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Fashion can be a fickle thing. Fads come and go. Sartorial tastes change. Even the ways we shop go in and out of style. โItโs really important to be willing to try new things,โ says Susan Gregg Koger, co-founder and chief creative officer of ModCloth, the e-commerce site specializing in vintage-inspired fashions and accessories. Plentyโฆ
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 aโฆ
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 regulatorโs 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 retailersโฆ
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.
Petco announced several leadership changes including the addition of chairman responsibilities to CEO Jim Myerโs 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,โฆ
To oversee international expansion, the Alibaba Group is turning to a former Goldman Sachs executive who has long worked with the Chinese internet giant. Alibaba on Tuesday named J. Michael Evans, who already serves on its board, as its president. The role is the biggest for Evans, an Olympic medalist rower who was once seen as aโฆ
Hillary Clinton is still the presumptive favorite to become the Democratic nominee for the U.S. presidency. But high-powered friends of Starbucksโ CEO Howard Schultz are reportedly eager to anoint him as a challenger to Clinton. The 62-year-old CEO has been urged by supporters to join the Democratic primary, with friends โthinking the time is right forโฆ
J.C. Penney has hired two executives with online and supply chain experience from Home Depot and Target. Michael Amend becomes executive vice president of omnichannel beginning Tuesday. Amend comes to Penney from Home Depot, where he was vice president of online, mobile and omnichannel and worked with Ellison. Mike Robbins, formerly the senior vice president of globalโฆ
A new chapter has begun at J.C. Penney. Marvin Ellison officially took over the reins from Myron "Mike" Ullman on Saturday, becoming the beleaguered retailer's third CEO in four years. J.C. Penney designed the transition to go as seamlessly as possible, especially after the messy ouster of former CEO Ron Johnson and return of Ullman in Aprilโฆ
Is Cosmopolitan so racy it needs to be covered up? Rite Aid and Food Lion think so. The two retailers will soon place issues of Cosmopolitan magazine behind โblindersโ to shield minors from the magazineโs sexual content, they confirmed separately on Friday.