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Sears Goes Fast Fashion With New Shop-in-Shop
Sears has made a series of recent moves to aid in its return to profitability, the latest of which is a new fa…
UK: Retail Sales Up, But Growth Rates Slow
The UK has seen a surge in retail sales for the year to March, but the pace of growth has slowed. According…
Smart Mannequins Turn Visual Displays into Points of Sale
The latest thing in the world of retail technology is the digital mannequin: a dummy that can transmit…
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Whether a result of a newly intense emphasis on compliance or the pressures exerted on the supply chain by…
JCP CEO Mike Ullman to Receive Big Raise in 2014
J.C. Penney (JCP) Chief Executive Myron Ullman is slated to receive a generous salary increase this year, a…
New Sourcing Survey: Expect Rising Costs and Narrowing Margins
A new survey indicates that sourcing executives should expect flat average unit costs to rise and, in 2014…
A&F’s New Turnaround Strategy: Change Everything; It’s Not Working
Teen retailer Abercrombie and Fitch (A&F) is looking to revitalize its slumping sales with a basket of…
Retail Sales Edge Up 1% in February, Apparel Sales Fall
February retail sales recovered a bit from their January deep freeze despite continued frigid weather and…
How Retailers are Using Innovation to Capture Today’s Consumer
Offering options to buy online, in-store and via mobile devices is no longer enough to satisfy the idea of…
Sears CEO Lampert: We Will Be Successful Again, and the Retail Industry Will Follow
Despite reporting its twenty-eighth consecutive quarterly loss, Sears CEO Eddie Lampert struck a surprisingly…
Fast Retailing’s Next Stop on the Way to Global Domination: J. Crew
Committed to global domination, Fast Retailing Co., owner and operator of Uniqlo, revealed that it is in…
JCP’s Turnaround Strategy: Turn Back the Clock to Better Days
J.C. Penney’s (JCP) turnaround strategy is a bold attempt to turn back time and return to its once proud days…