Meet Heidi Klum: supermodel. Reality-show host. Danger to Web users everywhere.
The Victoria's Secret model got a dog for the family instead
It seems like every day for the past week, another dozen major companies have come out and said that they too have been affected by the massive data breach at e-mail marketing firm Epsilon.
The South African appreciates the concern about her thin frame, but says "everything is normal"
The South African beauty has caused a stir over her slight figure
An online web portal and tough new regulations take aim at the creepy friend who's terrorized New York in recent years -- the bedbug.
It could have something to do with the heat, but residents of Phoenix, Ariz., shelled out more dough in the days leading up to Valentine's Day than any other city nationwide.
So much for bad weather keeping consumers out of the shopping malls.
The model delivered son Phyllon Friday morning in Amsterdam
A 25-screen movie theater in New York's bustling Times Square is the latest city business to shut down temporarily as it battles a bedbug infestation.
A photoshoot in the Caribbean set the scene for the couple's past week together
Dutch supermodel Doutzen Kroes, whose sultry looks have graced catwalks and Victoria's Secret catalogues, says she is pregnant with her first child.
If you missed the new Lane Bryant commercial with the full-figured lingerie model confidently strutting the pluses of her plus-sized figure, it's not your fault. Some networks decided the spot was too sexy to air.
Acting experience or not, it's all good! Here are seven possible candidates for the role
⢠Ryan Phillippe brought a new female friend to Drai's Hollywood at the W Hotel to celebrate Victoria's Secret's What Is Sexy? List - and the two spent the night snuggling in a booth outdoors. The actor and his mystery brunette stole kisses and held hands - and each other's waists - in front of revelers like Ryan Kwanten and Paris Hilton. "He didn't seem to be hiding his affections for his new lady at all," an onlooker says, "and didn't care that people were staring at them making out."
Four years ago Liu Wen entered a modeling contest in China to win a computer to use for school. Little did she know it would lead her to the Victoria's Secret runway in New York.
The supermodel, who gave birth to daughter Lou in October, will host the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show wearing latex
Heidi Klum hasn't quite reclaimed her pre-baby body yet, but that's not stopping the supermodel from donning a sexy outfit when she hosts the "Victoria's Secret Fashion Show" on November 19, which airs December 1 at 10 p.m. on CBS.
Despite much hope that Americans are finally thawing out of their year-long self-imposed shopping freeze, store sales last month were good in pockets -- but not great, as many analysts were hoping.
Tobin Jack is the first child for the Victoria's Secret model and fiancé Archie Drury
The supermodel's not stressing about walking the Victoria's Secret runway next month
In January, I left a live-in relationship after three years. The experience was all the sad adjectives you can imagine. But after the sobbing spells and the heavy drinking, the fog lifted -- I was finally single again for the first time since after I graduated college.
Miss California USA Carrie Prejean "breached her contract" by keeping semi-nude photos a secret and could be stripped of her beauty queen title, according to a state pageant spokesman.
Chippendales will work better than Victoria's Secret models, the actor "promises"
The singer says date nights and getaways keep his marriage to Klum sizzling
The Victoria's Secret stunner and her boyfriend welcomed "absolutely perfect" Anja Louise in Brazil Sunday
The "Jessie's Girl" singer talks about his new CD and "party animal" stage presence
Employees were underpaid millions of dollars and worked under sweatshop conditions at a New York factory that made garments for major retailers including Macy's and The Gap, the state Department of Labor said Wednesday.
Question: What can I do to protect my novel service or product idea when I'm presenting it to a large business? - Sam Klaidman, Framingham, Mass.
The plaintiff claims her underwear had a faulty link that ended up hurting her eye
At 9 on an overcast morning, controlled chaos reigns at the headquarters of lingerie merchant Bare Necessities. An unusual team of consultants has just taken over the company's unadorned conference room in Avenel, N.J. One consultant is shoving desks into the center of the room. Others are unpacking gigantic Post-it Notes from boxes and plastering them on the walls.
Wall Street tried Wednesday to follow through on the huge rally of the previous session, when the Dow posted its biggest gain in more than 5 years.
Miranda Kerr is happy to talk philosophy, but stays quiet as a monk when it comes to her personal life.
