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Dior Waikiki Unit Reopens The Dior boutique at the DFS Galleria Waikiki in Honolulu has reopened after extensive renovations and an expansion that added 50 percent to its original size. [...]

DVF Signs On at Brookfield Place NEW YORK - Downtown's other major retail project, Brookfield Place, is taking shape. Diane von Furstenberg is the latest designer to sign a lease, [...]

McMillon Era Gets Under Way at Wal-Mart Doug McMillon is ushering in a new era at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. The 47-year-old executive today takes over as chief executive officer of [...]

Foul Weather Hits U.S. Retailers Extreme weather in several parts of the country brought retail, business, long-distance and local travel to dramatic halts this week. Difficult conditions stretched from the [...]

FASHION SCOOPS EAST MEETS SCENT: Josie Natori has signed a fragrance deal with Luxe Brands for a 'series of new fragrance collections' beginning this summer. Natori previously inked a deal [...]

Barneys Ads Use Transgender Models For its spring advertising campaign, Barneys New York photographed 17 transgender men and women. In addition to the photographs, each model's personal story has been [...]

Chico's to Open in Mexico Chico's Fas Inc. on Tuesday said the Chico's brand's first international stores will be opened in Mexico in the spring. A store at Perisur mall [...]

Lifting the Veil Izhar Patkin was cursing his apartment building in the East Village in Manhattan. The intercom wasn't working and he was expecting guests. 'I can't stand all of [...]

Drexler Sounds Off on Creativity Millard 'Mickey' Drexler was on a roll. During a wide-ranging discussion, the J. Crew Group Inc. chairman and chief executive officer, who was the guest [...]

FASHION SCOOPS OUT AT ANTHRO: Wendy Wurtzburger , a 15-year veteran of Urban Outfitters, has left the company. Sources said the chief merchandising and design officer of Anthropologie North America's [...]

Neiman's Reveals Breach Details Neiman Marcus said Thursday that 1.1 million payment cards may have been impacted by the data security breach the retailer disclosed on Jan. 10. At the [...]

Target Trimming Global Workforce Target Corp. on Wednesday informed workers that it's terminating 475 positions at its offices globally. In addition, over the course of the last six months, Target [...]

Neiman Marcus Issues Apology for Data Breach Neiman Marcus on Thursday posted on its Web site its first open letter to shoppers, saying it's taking steps to contain the credit [...]

Executives Focus on Future at NRF's Big Show NEW YORK - The National Retail Federation's Big Show wrapped up Wednesday, having painted a picture over four days of an industry [...]

NLRB Files Complaint Against Wal-Mart The National labor Relations Board on Wednesday issued what is said to be the largest complaint against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for breaking federal labor law [...]

Cyber Data Concerns Put Retailers on Edge Is this the beginning of an epidemic? Retailers are on high alert following the cyber-security attacks at Neiman Marcus and Target affecting more [...]

Old Man Winter's Wrath Bears Down on Retailers By SHARON EDELSON The polar vortex. Even the name sounds ominous. It's the large pocket of very cold air usually the coldest [...]

MEMO PAD FASHION GOAL: H&M is going back to the gridiron. The retailer will air a 30-second television commercial featuring David Beckham during Super Bowl XLVIII, which will be played [...]

Chico's Plots International Growth By SHARON EDELSON Chico's is taking its extroverted style of animal prints, jewel-tone colors and demonstrative jewelry to an international audience while moving into smaller markets [...]

Gryson Eyes Further Expansion in NYC, Beyond By SHARON EDELSON Gryson's got a lot going on. The luxury handbag and accessories company recently opened its second store, an 800-square-foot unit [...]

Intermix Refines Under Gap Inc. By SHARON EDELSON NEW YORK Since its acquisition by Gap Inc. in January, Intermix hasn't wantonly expanded or transformed into a collection of lower-priced brands, [...]

FASHION SCOOPS DIVING IN: Swiss private equity firm Capvis has inked a deal to buy performance swimwear brand Arena. The transaction was between Capvis and private equity fund Riverside, which [...]

PIN Numbers Stolen in Target Data Breach Target on Friday confirmed that strongly encrypted PIN data was removed from its system during the security breach that took place between Black [...]

Target Confirms Breach By SHARON EDELSON Target corp. on Thursday confirmed that a major data breach occurred between Black Friday and Dec. 15, which includes many of the most important [...]

Target Said Investigating Breach SHARON EDELSON Talk swirled late Wednesday that Target Corp. is allegedly investigating a data breach that may involve millions of customer credit and debit card records. [...]

You Can Go Home Again By SHARON EDELSON NEW YORK Barneys New York is having a full-circle moment. After nearly 20 years, the iconic specialty retailer is returning to its [...]

