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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.
Defiance's Fashion Lab
For the past three years, Defiance USA’s creative director, Christopher Wicks, wholesaled his English Laundry and Fender labels to retailers such as Nordstrom, Macy...
Tanenbaum Exits Metropark
Orv Madden’s Metropark stores are on a growth spurt. But the company will have to move on without its founding president, Lawrence Tanenbaum. The 38-year-old entrepreneur quietly left the Industry, Ca...
2006 Retrospective: Department Stores: Federated, Gottschalks
The final chapter is being written on the 2005 Federated Department Store merger with the May Co. It had the reputation of being history’s biggest department store merger, an...
Timoteo Boutique Closes in West Hollywood
The boutique for Los Angeles–based menswear label Timoteo will close on Dec. 31 after five years of business on the 8700 block of West Hollywood’s Santa Monica Boulevard....
Subway Sect
More than two decades ago, boutiques on Los Angeles’ Melrose Avenue buzzed with a creativity fueled by punk rock music and new fashion design. On Dec. 1, retailer and designer Cody Varona hope...
New Tradition in Rich Town
Westlake Village, Calif., is called the Beverly Hills of Ventura County, and the nickname fits. The median income is more than $94,000, and the Los Angeles suburb is home to the exclusive She...
On the Move With Nisa
First it was the Mission District. In July it was the Noe Valley retail section. Contemporary label Nisa San Francisco Inc. has been opening new stores all over San Francisco....
CFO Leaves Charlotte Russe
Dan Carter, the chief financial officer of Charlotte Russe Holding Inc. announced Dec. 6 that, after more than eight years, he would leave the San Diego–based retailer....
San Diego Bans Big Box Stores
San Diego’s City Council voted 5–3 on Nov. 28 to ban stores of more than 90,000 square feet from opening in the city, a move that would affect stores like Wal-Mart, Target and...
Black Friday Caps Volatile November '06
November ended with a bang. But it would not have happened without the help of Black Friday, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers....
Loehmann's Comes to Burbank
Brooklyn, N.Y.–based off-price retailer Loehmann’s has signed a lease to occupy a 25,000-square-foot store at the Burbank Town Center next spring, reported center owner Crown ...
Retail Cheer: Tips for a Profitable Holiday
These are the times that can make or break a retailer....
New Looks for Metal Sounds
It’s Black Sabbath versus the mutant Iron Men....
Bebe's Neda Mashouf Resigns
Neda Mashouf, vice chair of the board of Bebe Stores Inc. and one of the majority shareholders of its stock, recently resigned from the board and from the company, which is headquartered in t...
