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Sanctuary Enters Owned Retail With Beverly Hills Flagship
By Alexandra Romero, Contributing Writer | March 6, 2026
After nearly three decades as a wholesale- and D2C-driven contemporary label, Sanctuary has entered owned retail with the debut of its first flagship, on Beverly Drive in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Feb. 27.
Tilly’s Post IPO Stock Surges
Prices surged on May 4, the first day of trading of stock for Tilly’s Inc. after the highly anticipated initial public offering for theIrvine, Calif.–based surf and skatewear retailer....
H&M’s Larsson Joins Old Navy
San Francisco–based Gap Inc. announced Stefan Larsson, a veteran executive for Swedish retailer Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), will be the first global brand president for Gap‐s...
April Sales Decline
An early Easter holiday put a damper on April sales. U.S. chain-store sales increased a wan 0.6 percent, according to an index of American chain stores charted by the International Council of...
Retail Resource Guide
Buhler Quality Yarns Corp. ensures the highest-quality products backed by environmental sensitivity and around-the-clock support throughout your supply chain. Our distinctive portfol...
Tracking Retail Shopping Trends in 2012 and Beyond
Amazon.com will outpace Wal-Mart, free shipping will become the online norm, and mobile commerce will take a larger role in retail sales. ...
Dyrdek Buys DNA From Burton
Skateboard star and TV host Rob Dyrdek bought DNA Distribution—owners of skate brands Alien Workshop, Habitat and Reflex—from Burton. Terms of the deal were ...
Behind the Muzak: Mood Media Makes Retailers’ Soundtracks
Years after the Internet cut much of the music industry’s clout, sales for one music company are rising....
Galleria Renovation Starts
The Glendale Galleria in Glendale, Calif., started the most extensive renovation project in its more than 36-year history on April 25....
Pitney Bowes’ E-commerce Solution Helps Lock In Landed Price at Checkout
Frenchluxury company PPR has a broad mixof international brands, ranging from high-end—Gucci, Bottega Veneta, ...
Martin-Vachon Joins HSN
HSN hired Anne Martin-Vachon as chief merchandising officer of the St. Petersburg, Fla.–based interactive multi-channel retailer.
New CMO at Stage Stores
Houston-based Stage Stores Inc. named Steven Lawrence chief merchandising officer, overseeing merchandising, planning and allocation functions of the retail chain, including the Houston-based souther...
Copious Bases Online Shopping on Social, Not Storefront
One of the big challenges with buying goodsonline is not knowing who the seller is, according to Jim Rose, founder andchief executive officer of the San Francisco startup Copious. ...
New L.A. Website Offers Only American-Made Apparel
For years, Noelle Nguyen took most of her production for private-label blue jeans to far-flung factories overseas, where prices were lower than in the United States....
Colombian Swim and Lingerie Reign at Lencería Boutique
Juliana Correa’s underwear and swimsuit drawer is almost purely full of brands designed and made in Latin America. ...
American Giant: Made In San Francisco, Retailed Online
Debut a fashion line at a trade show, wholesale the new brand to retailers, and, down the line, open a branded boutique and an e-commerce store devoted to the label. That’s the conventional model of s...
