Shares of Intimate Brands have held up comparatively well in a bad market for retail stocks.

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Officials at Victoria's Secret, which is owned by Intimate Brands Inc.

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The upgrade coincides with a similar face-lift for many Victoria's Secret stores, run by Grace Nichols. (The two parts of the Victoria's Secret business together make up two-thirds of Intimate Brands, a publicly traded affiliate of Leslie Wexner's Limited Inc.) Stores in urban markets will lose the Victorian bordello look they now have.

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The upgrade coincides with a similar face-lift for many Victoria's Secret stores, which are run by Grace Nichols. (The two parts of the Victoria's Secret business together make up two thirds of Intimate Brands, a publicly traded affiliate of Leslie Wexner's Limited.) Stores in urban markets will lose the Victorian bordello look they have now.

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The DNA of the web must be an intimate part of the fashion brands of the future.

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In the same way that pet dogs went from living in the backyard to living in our beds, brands now have a more intimate place in our lives than ever before.

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Facebook is uniquely positioned to give brands what they need: an intimate relationship with their target audience.

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Brands will need to make greater use of such emotional and intimate connections.

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