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New York City -- A new concept, C. Wonder, has made its retail debut, opening a 5,000-sq.-ft. store in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood. The company is on track to open three mall locations this fall: Garden State Plaza, Paramus, N.J.; The Westchester Mall, White Plains, N.Y.; and Roosevelt Field, Garden City, N.J. An additional 20 locations are planned for 2012, according to various reports. C. Wonder (the “C” stands for charming, chic and cheerful, according to the company) is the latest venture from Christopher Burch (the ex-husband of designer Tory Burch, the venture capitalist also co-founded her company

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An immigration activist is calling it a victory after convincing online retailer CafePress to remove "racist" merchandise. Designed to look like an actual permit to "hunt illegal aliens," immigration rights activist Victor Hoelscher, along with hundreds of others, petitioned CafePress to get the items removed.

Lowe's announced the launch of MyLowe's, an integrated online experience that will help customers manage their biggest asset — their homes. It will revolutionize the customer experience with home improvement, allowing all purchases, in-store and online, to be tracked automatically and stored on their customer profile online.   

Glenwillow, Ohio-based fast-fashion retailer Dots LLC will open a new flagship store in Bronx, N.Y., on Nov. 10. The new store will be located within the Bay Plaza Shopping Center. In addition to this location, Dots plans to open 45 new locations and remodel 70 existing locations in 2012. Currently, the company operates more than 400 stores in 28 states. SAVE | EMAIL | PRINT | MOST POPULAR | RSS DDI's RetailDesignDiva blog is dedicated to retail design issues, opinions and frustrations of the day.Read the Diva's recent rantings. DDI's Retail Design Newswire Sign up to receive the

One month after eBay CEO John Donahoe brought in an outsider to head its Marketplaces business, eBay executive Dinesh Lathi left for a new role at retailer One Kings Lane, a home decor flash-sales site.

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Apple is launching an update to its retail store iOS app to allow consumers to use self-checkout to buy accessories and other shelf-stocked items at the company's retail stores. According to MacRumors, self-checkout purchases will be charged via the Apple Store app to the customer's iTunes Store account. The platform should be ready by Nov. 3.

Basketball shoe marketers such as Adidas, Nike and Foot Locker could lose up to $500 million in sales if the 2011-2012 NBA season is wiped out, says Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst at the worldwide market research company NPD Group. That's roughly 25 percent of the $2 billion basketball sneaker market, Cohen said.

Cabela's is finding that its smaller format stores are performing 30 percent to 40 percent better than its traditional locations in several key areas, so the retailer plans to build on these results by opening additional smaller format stores.