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8/31/2010-11:32:36 AM 8/12/2010-4:55:43 PMBY VERONICA DAGHER
Macy's Inc. is benefiting from a plan to tailor merchandise to local markets, an effort that helped push its fiscal second-quarter earnings higher. But the retailer Wednesday reiterated uncertainty about the economy...
7/28/2010-9:58:22 AMBy Sherri Cruz
Monday, July 26, 2010
Sears Holdings Corp. said it's leasing 43,000 square feet of space at its South Coast Plaza store in Costa Mesa to Los Angeles-based Forever 21 Inc.
Forever 21 is expected to open its XX...
7/28/2010-9:58:22 AMBy Sherri Cruz
Monday, July 26, 2010
Sears Holdings Corp. said it's leasing 43,000 square feet of space at its South Coast Plaza store in Costa Mesa to Los Angeles-based Forever 21 Inc.
Forever 21 is expected to open its XX...
7/28/2010-9:49:36 AMBy Karen Talley Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Macy's Inc. Macys doesn't plan to sell cone bras to its customers, but the department store is hoping its new line by Madonna and her daughter Lourdes wi...
7/28/2010-9:49:36 AMBy Karen Talley Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Macy's Inc. Macys doesn't plan to sell cone bras to its customers, but the department store is hoping its new line by Madonna and her daughter Lourdes wi...
7/22/2010-11:04:49 AMGlobe and Mail Update
Published on Tuesday, Jul. 20, 2010 5:57PM EDT
TJX, which operates Winners, plans to open six stores next spring.The apparel discount segment is about to expand in Canada.
TJX Cos. Inc...
7/22/2010-11:00:03 AMBy LAUREN POLLOCK And KAREN TALLEY
Liz Claiborne Inc. plans to exit its namesake-branded outlet business in the U.S., aiming to cut losses and redirect its capital.
The apparel company, which has reported 10 straight quarters of r...
7/15/2010-11:23:23 AMBy KAREN TALLEY
Teen retailer American Eagle Outfitters Inc. on Thursday will open a store in a Pittsburgh mall with clothes for children and babies in a move that will expand its "77kids" product line beyond its limited website, moving more f...
7/15/2010-11:09:31 AMReal Time Economics
By JEFF BATER And DARRELL A. HUGHES
Inland Empire Sees Increased Warehouse Activity
Economists React: 'Shop 'til You Drop? Hardly'
.Retail sales declined in Ju...
7/8/2010-3:44:22 PMCompanies brace for end of cheap made-in-China era
6/28/2010-1:25:02 PMNEW YORK—Preppy teen retailer Abercrombie & Fitch is reinstating its racy A&F Quarterly catalog after a seven-year hiatus.
The catalog, shot by fashion photographer Bruce Weber, is available for preorder on Abercrombie's website fo...
6/14/2010-1:48:19 PMby Erica Ogg
If you'd rather avoid the lines at Apple and AT&T stores on iPhone 4 launch day, you have options this year.
Wal-Mart said Friday that it will be one of several retail outlets that will have the iPhone 4 on June 2...
6/14/2010-1:41:58 PMArticle By: Iris Dorbian
Sears Holdings boosted the online customer service of its namesake retail brand June 10 by launching the Sears Blue Crew HQ site.
Young & Rubicam Chicago, Sears' agency of record, created the Blue Crew...
5/19/2010-10:30:46 AMBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer
NEW YORK — Cutting both promotions and inventory as its revenue rose helped luxury retailer Saks Inc. return to profitability in its first quarter and surpass Wall Street's expectations.
S...
5/14/2010-2:36:37 PMBy ANDRIA CHENG
Fresh from agreeing to take a majority stake in upscale shoe designer Stuart Weitzman, Jones Apparel Group Inc. is eyeing more acquisitions in what it calls the "accessible luxury" segment, as part of its growth strategy. ...
5/14/2010-2:34:32 PMNEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Department-store operator Macy's Inc. on Wednesday said it swung to a better-than-expected $23 million first-quarter profit, helped by its strategy to tailor stock to local demand.
As an illustration that the My ...
4/18/2010-10:27:50 AMThe lover for a Special Day
4/13/2010-9:48:22 AMBy ELIZABETH HOLMES
Talbots
A newly designed Talbots store at a mall in Short Hills, N.J. The company hopes the new look and trendier clothes will attract younger customers.
After spending last year atop the reta...
4/13/2010-9:44:58 AMBy Jack Marshall, ClickZ, Apr 8, 2010
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Share Gap has launched a dedicated iPad application - developed by AKQA - that features a range of branded and Gap-related content, and allows users to browse and purchase products from its 1969 range...
