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J.C. Penney’s New Value Proposition

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ChairKatie Kretschmer

Editor / Contributing Writer

Co-ChairWendy D'Amico, Creative Consultant

CommitteeStacy Lomman, Contributing Writer

Nancy Jeffries, Contributing Writer

FGI LiaisonMitria Di Giacomo

Director of Special Events & Brand Development

Graphic DesignDebora DeCarlo, DDC Graphics

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1. Corpora te Leadership honoree Karen Katz fo r The Neiman Marcus Group wi th presenter Tory Burch

2. Fashion Star Derek Lam wi th presenter G lenda Ba i ley

3. Fashion Star Haider Ackermann wi th presenter Kar l Lager fe ld

4. Lord & Tay lor Fashion Oracle L 'Wren Scot t w i th presenter Sarah Jess ica Parker

5. Brand Her i tage Award presented by V io la Dav is to Nico la Maramot t i fo r the Maramot t i Fami ly fo r Max Mara

6 . Supers tar Caro l ina Herrera w i th presenter Renee Ze l lweger

7. Susta inabi l i t y awardee Jon K ing for T i f fany & Co. w i th presenter Rose Mar ie Bravo

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The stars were out in force on Thursday, October 25,to toast Superstar award winner Carolina Herrera andher fel low Star honorees at Fashion GroupInternational’s annual Night of Stars gala.

Held at the swanky Cipriani Wall Street, the eventdrew a full house of FGI members and celebrityguests. Following cocktails and nibbles, guests wereserenaded to their tables by the New York City GayMen’s Chorus. Following a welcome from FGI president Margaret Hayes, the evening’s emcee,Simon Doonan got things started with a mesmerizingvision of his dream, a slumber party at honoreeL’Wren Scott’s house, with visitations by each of thenight’s other honorees, and things spun off fromthere….Please watch highlights of the events on video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0Mu1mvsCLQg

–– Katie Kretschmer

Editor / Contributing Writer

Night of Stars Honorees:Superstar Carolina Herrera

Star Honorees

Fashion: Haider Ackermann, Derek Lam & Gareth Pugh

Beauty: James Gager

Architecture: Annabelle Selldorf

Brand Heritage: The Maramotti Family for Max Mara

Corporate Leadership: Karen Katz for The Neiman Marcus Group

Humanitarian: Wynton Marsalis

Sustainability: Tiffany & Co.

Lord & Taylor Fashion Oracle: L’Wren Scott

8. Beauty Awardee James Gager fo r MAC Cosmet ics w i th p resente r K im Hast re i te r

9 . Fashion Star Gare th Pugh wi th p resente r John Demsey

10. Host Simon Doonan wi th Jonathan Ad le r

11. Humani tar ian Awardee Wynton Marsa l i s w i th p resente r Ef ra im Gr inberg

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Dubin, claiming that at age six, she sniffed everyshampoo on the store’s shelves before choosing one,swore that she spots consumers everywhere openingproducts to take a whiff before purchase, proving thepoint, as the panelists concurred, that aroma makes life better. Fragranced liquids add an element of pleasure to dishwashing duty. Scentedtrash bags make garbage disposal, if not a joy, certainly more bearable and “Windex,” quippedPieper-Vogt, “was just Windex until it became a trip to the Alps.”

All of this is not to say that the other message in the bottle—that of fine fragrance—is to be overlooked. Greene referenced the growing ranks, in North America, of non-fragrance users who perceive perfume as superficial, expensive and irrelevant. What the consumer wants, she said, is a “signature” fragrance, something that’s just for her.“Niche stands for quality and simplicity,” she said,and to that end, she sees a trend towards classicallyconstructed, niche fragrances that incorporate

modern, state-of-the-art ingredients, cit-ing benzoin, sourcedfrom the benzointree in Laos, whichis used in a highdosage for the wildly successfulPrada Candy. Dubinweighed in, sayingthat consumers are ready for unique,artisanal fragrances.“Niche,” she said,

“is seeping into mass market. ”Bringing quality backto scent is a priority,” believes Vaile, who said,“Women want craftsmanship if they’re buying finefragrance.”