• Orlando Bloom, sharing a hot chocolate and some PDA with his girlfriend, Victoria's Secret model Miranda Kerr, at Max Brenner in New York. Says an onlooker: "They were just being playful and kissing and hugging and she was tickling him." Blending in with the crowd, the pair acted low-key despite the lovefest, taking their hot drinks to go.
With her broken engagement to actor Nick Cannon just a memory from last fall, Victoria's Secret model Selita Ebanks tells PEOPLE she is now "happy" – and dating New York Giants football star Osi Umenyiora.
Dear FSB: My business opened two months ago, I'm worried that I'm not getting the word out fast enough. What is the fastest way to get the word out that I'm here and now open?
Despite the uncertainty over a holiday shopping season that threatens to squash retail profits in a melee of discounting, some executives and directors are finding bargains in their companies' beaten down stock.
Limited Brands insiders are treating themselves to an early holiday present in the form of $20.6 million in company stock purchases, a bullish sign for the struggling owner of the Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works retail chains.
Happy Vendredi Noir! Or Schwarzer Freitag! Or Viernes Negro!
Girl power reigned Thursday night as the reunited Spice Girls performed for the first time.
Like a supermodel past her prime, Victoria's Secret is showing its age.
Kanye West has pulled out of performing at the 2007 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, due to the death of his mother, Donda West, Entertainment Tonight reports.
A year-and-a-half after Geri Halliwell had a daughter, the spice is back in the singer's life – and so are the abs.
Forget the record store. For their Greatest Hits album, the Spice Girls have chosen a retailer with products considerably closer to their, uh, hearts.
Limited Brands Inc. Wednesday posted a higher second-quarter net profit, helped by a $304 million gain from the sale of its Express apparel business.
When we last met Bare Necessities, the lingerie seller, based in Avenel, N.J., was profitable but battling a personality problem: It lacked one ("Taking On Victoria's Secret," June 2006). Enter FSB's Makeover artists - five experts from Frog Design, the product design and branding firm known for its work with Apple. The Frog team led company employees in creative exercises that sparked fixes, which CEO Noah Wrubel says boosted growth.
Gisele Bundchen not only has Tom Brady as a boyfriend, she's got money in the bank.
Clothing retailer Limited Brands, owner of Limited Stores, Express, and Victoria's Secret, announced a plan Friday to increase its share buyback from $500 million to $1 billion and to lay off 10 percent of its staff at the corporate level and brand home offices.
Limited Brands, Inc. announced Tuesday it has agreed to sell a majority of its retail clothing chain Express and intends to explore strategic options for its other clothing retailer, Limited Stores.
For many college students, being short on money and being away from home presents a dangerous temptation: credit cards.
Online retail spending surged this holiday season and for the first time ever will top the $100 billion mark for the entire year, according to a report Friday.
If your mailbox looks anything like mine during the weeks before Christmas, it is overflowing with catalogs.
Once the sole provenance of the elite, luxury goods are now aimed at a much bigger market -- the middle class. Brands such as Starbucks, Coach, Victoria's Secret and Evian are redefining the traditional concepts of luxury, observers say.
At 9 on an overcast morning, controlled chaos reigns at the headquarters of lingerie merchant Bare Necessities. An unusual team of consultants has just taken over the company's unadorned conference...
This year billions of dollars' worth of gift cards - estimates range from $1.75 billion to $3.5 billion - won't be cashed in within 12 months of being purchased. Talk about looking a gift horse in the mouth.
Retail chain stores delivered sluggish sales numbers last month, as high gas prices and cool weather took a toll on consumer spending.
In this season of annual reports, Corporate America is putting on a green face.
Two stocks fell more than 5% last month: Abbott Laboratories and ConocoPhillips. The oil giant has bid to acquire Burlington Resources at a price that some analysts think rather high. Double-digit gainers include Anadarko Petroleum, an independent oil and gas producer similar to Burlington. Other big winners for the month were former tech star Dell, drugmaker Lilly and Limited Brands, the company that owns Victoria's Secret.
One of the biggest gainers in the Sivy 70 last month was Limited Brands, the retailer that owns Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Works and apparel chains, such as Express and The Limited.
As the festive season draws near and thoughts turn to presents for loved ones, those seeking to add a bit of spice and glamor to their yuletide gift list may well consider buying their wife, girlfriend, lover, partner or mistress some designer lingerie.
