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Retail

  1. retail
    Former J. Crew Chief Has a Theory About Sagging Sales“Clothes are just not that important as they were,” Drexler said.
    By Katie Van Syckle
  2. style
    Nordstrom’s New Line of Stores Won’t Stock ClothesThey will, however, offer personal stylists, manicures, and a fully stocked bar.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  3. ch-ch-ch-changes
    J.Crew Loses Another Top ExecutiveChief design officer Somsack Sikhounmuong is leaving J.Crew after 16 years.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  4. nostalgia
    You Can Soon Revisit Your Tween Years at Limited Too’s Mobile Pop-up ShopIt’s coming to New York this August.
    By Lisa Ryan
  5. ch-ch-ch-changes
    J.Crew Is Closing About 20 Stores, Scaling Back CatalogsThere’ll be a little less of the Style Guide to flip through.
    By Véronique Hyland
  6. Style.com Is Shutting Down After Only 9 MonthsConsumers will be redirected to Farfetch, Condé’s new online retail partner.
    By Lisa Ryan
  7. ch-ch-ch-changes
    Steven Alan Is Revamping His BusinessThe retailer is focusing on his own line.
    By Véronique Hyland
  8. money talks
    Bloomingdale’s Workers Might Go on Strike Come May 1They’re rallying today at the NYC flagship for better health care and wages.
    By Diana Tsui
  9. politics
    Sales of Ivanka Trump’s Clothing Line Increased in 2016Adding fuel to the theory that any press is good press.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  10. instant gratification
    Is See-Now-Buy-Now Just a Trend, or the Future of Fashion?Industry insiders weigh in.
    By Véronique Hyland
  13. unlikely pairings
    Indie-Favorite ModCloth Is Reportedly Coming Under the Wing of WalmartSmall-batch meets big-box.
    By Véronique Hyland
  14. exit music
    Aughts Prom Favorite BCBG Is Closing Stores and RestructuringThe decline and fall of the American mall continues apace.
    By Véronique Hyland
  15. the keyholders will rise
    Zara Workers Are Forming a Union in New York City[Raises fist.]
    By Véronique Hyland
  16. retail
    Kate Spade’s ‘Muses’ Would Like to Sell You a Monogrammed SatchelSales associates sell things; muses sell lifestyles.
    By Jessica Roy
  17. stuck in the middle with you
    How Gap Fell Victim to the New Polarized Fashion EnvironmentThe middle is falling out of retail.
    By Véronique Hyland
  18. closing time
    Gap Is Closing One-Fourth of Its Stores in North AmericaThe great retail bloodletting continues.
    By Véronique Hyland
  19. lonesome dov
    5 American Apparel Employees on Dov Charney’s Ousting“Whenever he comes to New York everyone is super-scared, because he’ll just stay stuff that’s like, ‘Whoa.’”
    By Katie Van Syckle
  20. good riddance
    Dov Charney’s Decade of DoucheryAmerican Apparel finally gave him the boot. 
    By Kat Stoeffel
  21. unconventional mannequins
    Stores Use Weird Mannequins to Sell Clothes They have two left hands and wrinkles.
    By Allison P. Davis
  22. retail
    Why Abercrombie Is Losing Its ShirtNobody knew teenagers like the retailer and its eccentric leader, Mike Jeffries. But taste can be so fickle.  
    By Matthew Shaer
  25. People Are Up to Some Gross Business in Dressing RoomsAs you might have suspected, but hoped to never think about.
    By Maggie Lange
  26. First Look: Dries Van Noten Will Finally Be Sold OnlineA Barneys exclusive, which bodes well for luxury online.
    By Kurt Soller
  27. go team
    The Woman Who Got Female NFL Fans Into FashionMeet the VP of “Consumer Products” for the National Football League.
    By Kurt Soller
  28. sheer pants
    Lululemon’s Sheer Pants Not Available for Purchase, at AllThey’re not really a big deal, either.
    By Charlotte Cowles and Julie Ma
  29. Balenciaga Is Back in Retail, With a Soho SpaceA seasonal store, no less.
    By Veronica Misako Gledhill
  30. holidaze
    Gifts to Buy for Five Impossible-to-Shop-For PersonalitiesForty perfect presents from eight of New York’s best indie stores.
