Growth and Caution Dominate 2010 Plans at Investors' Conference
Growth is back in style, according to the retail executives who presented at the 12th Annual ICR Xchange investors’ conference, held Jan 13–14 at the palatial St. Regis Monarch Beach R...
CurveNV Increases Presence of Men's Brands
CurveNV—the focused trade show for women’s and men’s lingerie, swimwear, loungewear and sleepwear—has responded to retailers’ demand by offering more men’s lines at its show....
Tapping Into the Data of MasterCard
Payment-solutions provider MasterCard Worldwide recently introducedMasterCard Advisors Merchant Solutions, a suite of data analytics and information products to help merchants analyz...
$100 Denim Still Popular
For the past couple of years, a retail price point of $100 has been a target for many in the premium-denim market. More palatable for consumers than the $200–$1,000 prices jeans reach...
Jones Apparel Acquires L.A. Designer Label
Jones Apparel Group Inc., the huge clothing corporation that has been on the hunt for brands, acquired Los Angeles womenswear contemporary label Robert Rodriguez for $28 million....
Las Vegas Resource Guide
The fashion industry will converge in Las Vegas this month for the most vast and comprehensive fashion marketplace in America. The apparel trade show business has reacted to the economy just like any other, a...
Bags by Bebe
Brisbane-based Bebe Stores Inc. struck a three-year licensing agreement with New York–based Accessory Network Group LLC to create a line of handbags...
Off-Price Specialist Show Pre-Registrations up 20% from 2009
Tight Supply yet Growing Demand for Off Price Goods explain part of expected increase in this February’s Show Attendance ...
TheSampleSale.com Reaches Out to the Savvy Shopper
In the past year, as the economy soured, the proliferation of online sample sales soared. Online sample sales have drawn bargain hunters while helping brands that were left holding copious amounts of ...
Dressing for the Unpredictable in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO—Freezing in summer, sometimes balmy in the fall, the weather in San Francisco is famously unpredictable. Fortunately for the clothiers of one of the city’s top boutique neighborhoods, Haye...
CMC's Retail Seminar Has Tips for 2010
A seminar giving retailers a heads-up for 2010 will take place at the California Market Center on Feb. 9 during Market Tuesday....
January Sales Surprisingly Strong
To the shock of many, U.S. retail sales climbed 3 percent in January over the same period last year, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers. This news was a welcome surpri...
E-Tailer Moxsie Goes Off Site With ShopAds Campaign
Palo, Alto, Calif.–based e-tailer Moxsie, which promotes up-and-coming and independent design, has teamed up with Sausalito, Calif.–based online marketing and e-commerce technology fir...
ecVision Introduces Develop Module
Iselin, N.J.–based ecVision recently introduced a new product-development module in its XpressCommerce software suite for retailers and brands....
ThisNext Buys StyleHive
Santa Monica, Calif.–based shopping social-networking Web site ThisNext (
