Articles Tagged "Retail"

Beginning in 2015, Nordstrom is making plans to expand into Canada. The Seattle-based company intends to convert and renovate at least three Sears sites with possibilities at Vancouver’s Pacific Centre, the Deerfoot Mall in Calgary and Ottawa’s Rideau Centre. In addition, six other...

Merging retail fashion with technology, Brazilian retailer C&A is offering fashion feedback on their clothing via Facebook, as reported by Mashable. The marketing initiative, called FashionLike, has screens embedded onto special clothing hangers that tally the thumb-ups in real time...

Following in the vein of combining fashion magazine editorial, advertising campaign and digital sensation, InStyle will be launching a new store on NYC’s 57th Street and Fifth Avenue, reported WWD. Come March 1, the magazine will occupy the 19-by-42-foot space with a shop with a kick:...

Fine watchmaker Tourneau just unveiled a concept store on Madison Avenue – and it is not your ordinary store, reported WWD.

Located at 510 Madison Ave., the 3,135-square-foot space represents the label’s third freestanding retail outfit in the United States and its first in New York.

Get ready Sydney fashionistas, a bevy of high-profile brands will soon be opening their doors in the Australian metropolis, including Topshop from Britain and Uniqlo from Japan..

Leasing directors from international retailers are hitting the pavement to look for potential sites for new...

Vincent Longo and Paula Dorf are looking to make a comeback. The two entrepreneurs, who both had started makeup lines more than 15 years ago and seen them shore up, are now planning to rekindle interest in their makeup artists brands. And considering that consumers have started to spend...

Miu Miu is unveiling its new – and first – online store on April 6, to be available in the United States, Japan and 17 countries in Europe, reported WWD. The site will boast the label’s entire collections, plus has special features such as a “fashion show selection,” which sells...

Los Angeles stores, especially specialty stores, are foundering as the recession continues to impact sales. While retail across the country has perked up with economic troubles lessening, the scene is LA is changing as multiline boutiques and stores from small labels vanish into that...

Retail economic snapshot: Over recent years, shoppers have been conditioned to expect discount shopping during our economically challenging times because of the excess inventory that retailers hold. However, this will be coming to and end as the financial landscape changes come the fall...

Topshop, a British women’s clothing brand that has expanded around the globe, is now tackling the Canadian market. In a deal with Hudson’s Bay Co., both Topshop and its menswear brand, Topman, will be sold in Canada in The Bay department stores as store-within-a-store concepts, as...