachel Roy PHOTO Roy entered into interrelated agree- went ahead with the deal with Bluestar ments with Jones in 2008 to develop and even though there were other parties who sell products under the Rachel Roy brand. Those were both interested in acquiring the Roy assets and Saks Fifth Avenue is closing in on a second Manhattan agreements include the transfer of intellectual prop- would honor Roy’s approval rights. PAGE 1 erty assets, an asset purchase agreement, a licensing There is also a Rachel Rachel Roy contempo- location, said to be a full-line store at Brookfield Place. agreement and an employment agreement establish- rary collection that is sold exclusively to Macy’s, Associated British Foods plc, the publicly quoted company ing Roy as artistic director for the Rachel Roy brand. which Jones will continue to produce. IMAGES The agreements were drafted by Jones, and Roy Roy is seeking a declaration from the court that owned by the Weston family, revealed plans to take Primark to was not represented by counsel in connection with Jones had no authority to sell the Rachel Roy trade- the U.S. market. PAGE 1 those negotiations, the lawsuit said. marks without her “explicit approval.” In addition, LEON/GETTY According to the complaint, filed by her attorneys due to the alleged breach of the 2008 interrelated Under Armour today will open its newest and largest UA Brand at Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, “Jones had agreements between Roy and Jones, she is seeking House — a two-level, 20,000-square-foot roaring statement — PAGE 4 no intention of actually partnering with Ms. Roy, but a rescission, or an undoing, of those agreements, in FERNANDO in New York’s SoHo neighborhood. instead entered into these agreements under false addition to damages in the form of lost profits and BY pretenses, and now wrongfully seeks to take exclu- lost opportunities. Givenchy on Wednesday opened a 3,100-square-foot store at PHOTO the Wynn Resort Promenade in Las Vegas. PAGE 5 Mark Shand died Wednesday at age 62 from a fall he suffered P&G Earnings Up; Beauty Sales Dip after a charity auction at Sotheby’s in New York.