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The Essentialist 1 The White Stuff Old Man Winter's price tag for the weekend blizzard that hit the East Coast: $750 million to $850 million in economic activity. But it [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON No. 4 Giant Steps Amazon is flexing its online muscle, giving Wal-Mart and Target a wake-up call. Amazon's take-no-prisoners approach has left competitors such as Wal-Mart and [...]

Byline: BY SHARON EDELSON Holiday Window WORLD TOUR Retailers from Manhattan to Milan unveiled windows designed to delight and transport shoppers to whimsical places, both real and imagined. NEW YORK: [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON Photograph by GEORGE CHINSEE Furniture to Fashion The Next Disruptor RH aims to tackle another area of design, shaking up apparel in the process. Gary Friedman wants [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON Illustration BY JOHN UELAND Macy's Opts for Radical Thinking The retailer is considering any and all options for extracting top dollar from its trophy real estate. A [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON ICSC: Managing The Changes Shoppers, an already fickle bunch, are becoming harder to predict. And who can blame them, what with the economy's mixed signals, din of [...]

Byline: EDITED BY EVAN CLARK By SHARON EDELSON The Reinvention Game Instead of fearing online shopping, brick-and-mortar retailers are embracing it. Much of this activity is taking place in the [...]

Fashion designers and other high-profile retailers continue to open stores in prestigious shopping districts, thereby helping to drive up real estate prices. The costs of opening a store on a desirable street in New York, Milan, London, Paris and Berlin are explored. SoHo and Madison Ave remain New York's most attractive shopping districts, but some moderate-price chains have entered both neighborhoods., The use of the store as a marketing tool has been a phenomenon for much of this decade. Designers continue to christen public relations palaces in key shopping districts to [...]

Some small clothing makers prefer to deal with independent stores because the large chains and department stores demand preferential terms. In addition, owners of boutiques and specialty stores like to deal with individual designers who supply them with a wider variety of original and different clothing. Big department stores such as Neiman Marcus Co. and Saks Inc. tend to show larger quantities of similar styles., NEW YORK -- Chargebacks. Demands for co-op dollars. Markdown money. Increasingly complicated shipping instructions. Mega-niche brands dominating real estate and squeezing out less-prominent labels from the selling floor. It's enough [...]

Many designers and industry analysts do not believe fashion is avant-garde in 1997. Some individuals consider this term to be outdated, while others believe the economic climate is not amenable to fashion forward designs. Many fashion magazines do not support new and different clothing styles and many consumers are afraid to try something new., NEW YORK -- 'What's the new avant-garde?' Good question, posed here by Ultimo's Joan Weinstein, and debated by many in an industry laboring under unprecedented commercial pressure. Weinstein, attempting to [...]

The opening weekend showing American fashion collections Oct 24 through Oct 27, 1996 in New York, NY, featured parties hosted by Gianni Versace and the opening of the new flagship store by Prada at 841 Madison Ave, New York, NY. New fashions were introduced by Wolfgang Joop, Kenneth Richards, and others, and the D collection was shown on Sunday, Oct 27, 1996 by Donna Karan. The VH-1 Fashion Awards were seen on taped-delayed broadcast on Oct 25, 1996., OPENING WEEKEND OF THE AMERICAN COLLECTIONS OFTEN SEEMED LIKE MILAN PART TWO WITH PARTIES AND SHOWS FROM GIANNI AND DONATELLA VERSACE AND A SMASHING NEW BOUTIQUE FROM PRADA. Prada Land [...]

A flagship store on Madison Avenue in New York, NY, and an Emporio Armani eight blocks away will be opened simultaneously on Sep 12, 1966 by designer Giorgio Armani. The Giorgio Armani flagship store at 760 Madison Ave and 65th St will comprise 16,000 sq ft on four levels and will replace the Armani boutique at 815 Madison Ave, New York, NY. Other stores in Texas, Atlanta, GA, Washington, DC, and New York, NY are planned., NEW YORK - He may be the master of understated elegance, but this weeks he's taking the town by storm. Giorgio Armani is simultaneously launching his new luxury-filled Madison Avenue [...]

Total Consumer Response appears to be a high priority for many of the senior executives at US clothing firms, and there are numerous initiatives underway to address the market's needs. Comments on their companies' management plans and programs from executives at such firms as Tommy Hilfiger Corp, Levi Strauss & Co, Hugo Boss USA, Carson Pirie Scott & Co and Nautica International Inc are presented., VF's Vision: Mass Customization Mackey J. McDonald, president and chief executive officer of VF Corp., said there are three big challenges in supply chain management for the future: * Define [...]

The second holiday season of poor sales has prompted industry analysts to advise retailers to begin advertising in other parts of the year. Changes that retailers can make include cutting back on inventory at Christmas, make faster transitions between winter and spring merchandise, and begin promoting other holiday buying times. Analysts of consumer trends believe that people have less time to shop, and are less likely to spend money when they are in stores., NEW YORK - It may be time to rethink Christmas. With less free time and inclination to shop, consumers are no longer making the holiday the retail happening it once [...]

Women are purchasing more designer apparel and accessories during 1995, after having grown tired of economizing during the early 1990s while the economy grew weaker. Clothing stores located on Rodeo Drive, in Beverly Hills, CA, are reporting that status desingers are selling well, including Gucci and Hermes. Tourism has helped boost this trend. Barneys New York opening has motivated other high-end designers to open space on Madison Avenue, in New York, NY., NEW YORK - Nineties frugality barely survived to mid-decade: Luxury's back and women are spending again. From Hermes to Gucci, Madison Avenue to Rodeo Drive, the status names are booming [...]

Byline: BY SHARON EDELSON One for the Money Retailers pick their single top spring collection from New York Fashion Week and reveal their new designer discoveries. It was Riccardo Tisci [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON EDITED BY ARTHUR ZACZKIEWICZ Finding a Retail Path A domestic approach is embraced by some stores. The Made in America push is having an impact across the [...]