Adding an element of show and tell—or show andsniff—to the event, a display of scented householdand personal-care products was set up, giving theattendees an opportunity to experience, for them-selves, the ways in which aroma brings an element ofpleasure to the most ordinary and mundane of dailyactivities.

“We live in scent,” said Pieper-Vogt.

–– Wendy D'AmicoCreative Consultant, Wendy7d@aol.com

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FGI Board member and president of The ScentMarketing Institute, Caroline Pieper-Vogt explainedthat her company is exploring new ways to thinkabout and use aroma, inviting panelists Kate Greene,FGI Board member and Givaudan’s vice president ofmarketing; Pamela Vaile, president, Pamela VaileLLC; and Karen Dubin, founder and director ofSniffapalooza, to talk about the ways in which theysee the role of scent expanding.

Widely recognized, of course, is aroma’s ability toevoke memory. These experts, however, offered true-life, real-time examplesof just how powerful thatability is. “Fragranceimproves our quality oflife,” said Vaile, citing astudy wherein a patient,suffering from a traumaticinjury, spoke his first wordsafter the scent of tarbrought back scenes of hisaccident. In another case, apatient who’d beencomatose for a year, regainedhis memory, especially thatof his mother’s baking, after exposure to the scentof fresh bread. And speaking of memory, there are now sniff tests used to detect early signs of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. It would appear that the use of scent makes a hospital stay less stressful, while ambient scent—the aroma of a day at the beach––appears to lessen the unpleasant effects of being captive and motionless in the dreaded tube of an MRI.Similarly, children’s cancer-care units, fragrant withthe smells kids love––cookies and the outdoors, forexample––provide a comfier, cozier environment forthese so desperately sick children.

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On September 19th, apanel discussion, hostedby FGI and entitled“Beyond The Message In ABottle,” drew a sell-outaudience, guests scram-bling for seats, bringingmusical chairs to mind, ifyou remember that.

Left to right: Karen Dubin, Caroline Pieper-Vogt, Kate Greene,Pamela Vaile.

J.C. Penney’s New Value Proposition

Fashion Group International presented its secondRetail Symposium of the year on October 2, 2012,in the New York Hilton’s Mercury Ballroom. Thesold-out event, presented by FGI, Self, CottonIncorporated, Chic TV, Master Card, GoldmanSachs, Yacobian and Me-Ality.com, offered an in-depth presentation by Ron Johnson, CEO of J.C.Penney, titled, “The Rocky Road to ReinventingRetail.”

Margaret Hayes, president of Fashion GroupInternational, welcomed attendees to the event, andintroduced Johnson and fellow guest speakers Laura McEwen, VP and publisher of Self; and Rob in Lewis , CEO of The Robin Report. The presentation, which began with an overview of thechanging state of retai l , also incorporated a “real-time” feedback platform, enabled by YORN(Your Opinion Right Now), which provided electronic transmission of questions from the audi-ence during the event’s closing Q&A with Johnson.To give context to the event, Laura McEwen notedthe current success of such retailers as Target, andothers, like A&S, which have not endured. Clearly,McEwen noted, consumers have changed over theyears, and attention-getting retail has become achallenge. “Consumer attention spans were 12 sec-onds in the year 2000,” noted McEwen, adding, “in2012, that has changed to 8 seconds.” An interest-ing statistic, no doubt, particularly in light of the factthat goldfish are claimed to have “9-second atten-tion spans,” she pointed out. Jocularity aside, “ThisADD is a result of today’s overwhelming messaging.Today it takes genius to rearrange the perception ofa retail brand, and today, we have genius in thehouse,” she said.

Ron Johnson, who invented the genius bar at Apple,grew the Target business from 400 to 1,800 stores,and has worked his game-changing strategiesthroughout his career, clearly delights in the authen-tic pursuit of success, appearing to be particularlyadept at changing things up in the new reality ofretail.

