{"id":4535,"date":"2009-10-28T16:17:55","date_gmt":"2009-10-29T00:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/?p=4535"},"modified":"2010-05-10T00:04:30","modified_gmt":"2010-05-10T08:04:30","slug":"versace-cuttin-more-than-hemlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/style\/fashion\/versace-cuttin-more-than-hemlines","title":{"rendered":"Versace Cutting More Than Hemlines"},"content":{"rendered":"
In response to the still-lagging world economy and the drop in the luxury goods market, Versace has announced its plans to guillotine a quarter of its international work force in order to cut costs and pave the way for company restructuring.<\/p>\n
Although companies backed by luxury mega-giant LVMH are doing relatively well thanks to the conglomerate’s deep pockets, Versace — though a luxury brand — is still struggling because it is privately-owned and thus can not depend on the stabilizing stock market to stay out of the red.<\/p>\n
If all goes as planned, the Versace brand should be out of deep water and generating revenue by 2011.<\/p>\n