4/13/2010-9:40:29 AMBy KAREN TALLEY
After being hammered a year ago, retailers are expected to show strong sales growth for March, bolstering hopes that consumers are poised to join the economic recovery.
Most big chain stores will report March receipts ...
4/13/2010-9:36:05 AMBy ANN ZIMMERMAN
Shoppers opened their wallets even wider than expected in March, snapping up spring fashions and home furnishings and paying full price for much of what they bought, retailers reported Thursday.
Stifel Nic...
3/30/2010-10:12:21 AMBy ELIZABETH HOLMES
Risk-shy from the recession but anxious for growth, U.S. retailers are expanding internationally at a creep—into Canada.
J. Crew Group Inc. is scouting its first non-U.S. locations. Limited Brands Inc. is bring...
3/29/2010-9:46:05 AMCommentary: Lululemon's fortunes have swung back around.
By MarketWatch
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- To look at the earnings release, you might think Lululemon Athletica Inc.'s shareholders are feeling quite a bit of inner peace...
3/29/2010-9:45:15 AMDesigners and Retailers Are Embracing Twitter, but They're Still Figuring out the Rules; Promotions, Pets and NudityBy CHRISTINA BINKLEY.
Twitter is getting an affectionate embrace from fashion. Stefano Gabbana, the Dolce & Gabbana des...
3/26/2010-9:35:06 AMDavid F. Carr,streaming surveillance video to a mobile device.
Charles Walker likes to watch the store even when he can't be in the store. As the owner of a Save-A-Lot grocery franchise on Conner Avenue in Detroit, he can use his Samsu...
3/26/2010-9:27:33 AMMarch 24 (Bloomberg) -- Gap Inc., the operator of more than 3,100 clothing stores, will start a push into the Australian retail market with a franchise in Melbourne this year.
The retailer will work with Brand Republic Pty Ltd., a unit of...
3/22/2010-11:53:47 AMBy Rachel Tobin Ramos
ATLANTA — Last spring, retailer Old Navy launched new spokespeople: the "supermodel quins." This spring, the company is putting its stores under the knife with a "racetrack" layout and value wall.
All this co...
3/18/2010-12:04:02 PMBy Teresa F. Lindeman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A customer brought an impressively old, tube-style TV into the Best Buy store in West Mifflin not long ago, taking advantage of the chain's year-old program to recycle consumer electronics. As...
3/18/2010-12:01:31 PMBy KAREN TALLEY
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., years after a failed effort to obtain a bank charter, plans a 50% increase this year in the number of the company's stores offering bank-like services.
The expansion would push the number of Wal-M...
3/12/2010-3:02:28 PMPittsburgh Business Times
American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) on Thursday announced it would open its first stores outside of North America in the Middle East.
The teen clothing retailer, based on Pittsburgh's South Side, will ope...
3/11/2010-11:22:43 AMBy Alisa Odenheimer and Armorel Kenna
March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Hennes & Mauritz AB Chief Executive Officer Karl-Johan Persson said the economy will be “a little better” this year and confirmed that Europe’s second-largest clothing retai...
3/11/2010-11:18:25 AMBy ELIZABETH HOLMES
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. said Wednesday that it will continue its uncharacteristically high levels of discounting through the spring in order to boost store sales.
Jonathan Ramsden, chief financial offic...
3/10/2010-11:41:17 AMBy Andria Cheng, MarketWatch
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- At athletic retailer Foot Locker Inc.'s flagship store on New York's 34th Street, a front window display brings attention to an assortment of running shoes, from Nike to Asics, not the cus...
3/10/2010-11:22:50 AMBy Teresa F. Lindeman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Ending months of speculation, South Side retailer American Eagle Outfitters Inc. this afternoon announced it is giving up on its experiment in clothing an older clientele.
The Mart...
3/8/2010-4:07:33 PMby Sarah Mahoney,
H&M is unveiling its first-ever line of organic skincare products. That launch follows the introduction of the chain's first-ever 100% sustainable apparel collection -- and increasingly intense criticism from envi...
3/8/2010-3:31:45 PMThe Enquirer • March 3, 2010
Macy's Inc. announced Wednesday it will roll out four new fashion brands and two home line expansions this spring.
"This spring represents one of our strongest seasons of exclusive launches e...
3/5/2010-3:59:13 PMBy Ian Ritter
Mumbai: In order to cash in on growing brand consciousness, luxury watch maker Cartier plans to expand its distribution network in India, a top company official said here.
