Merchandising
July 13, 2015 at 2:07 pm
J.Crew has gotten a lot of flack from customers for how pricey much of its merchandise has gotten in the last few years. So to remedy that, the fashion retailer will open the first location in a new chain of lower-priced stores called J.Crew Mercantile later this month, the company announced on Friday. The first…
July 10, 2015 at 1:56 pm
Skechers USA Inc. said it filed a lawsuit alleging that a footwear style sold by rival Steven Madden Ltd. infringes patents for the company's walking-shoe line and other products. Manhattan Beach, Calif.-based Skechers is seeking an injunction against the Setta line of footwear sold under the Steven by Steve Madden line. Skechers also is seeking…
July 2, 2015 at 8:52 pm
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July 2, 2015 at 2:27 pm
Best Buy’s alliance with Samsung is getting even deeper. The Richfield, Minn.-based electronics retailer already has two store-within-a-store spaces dedicated to Samsung products — one for TVs and the other for smartphones and mobile devices. Now, in some stores, it will add a Samsung-branded space for appliances. The “Samsung Open House,” a roughly 20-by-20-foot area, was installed…
June 26, 2015 at 3:14 pm
lululemon has been stung by another product recall, though thankfully for the apparel retailer, this time it isn’t because its pants were deemed too see-through. The yoga and running gear maker is recalling a women’s top that it sold for six years beginning in 2008 due to a hazard tied to the top’s elastic draw…
June 23, 2015 at 2:28 pm
Wal-Mart and Sears, two of the country's largest retailers, will remove all Confederate flag merchandise from their stores. The announcements are the latest indication that the flag, a symbol of the slave-holding South, has become toxic in the aftermath of a shooting last week at a historic African-American church in Charleston, S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley…
June 12, 2015 at 3:22 pm
Tuxedos are coming to Macy's. The department store chain announced a 10-year agreement with Men's Wearhouse to open tux rental shops at 300 of its stores, according to MarketWatch. Men’s Wearhouse will staff and control the tuxedo shops in Macy’s stores. Seventeen pilot tuxedo shops will open in the fall of 2015 in New Jersey,…
June 10, 2015 at 4:13 pm
Nike Inc. has settled a lawsuit against three former shoe designers it accused of stealing its commercial secrets and taking them to German rival Adidas AG with plans to open a footwear design studio in Brooklyn. The designers' attorney, Matt Levin, said in a statement Tuesday that the case had been resolved through a confidential…
June 9, 2015 at 2:54 pm
Walgreens is facing criticism for dumping the inventory of a closed Wyoming store in a landfill last week instead of donating it to charity. The Deerfield, Ill.-based drugstore chain, however, said the store in Jackson "closed suddenly in April 2014 after a landslide made it unsafe for it to remain in operation, and products inside…
June 9, 2015 at 2:45 pm
Men's Wearhouse wants to compete with the likes of Suitsupply, Indochino and J.Crew for the attention of fashion-forward millennials. The company — traditionally seen as somewhere a millennial's parents, or grandparents, might shop — hopes to broaden its appeal with a younger age group by expanding its line of custom clothing this year and by…