Robin Lewis said, “On January 25, 2012, a shot washeard around the world when Ron Johnson said hewould disrupt the fundamental retai l definition with his vision, which was to transformand create a new way to elevate value.” His fundamental disruption at J.C. Penney, encompass-ing new ways to reconnect with consumers thatwould redefine store concepts has been key indemonstrating his convictions about retail.

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Graves, Sephora and Martha Stewart. “They eachretain their own brands within the Penney’s store,”he said.

“We are filling our street (now with 15-ft. wide aisles)with activities, including Internet activity, Legoplaces for kids, tables, iPads, every area of the storehas its own life, each different from the other. It creates a new interface for retail,” he said. Johnsonclaimed the challenge of transforming the J.C.Penney chain would “be fun to do,” and he appearsto be relishing the opportunities to connect with customers with the new proposition. “Every greatretai ler puts the customer at the center, and that’s what we do. The store is designed for that connective future. We wil l connect customers with the brands they are interested inand create a place for them to engage,” he said.

“Penney has a good history and DNA, with ‘Do untoothers as you would have them do unto you,’” hesaid; and, “Honesty begins on the price ticket, if youdon’t have honesty, no one is going to believe you.We want people to recognize true value. We’vemade a lot of progress in ten months. The stores arecleaned up and the merchandise is better. In Dallas, we’ve mocked up our dream, with a 30,000-square-foot space, and 17 shops creating excitement. These include Levi’s,Dockers, Sephora and others.”

He referred to a recent focus group, which compared perceptions of the old J.C. Penney withthe new. The old store was perceived as traditional,old-fashioned, polyester, and good value. The newversion was perceived as modern, innovative,trendy, organized, with better value. “From polyester to sophisticated, and from value to greatvalue,” said Johnson. “We know our prototype is

Lewis quoted Johnson as saying, “I don’t want to beAmerica’s favorite department store. I want to beAmerica’s favorite store.” According to Lewis, hehasn’t wavered on that conviction.

Johnson’s Strategic Vision

Taking the podium clad in a J.C. Penney cottonbroadcloth shirt and navy trousers, Johnson notedhis preference for informality, saying, “When I cameto J.C. Penney, I thought I’d be under the radar,after being at Apple for twelve years, but instead, it’slike being in the middle of a reality show.” Clearlyearnest in his devotion to a brand’s authentic mes-sage, Johnson alluded to his commitment to mean-ingful work and meaningful lives. “Throughout mylife I’d had a desire to do things that are significant.That’s what we did at Target. That’s what we did atApple.”

He noted the history of J.C. Penney, and providedcontext for what would be his message throughoutthe presentation, that is, creating a unique and sig-nificant value proposition. “J.C. Penney is 110 yearsold and was founded on the Golden rule. To work fora company founded on that value, for me was signif-icant,” he said. Noting the changing retail environ-ment today, Johnson said, “Specialty stores havehappened, the Internet has happened. I’m here tobe a pioneer, to be able to transform J.C. Penney. Insome ways, transform just means change, but I’mtrying to set our goals in front, to leap ahead. A lot ofpeople think we’ve had a bumpy start, but if you’relooking forward, that’s not relevant. We are lookingat a unique business proposition, akin to a start-up,a specialty department store.”

Johnson described the concept as a collection ofshops within a store, noting that customers clearlyenjoy shopping in specialty retail venues. “You’ll beable to go into J.C. Penney and find unique differentstores, just as you would the specialty stores in themall. Mac, iPod, and iPhones were the three greatApple products and they changed the interface.That’s the difference. What is making each productyours are the apps,” said Johnson, explaining how a product, or a venue, becomes relevant toindividuals.

“Our shops are just like apps on an iPhone, witheach app pure to its brand, down to the hanger thatgoes on the product. That’s why all these partnersare coming to J.C. Penney,” he said, citing Disney, Joe Fresh, Jonathan Adler, Michael

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exciting people. We’ve just got to get from here tothere, and the simplification of our business modelis allowing us to take out $1 billion in expenses.We’ve redone our profit formula. We’re redoing the street, putting in more shops, and quicklyputting in the variety of stores in our prototype. Wewon’t change the vision. We’ll tweak the tactics,” hesaid.

