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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PROFILE Mandee Ken Mandelbaum: chairman, CEO, and principal www.mandee.com HQ Totowa, NJ Services Junior-fashioned trendy clothing for women [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] What lights up Ken Mandelbaum, chairman, CEO, and [...]

The biggest decision a bride makes--after she chooses the man she will marry--is her wedding gown. In 1985, Amsale Aberra wasn't about to give up on finding the sophisticated and [...]

Motivated by the industrial practice, we investigate in this paper the pre-season inventory and pricing decisions for fashion retailers. Before the selling season, a retailer can place orders for a seasonal fashion product from her supplier at two distinct stages via two different delivery modes. Market information from the sales of a pre-seasonal product is collected and used to update the demand forecast of the seasonal product at the succeeding stages by using Bayesian approach. We formulate a dynamic optimization problem and obtain the optimal stocking policy. After the ordered seasonal product has arrived and just before the start of the selling season, the retailer can determine the optimal selling price of the product with respect to the latest demand information, and the amount of product on-hand. We study the pricing policy under different objectives. Sensitivity analysis is carried out and the features of the policies are revealed. Managerial insights are generated. Keywords: Inventory; Fashion retailing; Bayesian information updating; Dynamic programming

The Ikram Touch is a chic women's boutique in Chicago, named after the owner Ikram Goldman that offers the sort of impeccable, pricey designs and objects of desire featured in 'Vogue' magazine. Her devoted clients feel that her secret is her vision and her intuition, and her commitment to refining their personal style.

Five years ago, Jeff Braun, lab manager, and Laurie Matteson, assistant lab manager, started working together in a Lenscrafters store at Eastview Mall in Victor, N.Y. That alone might not [...]

The opportunities for foreign apparel retailers in India have increased manifold since the Indian economy was liberalized in 1991. The foreign retailers need to devise India-specific strategies for operating in the market, as it is very different from the apparel retailing systems prevailing in western countries.

Debi Greenberg, owner of Louis Boston, is at the top of her profession and has single handedly revitalized the aging third-generation haberdashery. The changes that Greenberg has made in the clothing and accessories store after she purchased Louis Boston from her father, has been very radical and visible.

WHEN IT COMES TO making a splash, Stella McCartney's got it down. For the October opening of her new store, a former antiques shop on Beverly Boulevard, she planted her […]

'Storekeepers for Gentlemen' is the message carved into a discreet plaque next to the front door of Homer Reed Ltd., the oldest retail-clothing store in Denver. Inside, a panoply of [...]

ROBERT CARTER FEDEX CORP. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CIO MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE MY MOST STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY BET? THE INTERNET. That's right, the Internet. We've only scratched the surface of its power. […]

Party supplies and costumes are offered at Long Beach, CA-based Party Props. Halloween is the busiest time of year for the store.

Charles David Company Profile: In 1988, Charles David opened its first retail store on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, California and gained a loyal customer base of fashion conscious style […]

The operations and management of Superior Uniform Group Inc of Seminole, FL, are discussed in detail by chairman and CEO Gerald M. Benstock. The company is a retailer of healthcare uniforms.

One quality assurance executive for a major apparel manufacturer amusingly recalls: 'In the 'old days,' when executives were divvying up responsibilities, the guy who drew the short straw became the [...]

Jim Budman seems a little jumpy. Roots' flagship New York store is getting ready for an Olympics opening-night party to celebrate the US team's decision to join Canada in dressing [...]

An influx of new retailers, increased choice and improved fashions targeted effectively at a precise customer group caused Oasis Stores to question their own business practice and knowledge of their [...]

For The J. Jill Group, there is no time like the present. Its casual fashions, lifestyle-driven image and high-tech service capabilities have struck a positive note with shoppers in the [...]

A management profile for Polo Ralph Lauren is given. The company does not manufacture its own apparel rather, they license to a global network of suppliers and license partners.

The operations and management of Chico's FAS Inc of Fort Myers, FL, are discussed in detail by chairman and CEO Marvin J. Gralnick and Chief Financial Officer Charles J. Kleman. Chico's is a nationwide retailer of women's clothing.

The operations and management of Big Dog Holdings Inc of Santa Barbara, CA, are discussed in detail by Senior Vice President David R. Wolf. Big Dog Holdings is a major retailer of sportswear.

The operations and management of retail clothing chains in the US are discussed in detail by Lauri A. Brunner of Dain Rauscher Wessels. The environment for retailers is tough after the terrorist attacks of Sep 11, 2001.

The operations and management of retail clothing stores in the US are discussed in detail by Mercedes Sanchez of Raymond James and Associates. The terrorist attacks on the US have had an effect and the near future is expected to be volatile for the industry.

RED. A RED'S RED. Fire engine, bright lipstick, and nail polish red, perhaps the kind that legendary Vogue editrix Diana Vreeland proclaimed she could never be bored with. Such is […]

The success of menswear retailer, Gowing Bros, of Sydney, Australia, is discussed. Implications for the success of other retailers and other service industries are also discussed.

Recent business activities of UK music and book retailers are discussed.

Richard Hayne founded the Urban Outfitters clothing store in the late 1960s, and it has grown into a 36-store national chain. The store is known for its hip clothing that appeals to twenty-somethings.

With Internet technology and virtual tools, e-commerce is 'virtually' guaranteed to become a legitimate way of doing business with retailers At the January PGA Merchandise show in Florida, Liz Claiborne [...]

Four companies that 'came back from the dead' share the changes that they underwent to renew themselves. While Wang Laboratories had to adapt into an outward-looking sales and service organization to become the $3-billion per year firm that it now is, Iberia Airlines had to acquire a private-sector mindset to evolve into the nimble competitor that it has become. Meanwhile, Paul Harris Stores opted to listen to its customers and Orchids Paper Products retrenched to the core market of value-seeking customers, tapped new information technology and pursued a change of scenery by relocating to Oklahoma to recover their profitability.