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August 11, 2015 at 1:33 pm
Macy's may be a national go-to for accessible style, but it's explored more high-fashion territory multiple times before, like when it partnered with Made Fashion Week for an ongoing collaboration and with Karl Lagerfeld for a much-hyped capsule collection. But now, the retail giant is set to take on New York Fashion Week, with a…
August 11, 2015 at 1:23 pm
Abercrombie & Fitch said on Friday that it would no longer require workers to be on call for shifts that may be canceled with little notice, after a regulator’s inquiry into the practice. The office of the New York State attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, said in April that it was investigating 13 large retailers…
August 11, 2015 at 1:13 pm
The parent company of Columbia House, the once-popular mail-order music club, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after 20 years of declining sales. Filmed Entertainment Inc. said Monday it would sell its Columbia House DVD Club business through an open auction. Though once big in the CD business, the company left the music industry…
August 11, 2015 at 12:52 pm
Attention Target shoppers: Say goodbye to "girls' building sets" and "boys' bedding." The big box retailer announced Friday that it will start phasing out gender-based signage in some departments. The shift comes in response to customer feedback that distinguishing between products for girls and boys is unnecessary and maybe even harmful.
August 10, 2015 at 3:39 pm
Petco announced several leadership changes including the addition of chairman responsibilities to CEO Jim Myer’s role. The company also named Brad Weston as president. According to Petco, Weston previously served as executive vice president, chief merchandising officer and president of Unleashed by Petco. A retail veteran, Weston joined Petco in October 2011 as executive vice president,…
August 10, 2015 at 3:12 pm
Iconic images from the pages of Vogue are getting a makeover, courtesy of Target. In an ad campaign running in the September issue of Vogue, the discount department store has reimagined classic images from the fashion magazine, dating to the early 1900s. In this topsy-turvy world, carpets and curtains sold at Target replace high-fashion dresses, a chunky…
August 10, 2015 at 2:57 pm
On Friday, Warby Parker announced that it's partnered with national department store chain Nordstrom on its latest Pop-In: A rotating pop-up shop curated by Olivia Kim (Nordstrom's director of creative products) that gets a new theme or collaborator each month and lives in select Nordstrom locations as well as online. In addition to selling a…
August 10, 2015 at 2:45 pm
Dozens of the nation’s largest retailers including Macy’s, Amazon.com and Home Depot have quickly moved to disassociate themselves from new discount retail website Jet.com. The retailers complained to Jet after discovering it had placed links to their sites without permission, promising its own members cash back for making purchases after clicking the links. A comparison of Jet’s…
August 10, 2015 at 2:32 pm
At the dawn of its 81st year of operation, GNC Holdings Inc., the giant Pittsburgh vitamin and supplement retailer, is recrafting its body builder image to a warmer, more inclusive health and wellness resource for everyone. For Michael Archbold, who just marked his first anniversary as CEO, the reason behind the strategy is simple: The market…
August 7, 2015 at 4:40 pm
Barnes & Noble has stopped paying some of its marketplace sellers, who said they have been unable to get information from the company about when payments will resume. The problem appears to be related to a 2-week outage of the marketplace section after Barnes & Noble relaunched its website in late June - sellers say…