FASHION SCOOPS HAUTE LIST: Bouchra Jarrar , the Paris-based designer who has accrued a cultlike following for her streamlined, elegant sportswear, has been granted the official haute couture appellation. The [...]

Owens Opens in Miami By SHARON EDELSON Since he opened his first U.S. store in New York's SoHo neighborhood in 2008, Rick Owens, the Paris-based designer known for his dark, [...]

Calypso Names Meads CEO By SHARON EDELSON Mindy Meads has been named chief executive officer of Calypso St. Barth. Meads, who resigned as Aéropostale Inc.'s president and co-ceo in 2010, [...]

Deals, Revamps Stir Developers' Optimism By SHARON EDELSON NEW YORK Malls are turning themselves inside out. In a bid to attract more luxury tenants, including restaurants, malls are expanding with [...]

Van Cleef & Arpels Unveils Larger 5th Ave. Space LAUREN MCCARTHY AND SHARON EDELSON NEW YORK 'Any excuse to dress up in diamonds, I'm there,' Blake Lively said. The actress, [...]

Wal-Mart Names Cheesewright By SHARON EDELSON Wal-Mart Stores Inc. named David Cheesewright president and chief executive officer of Wal-Mart International, which is the second largest operating segment within the company [...]

Kalinsky Switches Roles at Nordstrom By SHARON EDELSON Jeffrey Kalinsky is taking a step back at Nordstrom Inc., where he has been executive vice president of designer merchandising for the [...]

Gurhan Makes Retail Debut in TriBeCa SHARON EDELSON NEW YORK Gurhan Orhan's first retail location is a 1,500-square-foot atelier in TriBeCa with an open workroom where he can collaborate with [...]

Sass & Bide Opens First North American Store By SHARON EDELSON Sass & Bide recently opened its first international store, a 2,000-square-foot flagship at 480 Broome Street in New York's [...]

Kate Spade Saturday Comes to SoHo By SHARON EDELSON Kate Spade Saturday in SoHo. NEW YORK Kate Spade Saturday is painting SoHo yellow. The retailer's first Manhattan store, a 1,500-square-foot [...]

UNICEF Honors Barneys' Mark Lee By SHARON EDELSON NEW YORK 'If you're just here to see Katy Perry, I get that,' said emcee Bryant Gumbel at the ninth annual UNICEF [...]

Westfield Updates Garden State Plaza By SHARON EDELSON A valet parking service has been introduced to cater to Neiman Marcus shoppers. NEW YORK At a time when few new malls [...]

Jay Z, Barneys Said Forming Advisory Council By SHARON EDELSON Sources close to Barneys New York on Wednesday said that Shawn 'Jay Z' Carter has met with the retailer and [...]

Holiday Winter Wonderland SHARON EDELSON Around the world in holiday windows. This second installment of Christmas window displays features retailers in New York, Paris and London. The happy tale of [...]

Wal-Mart's McMillon Brings Global View By SHARON EDELSON WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ARNOLD J. KARR Change is coming at the top of the world's largest retailer. C. Douglas McMillon will take [...]

Northern Expansion Along Madison Avenue By SHARON EDELSON There's been an evolution occurring along Manhattan's Madison Avenue for the last couple of years. Along with an influx of contemporary retailers [...]

Supersonic Santa As New York's major retailers unveil their holiday windows, Christmas gets a high-tech spin at Barneys New York, where a futuristic Santa and Mrs. Claus 'virtually' tool around [...]

Groups Prod Wal-Mart on Worker Rights By SHARON EDELSON The AFL-CIO, United Food and Commercial Workers union, MoveOn.org, United Students Against Sweatshops, Interfaith Worker Justice and other groups on Monday [...]

Retailers Assess Tornado Damage By SHARON EDELSON The tornadoes that tore through the Midwest Sunday hit retailers in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri just as the holiday season was beginning. [...]

C. Wonder Signs Middle East Deal By SHARON EDELSON C. Wonder is set to go global. NEW YORK Christopher Burch's colorful, monogram-happy C. Wonder retail concept is going global. Just [...]

H&M's High-Tech Flagship By SHARON EDELSON NEW YORK H&M's 42,000-square-foot flagship at 4 Times Square here takes the notion of high tech to the next level. Daniel Kulle, president of [...]

FASHION SCOOPS ON THE BRINK: IMG Models has signed Christie Brinkley and her daughter, Sailor Brinkley-Cook , for exclusive global representation in modeling, marketing and commercial endorsements. Brinkley, who has [...]

N.J. Mall Stays Closed After Shooting By SHARON EDELSON NEW YORK Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus, N.J., remained closed Tuesday in the wake of a shooting incident that left [...]

The World of Oscar Comes to Bloomingdale's By SHARON EDELSON The Oscar de la Renta shop at Bloomingdale's in New York. NEW YORK The 'world of Oscar de la Renta' [...]