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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 Therapy
How to keep things checking at the register If you’re like most of the retailers Glenn Calabrese visits, your store is either underdesigned and cluttered, or overdesigned and inefficient. “Most independent retailers do not realize how much of an impact design has,” says the president of Storetech, a Delray Beach, Florida–based firm offering a range of products and services for retailers...
Westfield Group Sells Mall in Eagle Rock
Los Angeles–based Westfield Group has sold eight shopping centers, including a mall in Eagle Rock, Calif., to two real estate entities for $550 million....
Naked Tries On New Clothes
Naked, the Los Angeles boutique owned by designer Steven Trussell, unveiled its new concept May 13, five months after shuttering its doors....
Ten Hot Neighborhoods
Celebrity purchasing power has helped cement the cacheacute; of many of Los Angeles’ best-known shopping districts. But in recent years, the city’s fashion neighborhoods have seen a growth spurt carryin...
Teen Retailers Enjoy a Rebound in April '06
Skyrocketing gasoline prices apparently have not had a negative impact on the retail trade. Moreover, a strong summer season is expected to follow a retail rebound in April, industry analysts said....
New Store, Surf Label for The Closet
New things are coming out of The Closet....
The Camp Turns Green With Humanitaire
The Camp and The Lab shopping centers in Costa Mesa, Calif., have always banked on providing consumers with the next wave in shopping trends....
Dos Lagos Attracting More Retail Chains
The Promenade Shops at Dos Lagos, a lifestyle shopping center under construction in the Inland Empire city of Corona, has signed six new tenants...
Replay Bows New Line
The Brandon Davis Jean By Replay made its debut April 24 in Italian denim brand Replay’s newest store in the Beverly Center in Los Angeles....
Survival of the Premium
The ambiance at West Hollywood, Calif.–based premium boutique L.A.S.C. seems like a mellow nightclub. But the friendly sales staff and the boutique’s party music mask a fierce competition on th...
Targeacute;t Couture Hops on Corporate-Chic Bandwagon
Consumers proved hungry for T-shirts bearing McDonald’s advertising icons this year, but will they beat a path to stores selling $300 cashmere sweaters with Target Corp.’s bull’s-eye lo...
Dior Homme Opens in Beverly Hills
Hedi Slimane’s fashionably skinny suits have a new home in Beverly Hills. A 1,300-square-foot Dior Homme boutique opened April 21 at 315 N. Rodeo Dr....
Virgin Bets on Fashion as Music Sales Hit Sour Note
If fashion can be sold by once non-traditional venues such as TV shows and the Internet, then why not at music stores, too?...
Emerging Designer Breaks Into Designer Row
While the storefronts of Los Angeles’ exclusive Melrose Place have quickly filled up with high-profile fashion names in the past two years, Katharine Story proved there is st...
M.Fredric Gives New Brand the Royal Treatment
Monarchy, a new Los Angeles–based menswear line that also makes tees for women, held a launch party April 18 at the M.Fredric store in Studio City, Calif. The drinks flowed freely and the store...
