Pittsburgh-based American Eagle Outfitters announced the launch of its first stores outside of North America. The company, which operates 938 stores in the United States and Canada, opens a 9,400-square-foot flagship store in Dubai on March 16. On March 25, an 8,500-square-foot flagship opens in Kuwait more»

Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. reported double-digit declines for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009, which ended Jan. 30, and a loss for the year. During a March 11 conference call, PacSun Chief Executive and President Gary H. Schoenfeld forecast his company would regain profitability in the more»

Arlington, Va.–based trade group Retail Industry Leaders Association formed the Retail Litigation Center, a nonprofit legal think tank and pro bono law center for retailers. One of the RLC’s main tasks will be participating in litigation deemed important to retailers. It will file more»

Three-year-old boutique Lady, located in Los Angeles’ Eagle Rock neighborhood, offers contemporary and on-trend styles at refreshingly affordable price points. Lady’s owner and proprietress, Camille De Soto, recently launched an online store (www.ladyeaglerock.com) that mirrors Lady’s more»

The youthful, street-oriented A/X Armani Exchange opened its first concept store on March 3 at 157 N. Robertson Blvd., the former site of Armani Casa, also owned by its parent corporation, Giorgio Armani S.P.A. The 6,600-square-foot A/X Armani Exchange concept store will offer the most fashion-forward more»

Eco-fashion is more than a marketing concept for Al Gore fans. It’s a business model to build a thriving fashion company, said Isaac Nichelson, founder of the eco-brand Livity Outernational. Nichelson produced the soft opening of the first Livity Outernational flagship store on March 5 to prove more»

Consumers recently got some financial relief when Congress passed a bill making it illegal for credit card companies to raise interest rates arbitrarily on monthly balances. And now, some politicians think retailers should get a break, too. The Credit Card Act of 2009, also known as the Credit Card more»

According to recent statistics compiled by The NPD Group Inc., the Port Washington, N.Y.–based apparel market-research firm, overall apparel sales in 2009 were down 5.2 percent to $188.5 billion compared with 2008. But blue-jeans sales inched up 3.5 percent, dress sales increased 2.3 percent and more»

Forever 21 is on the move again. On Feb. 22, the Fashion Island retail center, located in Newport Beach, Calif., announced that an existing Forever 21 store at the mall is going to move buildings and more than triple the size of its square footage. By late summer, Forever 21 will move from its current more»

Macy’s Inc. beat its own sales forecasts in its most recent fiscal fourth quarter, and during a Feb. 23 conference call, the retailer’s chief executive, Terry J. Lundgren, called the results proof that his My Macy’s merchandising initiative was turning around the flagging business more»

Vintage fashion with a twist will have a new home on Los Angeles’ West Third Street. The Reformation, a boutique and design studio specializing in reworked vintage styles, recently opened at 8117 W. Third St. It is in a space formerly occupied by the influential Satine boutique. Reworked vintage more»

Software company New Generation Computing recently debuted its Vendor Payment Automation program, which it promises will take away many of the headaches from the paperwork rooted in invoices and purchase orders. One big paperwork headache comes from organizing and making sure everybody in a company is more»

Discount and off-price retailers are seeing positive growth these days as consumers hunt and peck for bargains. With that in mind, the Nordstrom Rack is opening a new store at the South Bay Center, across the street from its sister shopping center, the South Bay Galleria, in Redondo Beach, Calif. The more»

Over the past 15 years, Lisa Kline has pioneered and expanded fashion retailing on Los Angeles’ high-profile Robertson Boulevard, but in the next couple of months, she will be consolidating her influential Lisa Kline boutiques. Kline will be shuttering the more than 1,800-square-foot space for her more»

Taking action against gangs stealing cargo and store merchandise was at the top of the agenda for Los Angeles’ law enforcement establishment on Feb. 17. More than 600 police officers and retailers gathered at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for the first “Organized Retail Crimes more»

Pacific Sunwear of California Inc., the Anaheim, Calif.–based lifestyle mall retailer, is shaking up its juniors business with the addition of a key new executive. Christine Lee, the former general merchandise manager of women’s apparel and accessories for the popular Urban Outfitters Inc. more»

A seminar giving retailers a heads-up for 2010 will take place at the California Market Center on Feb. 9 during Market Tuesday. Ilse Metchek, president of the California Fashion Association, will moderate a panel that will talk about credit and how to get it, examine new value for point-of-sale (POS) more»