Michael Kors retail locales have been popping up left and right. His newest store will be replacing the 7,000 sq. ft. Rockefeller Center shop at 49th Street and Channel Gardens currently housing Kenneth Cole (which is slated to close its doors this April, along with eight other full-price locations). The much-sought-after space will don marble floors, wood displays and a zebra hide motif.

Ready-to-wear from the Michael Michael Kors line alongside accessories from the Michael Kors, Michael Michael Kors, and Kors Michael Kors collections will be featured.

“The opening of my lifestyle flagship boutique at Rockefeller Center is an extremely humbling and exciting reality,” Kors said. “As both a designer and a native New Yorker, what could be more incredible than a store in the heart of the city at Rockefeller Center?”

Michael Kors is making big moves all over the world with lifestyle boutiques already in operation in Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the UK-just to name a few.

The brand is currently eyeing space on Robertson Boulevard in Los Angeles, Madison Avenue in New York as well as a three-year plan to open 50 stores in the greater China region. {Daily Front Row}

The most unexpected aspiration? Kors would follow Vera Wang in jumping on the burger bandwagon if asked by the right chain. “I want a deal with In-N-Out Burger — to do a special sauce or a wrapper. I’m horseradish-obsessed!” {LA Times} Not sure if an In-N-Out burger with purchase will draw in the fashionistas, but if anyone can make it work, it would probably be Kors.

Shakira at the launch of her S fragrance in Madrid

If you’ve ever wondered why it seems that every singer or actress seems to be pushing a perfume lately, it’s because of the high margins. Celebrities can get paid an upfront of anywhere from $2 million to $5 million. If the fragrance does well? Annual revenue can be as high as $100 million a year, with very little effort in terms of promotions or marketing. {Fashionista} Where do we sign up?

Celebrity scents have skyrocketed in popularity over the past few years and we’ve covered some of those from Jennifer Aniston, Sarah Jessica Parker, Beyoncé and more recently (as in yesterday) Shakira.

If a fragrance could give you a cavity, it would probably have a name like Lollipop Bling

Madrid held the celebration for Shakira’s new S perfume boasting notes of benzoin, amber, vanilla, fresh woods and Indian jasmine Sambac. This is the Colombian singer’s second fragrance. The first, Amuleto, was launched in France in 2008.

Mariah Carey, in all her sweet, pink and sugary, 12-years-old forever glory has also indulged fans with the latest addition to her fragrance repertoire with Lollipop Bling. Yes, it does seem appropriately named for  smelling like a more “sophisticated interpretation of bubble gum.”

Now, we know what you’re thinking, candy-scented perfume? Well, looking a little deeper at the brand’s strategy it becomes more sensible. The product is not in a fancy glass bottle- but a gumball machine! Capitalizing on her younger audience, Mariah has teamed with Elizabeth Arden who’s no stranger to the fragrance industry (they also produce Britney Spears’ scents).

Elizabeth Arden is planning on marketing the scents–Honey, Mine Again and Ribbon–using gumball machine gift sets and a lollipop rollerball fragrance set starting this Fall. (The scents sans gimmicky packaging are $35 a pop (pun intended), and will be available at department stores nationwide in July 2010.)