Women's apparel retailer Chico's FAS has discreetly been testing a new 'intimate' idea that could give Victoria's Secret's a few goose bumps.
Deep discounts and gift card redemptions helped to warm up retail sales in January despite the formidable presence of Old Man Winter last month.
Limited Brands has clearly found greater success in undressing consumers with its fashionable Victoria's Secret lingerie than in keeping them dressed in its Express and Limited clothing brands.
WALKING THROUGH THE mall a couple of weeks ago, Hayden Cobb, a 32-year-old systems engineer at Lockheed Martin, couldn't resist a few impulse buys. But after realizing that all his crisp new shirts...
Victoria's Secret is making college kids blush Pink with its new collection of lingerie, loungewear and sleepwear designed for the dorm-bound crowd.
Indecency is out! The FCC hit aging shock jock Howard Stern with nearly $500,000 in fines, prompting Clear Channel to remove his show from six stations. And Victoria's Secret is scrapping its TV fa...
Victoria's Secret, owned by Limited Brands Inc., is dropping its racy televised fashion show this year, but a spokesman for the company told CNN/Money on Monday that it has very little to do with Janet Jackson's breast-baring move at this year's Super Bowl.
Its panties, bras, and bustiers have come to define 21st-century risqué, yet walking into a cushy pink Victoria's Secret store has often felt like a journey back to the Victorian era -- more innocent cherub than sexpot angel.
Its panties, bras, and bustiers have come to define 21st-century risqu?, yet walking into a cushy pink Victoria's Secret store has often felt like a journey back to the Victorian era--more innocent...
Looked closely at your phone bill lately? If so, you'll find more padding than in a Victoria's Secret Miracle Bra. Research firm TNS Telecoms says taxes and fees now make up a quarter of the averag...
After months of steady gains, the stock market has lost its balance. Fears about the economy, turmoil in the Middle East and potential terrorism sent the Dow plummeting more than 700 points since late February.
Valentine's Day is creeping ever closer and you're planning to shell out that little bit extra this year for the person you love.
British DJ Rob Overseer is used to being heard, not seen.
We've long known that scents sell, but a recent study in the Journal of Business Research shows just how powerfully "ambient odors" can stimulate spending. "Clean" scents like lavender and citrus m...
When Leslie Wexner was in college, he really wanted to become an architect. His father, however, didn't think that was a good idea. As it turns out, sometimes fathers do know best. Following his da...
When mighty forces collide, the unexpected often results. Take, on the one hand, the presidency of the United States, and on the other, the thong. When Monica Lewinsky gave Bill Clinton a glimpse o...
You arrive at a gala, but they're out of caviar. You:
Josie Natori doesn't need to uncover Victoria's Secret. she already knows it. After leaving wall Street as a Merrill Lynch exec in the late '70s, she founded Natori Co. in 1977. It has since grown ...
The U.S. textile industry--5,000 makers of yarns and fabrics, some huge, some tiny, with total sales of $58 billion last year--is astonishingly innovative and productive. The industry spent $2 bill...
Thanks to a relatively new feature on most major shopping sites, feigned happiness and covert returns could become a thing of the past. With an online wish list, you compile a list of what you want...
In a loft studio near New York City's Union Square, designers for Structure, the men's clothing chain, hunch over their sketches, surrounded by piles of vintage jeans, stacks of magazines marked wi...
We know you're not complaining about the fact that the U.S. stock market has risen more than 60% over the past two years. But, like Alan Greenspan and a lot of savvy investors, you may be worried t...
Familiarity breeds contentment at advertising agencies, where brand awareness -- the industry's most cited measurement -- is generally viewed as the best indicator of a brand's strength. Wrong, ret...
Now that '80s excesses have been re-engineered by '90s ethics, you must take care that de rigueur holiday business gifts won't be greeted by the big chill. To do the seasonal right thing, take heed...
Sales per store dropped for the first time since the 1970s at his flagship Limited division last year. But every recession-weary retailer should have Leslie Wexner's problems. Led by its saucy Vict...
THE WRECKAGE in retailing has piled up so high that you need to check every week to see who's in and who's out of business. Once-proud names -- B. Altman, Bonwit Teller, Garfinckel's -- have closed...
This Christmas season, visions of silken negligees are dancing in women's heads. Although lingerie has always been a popular holiday gift, the especially luxurious garments available today make wom...