Byline: EDITED BY EVAN CLARK BY SHARON EDELSON PHOTOGRAPH BY RYAN PFLUGER Jeffrey at 25 Jeffrey Kalinsky takes stock of his specialty business and working with Nordstrom. And they said [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON EDITED BY EVAN CLARK Illustration by DALE EDWIN MURRAY Fresh Ideas Real estate companies are looking for new ways to use their space. The real estate giants [...]

Byline: EDITED BY EVAN CLARK By SHARON EDELSON Fresh Again Louis Vuitton, Cartier and Alexander McQueen are among the brands said to be looking for space in Manhattan's Meatpacking District. [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON Onward, Upward Retail development is headed to new heights - in both construction and rent - as retailers strive to innovate to keep shoppers coming in. Things [...]

Briefs RETAIL A New Home For Hayward House Marin Hopper to open shop May 19. In true mom-and-pop shop fashion, Marin Hopper lives with her family above the store. But [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON Jitrois Opens 1st U.S. Flagship, in N.Y. Jitrois, a luxury leather label worn by celebrities from Cher and Elton John to Cindy Crawford and Heidi Klum, on [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON Design District Plans Enter Phase 3 The Miami design District is continuing to add to its heady mix of star architect-designed buildings, public art installations and luxury [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON Lilly Pulitzer Boosts Target Lilly Pulitzer brought the good and the bad for Target. The retailer's shares rose 1.1 percent on Monday to close at $80.93 - [...]

FASHION SCOOPS GELFAND MEMORIAL SET: Friends and family will gather at LIM in Manhattan for a memorial service May 11 for Gloria Gelfand on what would have been her 90th [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON Chris Evert Unveils Activewear Line Chris Evert has launched a tennis and activewear collection aimed at women over 30. The tennis legend, who holds 157 singles titles, [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON Target Touts Pulitzer at 'Beach Bash' Target turned Bryant Park into a facsimile of Palm Beach on Thursday for the launch of its Lilly Pulitzer for Target [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON H&M Eyes Expansion With More U.S. Stores NEW YORK - H&M is expanding in all different directions. At Tuesday's unveiling of its first Conscious Exclusive collection pop-up [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON Design Republik Sets Up 'Perfect Outfit' for Delivery Two veterans of the Australian fashion industry have launched The Design Republik, an e-commerce business that each month offers [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON Retailers Respond to Empire Plan Empire outlets, New York City's first and only outlet center, bowing in 2016 on Staten Island, has been attracting interest from a [...]

Byline: -SHARON EDELSON Target Taps Dament for Merchandising Role Target on Monday named Anne Dament senior vice president of merchandising. In her new role, she will be responsible for leading [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON Calypso to Launch Boho Bridal Line NEW YORK - Calypso's collection for boho brides, Mariee, bows Thursday with hints of Marrakech, Goa, Jaipur and St. Barths, the [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON The RealReal Raises $40M in Funding Luxury consignment Web site The RealReal has landed its largest round of funding to date - $40 million - to accelerate [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON H&M Set to Feature Sustainable Materials NEW YORK - H&M on Tuesday will unveil a pop-up shop to celebrate the launch of its Conscious Exclusive collection, a [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON Uniqlo's U.S. Expansion Continues Uniqlo is embarking on the next stage of its North American expansion with three new stores. Slated to open in the fall is [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON Brookfield Place Bows After $250M Revamp NEW YORK - With its soaring glass facade flanked by two 55-foot cantilevered structural steel baskets and a 45,000-square-foot glass domed [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON Emerging Designers To Get Seaport Site NEW YORK - It seems fitting that the future of fashion might be found in New York's oldest neighborhood. Developer Howard [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON Cucinelli Opens Flagship in N.Y.'s SoHo NEW YORK - Brunello Cucinelli has opened a 4,000-square-foot flagship at 136 Greene Street here. The store features the brand's latest [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON Simon Ups Ante in Bid for Macerich Simon property group sweetened its bid for the Macerich Co. on Friday, but will it be enough to bring the [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON Eva Mendes Expands New York & Co. Brand Eva Mendes is carving out a fiefdom at New York & Co. The actress, whose namesake Eva Mendes by [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON and JOELLE DIDERICH WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM LUISA ZARGANI The Smartwatch Rush: Tag Heuer, Gucci Dive In The apple watch is going to have plenty of competition. With [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON Simon Blasts Macerich After $22.4B Bid Nixed NEW YORK - Macerich Company doesn't want anything to do with Simon Property Group - and Simon is angry about [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON Holt Renfrew Taps Into African Culture In its second installment, Holt Renfrew's H Project is back with a continent's worth of craft and culture to uncrate - [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON Tourneau Opens Third Manhattan Unit Tourneau on Monday opened its third store in Manhattan, a 3,330-square-foot unit at 3 Bryant Park at the corner of Sixth Avenue [...]

Byline: by SHARON EDELSON Target Culls a Special Offering for Men Target Collective is the name of a new program launching on the discounter's Web site on Sunday featuring six [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON Walter J. Salmon, Retail Professor Funeral services were held Tuesday in Boston for Walter J. Salmon, a Harvard Business School professor and retail expert, who died Sunday [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON Urban Outfitters Q4 Sales Rise 12% Urban Outfitters Inc. is beginning to see some positive signs in its namesake business. But the retailer still has work to [...]

Byline: SHARON EDELSON Bloomingdale's Outlet Set for Manhattan NEW YORK - Bloomingdale's on Thursday confirmed that it will open a 25,000-square-foot outlet store at 2085 Broadway, on the northwest corner [...]