EVENTS
GUESS JEANS Opens Los Angeles Homecoming Flagship
By Alexandra Romero, Contributing Writer | February 12, 2026
GUESS JEANS opened its Los Angeles Homecoming Store at Melrose Avenue and San Vicente Boulevard Jan. 31, signaling a return to the brand’s California roots and the next phase of its global retail strategy.
European Retail Sales Drop Sharply in May
European retail sales experienced their steepest decline in recent memory, falling more than six points on the Bloomberg Eurozone Retail Purchasing Managers’ Index in May....
Will M-Commerce Embrace Apparel?
Once upon a time, Web pundits said nobody would buy clothes on the Internet. The arguments against e-tailing apparel ran the gamut from “You can’t feel or adequately see the merchandise” ...
Federated Names Key Divisional Presidents
Cincinnati-based Federated Department Stores Inc. promoted two executives to key posts within its Macy’s East and Macy’s Florida divisions....
Chip & Pepper Open Calif. Store
Premium-denim specialists Chip & Pepper opened its first West Coast store on May 17 at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, Calif....
Apartment 3 Goes Downtown
Kristin Knauff’s destination shop for independent designers, Apartment 3, is on the move....
Denim Sales Starting to Look Blue
The run on blue jeans isn’t over yet. But it is definitely slowing down....
PacSun Gets Full-Time CEO
Pacific Sunwear of California Inc., the surf and skate retail chain that has been having a hard time appealing to its young customer base, has decided to give its interim chief executive a fu...
Hip City to Meet Hip Brand Store
As they say in real estate, “Location, location, location.”...
Limited Brand Sells Express Stores
With lingerie and beauty products making up 70 percent of its revenues, Limited Brands Inc. has decided to shed its clothing stores to improve its profits....
April '07: Retail Sales Stumble After Easter
The performance of the retail sector decreased 2.4 percent in April, according to the New York–based International Council of Shopping Centers. It was the largest decline since April 2002. Economists and reta...
The Grove in New York? Caruso Debuts Manhattan Office
One of California’s best-known shopping-center developers, Rick Caruso, is taking his act to New York City....
Tilly's Names Real Estate Manager
Irvine, Calif.–based surf- and streetwear retailer Tilly’s has named two key executives to its management team....
The Ratings Guy Offers Superior Shopping Sites
A Google search currently reveals some 864 million results for the shopping category, making it more difficult than ever before for shoppers to find quality vendors—and for those vendors to find dedicated shoppers...
California Retailers That Set the Trends
Retail has always been big in California—but recently it’s gotten even bigger....
The Aura Test
Feminine, contemporary fashions have ruled the boutiques of Santa Monica’s Montana Avenue for the past two decades. Yet Kristin Eberts wanted to find out how far she could push the limits of f...
