EVENTS
MOTHER Celebrates Stand-alone Flagship in Beverly Hills
By Dorothy Crouch, Contributing Writer | October 1, 2026
MOTHER celebrated the opening of its Beverly Hills, Calif., flagship with a festive party Aug. 25 at the 3,850-square-foot space located on Canon Drive.
Beverly Hills Retail Rebound, Rodeo Filling Up
Call it the Rodeo Drive restoration. For the first time since the Great Recession, there is almost no vacancy on Rodeo Drive, the international luxury shopping street in Beverly Hills. Out ...
Scoop NYC Opens in LA’s Brentwood Neighborhood
Susan Davidson, chief executive of the high-profile Scoop NYC boutique company, arrived in Los Angeles’ Brentwood neighborhood May 2 for the debut party of Scoop’s first California boutique—and the comp...
Fred Segal Brand Rights to Sandow Media
Since the 1960s, Fred Segal has been a retail experience only to be found in Los Angeles County, but soon Fred Segal might be spread throughout the world....
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. ...
