A Global Roundup

Once the deep-discount honeymoon is over, retailers are going to have to find otherworldly ways of getting people to shop at full price. (WWD)

Sergio Rossi announced it will close all of its U.S. stores by early 2009, and plans to focus on wholesale for further North American expansion. (New York Magazine)

Imitations are a growing demand in China's "Shanzai" movement, with some manufacturers pumping out faux goods like the HiPhone regardless of possible lawsuits from across the pond. (Xinhua)

Belgian designer Ann Demeulemeester, who has been an influential Antwerp Six designer for 20 years, is set to re-release her archives in a greatest-hits line called "Collection Blanche." (Japan Times)

— Staff