Helping The Customer Find Value

“To help the customer find value in the store is key.I’ve seen this at Target, where originally no onethought design would have so much impact in astore designed for value. When I presented MichaelGraves at Target in 1998, with 140 sku’s in kitchen and home, the concepts worked. When I went to Apple in 2000, the Mac was kind of adying breed, and the thought of stores the size ofThe Gap, with repair areas and retail, was doubted.But, it worked,” he said.

“It’s the same thing here at Penney. A lot of people think we’re crazy, but we’re changing themodel. The world needs change. The world needsleaders. The nice thing about a 110-year-old company is that you don’t think in terms of years,you think in terms of decades. With that, we’re goingto turn around retail,” said Johnson.

In a Q&A led by Lewis, Johnson responded to a pric-ing strategy query, noting, “We had a choice tomake. Whenever you change your pricing strategy,it’s an adjustment. We needed to get the pricingwork done with the products for which consumersunderstand the value. I want the new vendors tohave all the benefit of that when they come to thestore. We get feedback every day and the customeris finding more value today then they did a yearago,” he said.

Requesting a response from Johnson on how theshift in brands from a traditional model to specificbrands is affecting the venue, he replied, “Withinour store, there are shops that are branded, forexample Michael Graves, as well as classificationshops. In addition, merchants are crossing over.Ultimately, it’s organized along vendor lines. AtPenney’s today we have 50 percent of our ownlabel, and 50 percent other brand partners. But,we’ll have a lot of partners that are exclusive to us,and the private-label percentage will no doubt godown going forward. It is largely dependent uponconsumer preference,” said Johnson.

“All you can do is treat people fair and square. Beauthentic, have an environment characterized bykindness, and for the past ten months, we’ve beenhonoring that,” he said. “We work really hard tobuild a culture. It hasn’t been easy, but I think we’remaking good progress,” he said. While Johnsonnoted that he does not want to lose Penney’s corecustomer, he wants to attract new customers longterm; and while he acknowledges that there havebeen skeptics, he says. “To me, the skeptics makeyou think. I’ve had this throughout my entire career.The skeptics for the Apple concept were even more,so they inspire me,” Johnson said.

When asked the two things that inspire him,Johnson replied, “Sunrises and smiles inspire me.I’m a morning person. Those are the two things thatmake my day.

–Nancy JeffriesContributing Editor, bnjcasa@aol.com

From left: Laura McEwen, VP, publisher, Self; Ron Johnson,CEO, J.C. Penney; Robin Lewis, CEO, The Robin Report;Margaret Hayes, president, Fashion Group International.

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and palpable assistance to young designers, Fuller’scareer took off at Marshall Field, then Chicago’s emporium of all things new and stylish. World War IIhad ended and, as the store’s fashion coordinator, shehad a role in introducing ration-weary, fashion-starvedcustomers to Christian Dior’s “New Look.” With an infal-lible eye for recognizing both trends and emerging tal-ents at first blink, her prophetic gaze fell upon Dior’syoung and painfully shy assistant, Yves St. Laurent, fromwhom we later heard a very great deal.

A stint as head buyer for the elegant, but sadly long-defunct, retailer Bramson-Weathered was followedby the founding of her eponymous fashion show production company and, in the early ’80s, the organi-zation of the city’s first simulcast of the Paris “prêt,”during which she conducted—eons before social media,mind you—runway interviews with the designers.

Instrumental in launching the careers of Maria Pinto,Patrick Kelly and Stephen Sprouse, to name but a fewwho benefited so from her mentoring skills, Oscar de laRenta, Geoffrey Beene and Bill Blass were among themany well-established—even iconic—designers pleasedand proud to claim her as a friend. One charming anecdote is told by Chicagoan Susan Glick, vice president of women’s apparel at Merchandise MartProperties and FGI Regional Liaison. The two were outside the Intercontinental Hotel in Paris when spottedby “Kaiser Karl,” who knew, said Glick, who Fuller was.“She walked right up to him, and they connected. It wasfabulous.”