"India is a very important region and its cu...
3/3/2010-2:09:54 PMMacy’s Inc. will be the exclusive retailer for a collection of men’s sportswear from Kenneth Cole Productions Inc.
The Kenneth Cole Reaction men’s sportswear line will debut in September at 150 Macy’s stores and on macys.com, according to ...
3/3/2010-2:06:44 PMNEW YORK (Reuters) - Department stores must keep ramping up exclusive lines of clothing and accessories if they are to win market share from rivals and thrive in the still sluggish U.S. consumer spending environment, JC Penney Co Inc (JCP.N) Chief...
3/2/2010-12:40:37 PMBy Kartik Goyal
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said he lacks support from lawmakers to allow more foreign investment in retail and insurance, stymieing Carrefour SA and Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s expansion in India. <...
3/2/2010-12:39:08 PMChainsaws, Rogaine and X-Box consoles: these are a few of thieves' favorite things. So don't be too surprised if you get a phone call from your credit card company asking if you've suddenly gone bald.
A marketplace stocked with millions o...
3/2/2010-12:33:40 PMBy Sandra M. Jones, Tribune Newspapers
Even though more out-of-work executives are on the interview circuit, neckties still can't muster a comeback.
As the unemployment rate climbed to 10 percent last year, tie industry executives ...
2/24/2010-2:56:05 PMEuropean retailers from Ikea to Zara have found plenty of shoppers by coming to America, but U.S. chains have had a harder time going in the other direction. Gap's (GPS) sales have been sliding in Europe since 2005, while Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) sim...
2/24/2010-2:50:00 PMJ.C. Penney Co. on Friday forecast a return to growth following more than two years of monthly sales declines, even as its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings fell 5.2% on a pension charge.
Myron E. Ullman III, chief executive of the Plano, Te...
2/16/2010-2:34:52 PM
British fashion designer Alexander McQueen was a master of the gothic and theatrical who often bemoaned constraints on his creativity, as he struggled to adapt to an industry that found itself increasingly under pressure to make products that ...
2/16/2010-2:29:39 PMTOKYO—Fast Retailing Co. Chairman and Chief Executive Tadashi Yanai said the operator of Japanese retailer Uniqlo is on the hunt for acquisitions and plans to spend as much as $11 billion to strengthen its global presence.
'We could g...
2/3/2010-10:55:38 AMJCPenney's postal affairs manager Taylor discusses the retailer's catalog and mail strategy
Q: Can you explain how postal rate increases affect JCPenney's business?
A: Everyone in the marketing department is...
2/3/2010-10:49:00 AMAbercrombie & Fitch, the one-time sales and fashion star of teen retailing, has yet to show signs of recovery, raising questions about its grip on teen s...
2/3/2010-9:32:11 AMTwo style and fashion experts help money strapped fashionistas over 40 decide on where to spend or save during the recession.
Keywords: fashion, over 40, recession, accessories, jeans, shoes, jewelry, The Glam Gals, shopping, clothing a...
2/1/2010-10:57:09 AMThe women's specialty retailer has changed behind the scenes, but CEO Lorna Nagler says it won't abandon its baby-boomer roots.
By JACKIE CROSBY, Star Tribune
Wall Street and Main Street are often a volatile mixture, as Plymouth-based ...
1/28/2010-11:29:22 AMAll that denim is starting to reach the public, making its way into department stores like Macy's and Saks Fifth Avenue, as well as J. Crew and Banana Republic, which recently introduced a denim collection that includes trench coats and shirt dres...
12/3/2009-11:25:04 AMThe dark night stares into the distance It seeks to enjoy the snow. As it walks through glistening snow and knows It walks an enjoyable night. The fluffy snow floats from the heaven above Like an angle flaps its wings. The snow swifts past t...
5/24/2009-10:30:32 AMA graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults." - Louis Nizer (1902 -1994)
"I feel so miserable without you, it's almost like having you here."
- Stephen Bishop
"He is a self-made man and worships his creator." - John Bright
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4/5/2009-7:39:25 AMWhen you are waiting for something, ideas can not stop. If you are not waiting for anything ideas can stop. I repeat it again: there is no point, life is pointless, purposeless. Existence is not going anywhere, it has no destiny, no purpos...
3/11/2009-1:43:20 PMFashion refers to the styles and customs prevalent at a given time. In its most common usage, "fashion" exemplifies the appearances of clothing, but the term encompasses more. Many fashions are popular in many cultures at any given time. Important is...
