Bluefly Lands $15 Million Investment
New York–based fashion e-tailer Bluefly Inc. reached a deal with investment firm Rho Ventures to purchase $15 million in ne...
$35 Million for Loehmann#039;s
GE Capital Corporate Retail Finance will provide a $35 million asset-based credit facility for Loehmann’s. The Bronx, N.Y...
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Rodarte Made Shirts for Opening Ceremony (Racked)Shops—RVCA Now Open on Fairfax (Blackburn and Sweetzer)Scene Stealers: Movie costumes that started...
An Open Letter to 2009, a Warning for 2010
2009,It’s not us, it’s you. We don’t think we should see each other any more. In the beginning we liked you because you were dangerous and new. But your cheeks have lost their luster and you’ve...
Trade Pacts Get One-Year Extension
The U.S. Senate took the final step and extended for one year the Andean Trade Preference Act, following approval by the House of Representatives....
U.S. Senate Confirms New Trade Official
One day before breaking for the holidays, the Senate approved Miriam Sapiro to be the new deputy U.S. trade representative....
Captain EO Returns to Disneyland!
Fellow babies of the ’80s remember the wonderment of the "Captain EO" 3-D film experience at Disneyland that ran from 1986–1997. For a limited engagement in February 2010, Disneyland will resurrect the 17-minute film/music video ride starring Michael...
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Lindsay Lohan’s Expanded 6126 Line Is What You’d Expect (The Cut)An Emporio Armani first: Italian jeans with L.A. genes (Los Angeles Times' All the...
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The Top Ten Store Openings of 2009 (Refinery 29)
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Kanye West for BAPE Spring 2010 Lookbook (High Snobriety)Lee Jeans Gets a Vivienne Westwood Facelift (Refinery 29)Bloggers Crash Fashion’s Front Row (The New York...
2009 in Review: Bright Spots and Hard Times in a Difficult Year
It was a year of pop-up shops and retail bankruptcies, a year of anemic retail sales and a flurry of mall openings and renovations....
Good Trade News
Japan’s economy is looking a little better. In November, the island nation posted a better-than-expected trade surplus totaling $4.1 billion. The trade surplus means that Japan, an export-reliant econo...
Men Only, Please
Ben Sherman announced it is getting out of the womenswear business and sticking to menswear. Womenswear is responsible for only 10 percent to 15 percent of the line’s revenues. Earlier this year, the company, ...
CIT Names Independent Directors, Waives SBA Fee
New York–based commercial lender CIT Group Inc. named four independent directors to its board and continues to look for three more directors and a new chief executive officer....
New Online Shopping Site Emphasizes Social Networking
Atlanta-based entrepreneur Lauren Taylor Baker likes feedback when she shops, and as she launches Couture Society (