Predeceased by her husband William Englehaupt, Fulleris survived by her sons, William, Jr., and Michael, a granddaughter and legions of colleagues, peers, admirers, beneficiaries, friends and fellow members ofFGI for whom she “personified the best of FGI and thebest of her time.”

Dorothy Fuller “put the ‘chic’ in Chicago,” said Glick.

–– Wendy D'AmicoCreative Consultant, Wendy7d@aol.com

In Memoriam: Dorothy Fuller 1921-2012 .

Dorothy Fuller, FashionGroup member for half a century and founder of theChicago Apparel IndustryBoard, died in that city, inSeptember, at age 91.

For 65 years, a committedchampion and tirelesssource of advice, guidance

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a packed house and introduced Luther, who spokebriefly before bringing the authorities to the stage.Fashion expert Sally Singer served as the specialguest moderator. Singer, former fashion news and features director for Vogue and former editor for TheNew York Times’ T Magazine, was just named asVogue’s digital creative director. Expert panelistsincluded: Mickey Boardman, editorial director, Papermagazine; Christina Binkley, style columnist, TheWall Street Journal; Ikram Goldman, owner, IkramChicago; Brooke Jaffe, accessories fashion director,Bloomingdales; and Jane Larkworthy , beauty director, W.

2012 was a year of transition, but the electionwasn’t nearly as exciting as what we saw happeningin fashion. While the White House remained mostlyunchanged, the same cannot be said for fashionhouses. After nearly a year of waiting to find out whowould succeed Galliano at Dior it was announced, inApril, that Raf Simons would leave Jil Sander to stepin at the legendary house. And, of course, Simons’departure made room for Jil Sander to return to hereponymous label. In March, Yves Saint Laurent’sparent company, PPR, announced that former YSLmenswear designer Hedi Slimane would replaceStefano Pilati as the label’s creative director (for thewomen’s collection). And just days before thespring/summer ’13 trend presentation took place,Nicolas Ghesquière's departure from Balenciagasent shockwaves through the industry.

In Singer’s opinion, the most important news of theseason was the match-ups of Hedi Slimane withYSL and Raf Simons with Dior. She felt it was signifi-cant that two very directional, confident and youngdesigners were taking over very revered and oldhouses. Singer asked the panel their thoughts.

Singer: “How important do you think the personalityand style and energy of the designer matters in creating excitement in fashion and do you thinktheir absences affect the label (like Ghesquièreleaving Balenciaga)?”

Jaffe: “Absolutely. Marc Jacobs is the most influen-tial show in New York and what he did with hiswhole black-and-white graphic story really set thetone for the entire season….I’m always looking forfashion/accessories that translate from the runwayinto the real world, so it’s a perfect combinationwhen somebody like Marc can make somethingbeautiful and fashion forward, yet comfortable. Itcan change your whole outfit.”

Goldman: “Yes. For example, I think there’s an energyand excitement with regards to Balenciaga and whowill replace Nicolas.” (Wang’s appointment hadn’tbeen announced yet). “The problem is—how cananybody take over and actually do what they want todo? Because people stil l want Nicolas’Balenciaga….But, if you’re lucky enough to have adesigner like Peter Copping for Nina Ricci, who doesexactly what women want, it can work. It’s moreabout an understanding of what women really want.”

Singer: “What do women really want?”

Goldman: “They want to look beautiful and theywant to feel beautiful.”

So how does that explain the major success of lastfall’s “Dr. Seuss” and “paper dolls” collections fromMarc Jacobs and Comme des Garçons? After all,these styles weren’t the most flattering in terms ofsilhouette. Jacobs’ funky padded pieces andKawakubo’s flat, ultrawide shapes were applaudedon the runway and both artful collections receivedpraise and accolades, but would women actuallywear these clothes?