    By Jessica Silvester
  31. retail therapy
    How eBay Became a Fast-Fashion GraveyardIn which the collaboration-reselling bubble has burst.
    By Jillian Goodman
  32. cheap threads
    The Internet’s First (Real) Fashion LabelAt Everlane, an argument against high quality coming at a high price.
    By Stephanie Davila
  33. you get a car
    Do People Still Buy Oprah’s Favorite Things?HARPO’s president and fashion brands parse through this week’s OWN special with the Cut.
    By Kurt Soller
  34. hurricane sandy
    The Only Clothing Store That’s Open in SohoWhere tourists are buying jeans with the aid of flashlights. 
    By Jillian Goodman
  37. New Yorkers Aren’t Stress-Shopping Online This WeekBut here’s what Hurricane Sandy means for holiday retail.
    By Kurt Soller
  38. breakthroughs
    Saudi Women Are Finally Allowed to Sell Bras to One AnotherBelieve it or not, this is quite a breakthrough.
    By Charlotte Cowles
  39. quotables
    ‘An Unpopped Collar Is Like an Unloved Woman: a Tragedy’Thanks, New York Times.
    By Amy Odell
  40. it's a confusing thing
    Why Would JCPenney Want to Snatch Martha Stewart From Macy’s?JCPenney’s just-announced 17 percent, $38.5 million stake in Martha’s brand has the retail industry wondering how the deal is supposed to help reinvent the store.
    By Amy Odell
  41. vermin!
    Bloomingdale’s Admits to Finding ‘One Bedbug’ in Its Flagship StoreThey did not close down, and claim the problem has been treated.
    By Amy Odell
  42. vermin!
    The Nike Store in Soho Is Closed to Treat a Bedbug Problem [Updated]This is the second Nike store to close for bedbugs in a week.
    By Amy Odell
  43. vermin!
    The 95,000-Square-Foot Niketown on 57th Street Has BedbugsIt’s closed until further notice.
    By Amy Odell
  44. ins and outs
    Barneys Finally Hired a CEO After Two Years Without OneThey’ve only been without one for two years.
    By Amy Odell
  45. backlash
    Is Urban’s ‘Ironic’ New Storefront Mocking Mom-and-Pop Shops?Or just paying its respects?
    By Mike Vilensky
  46. duane reade
    Duane Reade Aims for Elegance and Ubiquity in ManhattanThis is not your grandma’s drugstore.
    By Mike Vilensky
  49. vermin!
    Retailers Seem Afraid to Talk About BedbugsThe should reassure us their stores are bedbug-free.
    By Amy Odell
  50. vermin!
    Bedbugs Strike Again, This Time at Victoria’s Secret on LexingtonIs this the sign of a retail bedbug epidemic?
    By Amy Odell
  51. the heat
    At Least This Heat Has Been Great for RetailEven bedbug Hollister!
    By Amy Odell
  52. retail giants
    Pumping Gas Inspired Forever 21’s CEO to Get Into FashionNice cars mean a lot, especially when you live in L.A.
    By Amy Odell
  53. Wal-Mart Is Terrified of Selling Clothes, Especially Fashionable OnesKathy Lee Gifford is partly to blame.
    By Amy Odell
  54. eff the recession
    Hamptons Now Plagued With Value RetailBut will it last or is the money coming back?
  55. retail estate
    Swatch Might Take Over the Twenty-Floor Takashimaya BuildingDoes the city need that much Swatch?
    By Amy Odell
  56. boobs or lose
    Why Don’t More Designers Make Plus-Size Bras?The average American woman’s cup size is a 36DD; ten years ago, it was a 36C.
    By Sharon Clott
  57. disco shopping
    Limelight to Open FridayGear up for Chelsea’s sprawling new mini-mall.
    By Lauren Murrow
  58. disco shopping
    Limelight Marketplace Opening Date Delayed to May 7When we visited the space last week, it still looked very much like a construction site.
    By Sarah Bernard and Aja Mangum
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