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These are the boom years for social media and mobile apps, which continue to grow at a torrid pace. Wal-Mart’s Facebook fans doubled to more than 6 million since February, Victoria’s Secret’s Twitter followers nearly tripled to 126,335 in the same period, and Sears has upped its mobile ante to 21.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is aiming to turn some of Westchester County's oldest train stations into new dining and retail hot spots. There's just one catch: Those who run the stations will have to agree to keep serving commuters their daily coffee during the morning rush.
Williams-Sonoma’s West Elm brand will open its first ever pop-up shop in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., on July 14. The 3,300-sq.-ft. store will offer a unique mix of products picked especially for Georgetown and with the small living spaces of nearby colleges and universities in mind.
Recent evidence points to a possible partnership between Apple Retail and Fairfield University that could mark the second university bookstore to gain an official Apple Store. The president of Fairfield University announced plans for a new bookstore last week, noting that the school was "in discussions with an industry leading computer retailer to have a presence in the bookstore."
Athleta, a sportswear brand that Gap purchased in 2008, is planning to open eight to 10 more brick-and-mortar stores by year's end and 50 locations by 2013 to "grow the business and provide what women want."
Any browning evergreen tree, melted snowman or sweaty Santa can tell you Christmas in July is a bad idea. Maybe one day retailers will get the same message. The Christmas in July gimmick stretches back to at least 1940, when a film of the same name was released and retailers saw an opportunity to unload their surplus of dusty tinsel packets, frosted fake trees and fossilized candy canes.
Retail same-store sales grew 7.1 percent in June, Kantar Retail reported. The increase was attributed to a drop in gasoline prices. The increase was higher than the 5.7 percent same-store sales gain in May and the 3.2 percent gain last June.
Amazon's Quidsi business (Diapers.com, Soap.com, BeautyBar.com and Wag.com) is looking at opening a 1,600 square-foot BeautyBar store in Manhasset, N.Y., according to a Women's Wear Daily report.
As starts to claim a place on the Lower skyline, the area’s retail scene is beginning to revive, with landlords raising rents in anticipation of thousands of new office workers, tourists and residents, commercial real estate experts said.
Casual Male has officially opened its first men's superstore catering to the big and tall man called Destination XL. DXL is a unique, all-inclusive destination offering over 2,000 styles under one roof from four existing apparel businesses, Casual Male XL, Rochester Big & Tall, Shoes XL and B&T Direct.
