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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.
Retail With a Vibe
Alex Mouracade and Darrel Adams know “edgy.” In their previous careers as DJs, the duo kept finicky party people glued to dance floors by playing new music that had rarely been heard on ...
Keeping Main Street USA, Minus the Traffic
To park or not to park? That is the question California officials are asking retailers as they explore turning prime outdoor shopping streets into pedestrian-only zones where cars are off-limits....
Sleek Design Crafted From Bloomingdale's Old Looks
Bloomingdale’s Inc. is exporting its remodeling program at its New York flagship store on 59th Street to Southern California....
Active Gambles With Santa Monica Flagship
Competition has never been much of a worry for the nearly 20 years that Active has been in the retail business. But the surf, skate and fashion purveyor may be in for a shock this August....
Baby Boomers Pump New Life Into Desert Retail
The El Paseo Shopping District in Palm Desert was one of the first luxury retail strips in California’s high desert area. Although the 300-store strip now is the add...
Rampage Closes, Forever 21 Moves In
Charlotte Russe Holdings, Inc., is closing its Rampage stores, which it has owned for nearly 10 years....
Barneys, H&M Announce New California Stores
San Francisco will be the address of a flagship department store for Barneys New York, according to a company statement released June 27. On the same day, ...
Boutiques Tame Downtown L.A.'s Former Badlands
For one year, Bonnie Kim and Sally Daliege brainstormed on the services that downtown Los Angeles needed to make the area not merely inhabitable, but as livable as New York’s Greenwich Village....
Palm Springs Mall Set for Redevelopment
Orange County, Calif.–based Hopkins Real Estate Group, which closed escrow June 7 on the Palm Springs Mall, has big plans for the 315,000-square-foot center...
Barneys Co-op to Open at The Grove
Barneys Co-op will open at The Grove shopping center in mid-March 2007, said Todd Russell, senior vice president of retail leasing and marketing for Caruso Affiliated, owner of the Los Ange...
Ben Sherman Celebrates Mod With L.A. Store
The rock bands of the British Invasion of the 1960s keep selling records, but will their mod look stay fashionable?...
Sweet May '06 Sales Could Bring Strong June
May was a good month for retail. And June is looking good, too....
Caruso Breaks Ground in Glendale, Fights New Political Challenges
When Rick Caruso began his career developing lifestyle shopping centers such as The Grove in Los Angeles, he knew that the market could be rough. But he didn’t know that hardnosed politics was...
French Fashion-Basically
Retailer Thierry Gillier has a history of giving a French twist to jeans and T-shirts....
Colorful, Intricate Bray Steve Alan Debuts in U.S.
Italian fashion label Bray Steve Alan made its American retail debut recently with its own store, Bray Suite Anthology, at the Sunset Plaza in Los Angeles....