On November 14th, fashionistas and industry professionals flocked onceagain to the Time & LifeBuilding to attend FGI’s seasonal RTW TrendOverview prepared byMary l ou L u t he r and herteam. FGI PresidentMargaret Hayes welcomed Boardman: “I like fantasy, I like radical. I don’t care

if you can wear it, I don’t care if it’s ridiculouslyexpensive—I want to see something visually excit-ing….Marc Jacobs’ ‘Dr. Seuss’ collection was amaz-ing. I’m anti-fur and there were giant fur hats—thereare a million reasons not to like it, but he gives youmagic, so how can you not like it?”

Goldman: “A lot of people fell in love with the Commedes Garçons collection from fall, but they couldn’treally understand how it would translate from runwayto the consumer. Meanwhile, the collection was sospot-on and everybody from young to old wanted apiece and we couldn’t keep it in the stores….It wasdifferent and radical, but the colors and flower pat-terns were pretty. So, it was something unique yetpretty.”

Binkley: “I’m not sure that fashion gets enough cred-it. Fashion influences other industries in ways wemay not even recognize and those industries followfashion a year later or even two years later….So, Ithink it’s important for designers to do radical thingsbecause they’re influencing the entire world.”

Getting back to spring collections, Singer tried to pindown the panelists regarding their favorites of theseason, asking everybody what their two favorite col-lections were and why.

Jaffe: “Definitely Marc Jacobs. And for accessories, Iwould say Fendi and Chanel. I loved the sport influ-ence that we saw this season,” she said, citing thesneakers as one of her “best bets.” “You look at girlson the street now and they’re not wearing Uggs any-more, they’re wearing the wedge high top from con-temporary brands like ASH or the neon-sole sneakerfrom traditional brands like Nike.” Jaffe added, “I likewhen we see something on the street first and then ithappens on the runway rather than vice versa.”

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Goldman: “It’s hard to really pick two because thatdoesn’t really define a season. There were so manyshows and I liked so many things within differentshows. In New York I liked Proenza Schouler,Narciso and Creatures of the Wind. In Europe I likedJunya Watanabe, Celine, Chanel and Nina Ricci.”

Boardman: “I definitely liked Marc Jacobs and LouisVuitton, but I also liked Rick Owens a lot and alwaysMichael Kors. I thought it was amazing how the collections were so cohesive. I saw a few differentschools of thought and everyone seemed to be insync.”

And just what were those schools of thought? Lutherand her team broke the season down, pointing outseveral categories and trends:

• Ease/Relaxed silhouettes/Dressing for comfort

• Transparency

• Feminine blouses and ruffles

• Leather

• Bold/Graphic/Black & White/Bright colors

• Tuxedo

• Japanese influence

• Sport influence

• Bra influence and treatments

On the beauty side of things, Larkworthy was bothsurprised and disappointed by the lack of nail coloron the runways. In terms of makeup, she said thatbright lips and strong brows are the way to go.Singer questioned Larkworthy regarding hair trendsand joked a little about the fun beehives that poppedup on the runways.

Singer: “So Jane, what do you think will translateinto the streets? Do you think we’ll see beehives?”

Larkworthy: “I think everyone should have a bee-hive,” she chuckled. “Though, I did love the hair atOscar de la Renta this season which was kind of abeehive with a streak of color so it looked modern.”

Boardman: “I’m desperate to see teenage girls inbeehives,” he said. “Girls with liquid liner and agiant beehive with a little bow—that Louis Vuittonhair was perfection.”

Following the presentation, panelists took a fewquestions from the audience and revealed their toppicks for the season, which included: Tops, shifts,shirtdresses, full skirts, shorts, pajama pants,pantsuits, cropped jackets, white bags and shoes,pearls and metal jewelry. The event was sponsoredby Ecco Domani, Fekkai, LIM College and MAC. Acomplete version of this presentation is available forpurchase on DVD through FGI.

–– Stacy LommanContributing Writer

From left, Christina Binkley, Marylou Luther, Brooke Jaffe, Mickey Boardman, Ikram Goldman, Sally Singer, and Jane Larkworthy

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