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Gap Inc. is buying women's fashion boutique Intermix Inc. for $130 million, a deal that will give the mostly casual-clothes retailer an opening to the all-important luxury market. The acquisition is the first in half a decade for Gap, which is coming off a string of rare fashion successes that boosted its sales and stock price last year. Intermix doesn't produce its own clothes and only has around 30 stores in the U.S. and Canada. But the chain has relationships with designers, including Herve Leger, Yves Saint Laurent and Rag & Bone, from which Gap could benefit.

PLEASANTON, Calif., Jan. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ross Stores, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROST) today reported that sales increased 11% to $1.276 billion for the five weeks ended December 29, 2012, up from $1.149 billion in sales for the five weeks ended December 31,...

Connie Hallquist Ms. Hallquist “I am delighted and honored to be stepping into this leadership role at Healthy Directions As Healthy Directions’ EVP of Merchandising, Ms. Hallquist oversaw brand strategy, product assortment, doctor relationships and new...

Seattle -- Nordstrom announced plans to open a Nordstrom Rack in South Portland, Maine. The approximately 30,000-sq.-ft. store is scheduled to open this spring at Maine Crossing Shopping Center and will be the retailer's first location in the state. It...

Polaroid will use the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) as a platform to announce its plans for a series of experiential retail stores where consumers can quickly and easily liberate their favorite images from the confines of their digital devices and turn them into museum-quality art. Polaroid Fotobar stores will be the first of their kind retail destinations designed to capitalize on the meteoric rise in people taking pictures. These cool, hip, experiential stores will make the process of turning peoples' best pictures into cherished pieces of art both rewarding and fun.

Apple's iPad tablet computer is changing the way that many consumers connect to the Internet, stay informed, and shop. A tablet-friendly website is thus a new imperative for online retailers. One out of every four adults in the U.S. owns a tablet...

Too weird, too pretentious, too expensive and, in the end, too out of step with what today's arbiters of style deem cool. Those have been among the many critiques of Target's multidesigner collaboration with luxury retailer Neiman Marcus, a partnership that was hyped to the hilt, and wound up as a major bust.

J.Crew CEO Mickey Drexler has responded to a New York Times column that called out a bad experience with the retailer and declared all online shopping "hell." Author Delia Ephron related a personal experience with J.Crew in the column, saying that the items she ordered weren't wrapped and they were shipped to the wrong address. Then she had to go through a time-consuming customer service process. Drexler responded with a letter to the editor, which was then published by The New York Times.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. -- Dollar Tree has announced that it intends to expand its distribution center in Marietta, Oak., by an additional 400,000 sq. ft. More than 100 full time positions will be created as a result of the expansion. The facility in Marietta...

WATSONVILLE, Calif. — EVP and president of Nordstrom Direct Jamie Nordstrom has joined West Marine's board of directors. Nordstrom also was appointed as the fourth member of West Marine's governance and compensation committee. His board and committee...