Morris Goldfarb is finding new retail territory to explore as he hits the accelerator on Donna Karan and his other brands, filling the void left as licenses for Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger transition back to PVH Corp.

The effort is starting to pay off, even as the trade war scrambles the market and supply chains.

G-III Apparel Group, which Goldfarb has led for more than 50 years as chief executive officer, saw first-quarter sales fall 4 percent to $583.6 million, but made up for it on the bottom line, with earnings rising to $7.8 million, or 17 cents a diluted share, from $5.8 million, or 12 cents, a year earlier. Adjusted earnings per share rose to 19 cents from 12 cents.

“I can’t control the tariffs, but it’s not unique to G-III,” Goldfarb told WWD in an interview. “It’s a g

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