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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.
West Hollywood's Undercover
Veteran retailer Adam Schaffer closed his 12-year-old boutique Undercover Fashions last month at the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, Calif., and consolidate...
Lindeberg's World Tour
Johan Lindeberg said fashion collections should be like albums from the best rock bands: The new CD shouldn’t sound anything like the last. That is why he strived to make the clothes ...
Bridal and Eveningwear in Montrose
Eveningwear and bridalwear store Cecile Rivoire’s opened in Montrose, Calif., in August....
Farewell, O Boutique
Oren Shepher closed his ornate women’s store, O Boutique in the Sunset Millennium shopping center of West Hollywood, Calif., on Oct. 15. Shepher would not comment on why he closed the...
New Boutique for Howe
The Howe Denim line will get its own home on Nov. 6, when the company celebrates the opening of its boutique, Howe Homme, in Santa Ana, Calif.’s thriving Artists Village. The 500-squ...
Luxury and Hurricanes Make for Mixed September '04
September retail sales and forecasts for October ranged from bullish to soft. The mixed message stemmed from an American economy that was both reeling from hurricane damage in Florida and enjoying a l...
G-Star Opens Los Angeles Store
Another heavy-hitting denim company has joined Los Angeles’ crowded jeans market. Netherlands-based G-Star International opened a 2,350-square-foot boutique on Oct. 1 in the...
Retailer Mixes Fashion and Surf at Three New Stores
Specialty store Active Ride Shop, which bridges the fashion and surf scenes by selling fashion brands such as Diesel and contemporary surf-friendly brands such as O...
'Pure Players' Gain Bigger Bottom Lines
It has become increasingly clear that offering online shopping means gaining larger profit margins for most retailers. For one thing, gone are the days of pricey custom Web development programs and co...
Tiffany & Co. Turns 40
The Tiffany & Co. store in Beverly Hills celebrated its 40th anniversary with a cocktail party and fashion show featuring Tiffany jewels....
Westfield Debuts Major Renovation at Arcadia Mall
Southern California’s next retail hot spot may be Arcadia. The town, located 21 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles and best known for the Santa Anita Racetrack, is scheduled to become the...
Stacey Todd: A Classic Engagement
Announcing an engagement is big news, but when Mikela Walter, store manager of women’s clothier Stacey Todd, announced her engagement at the Studio City, Calif., boutique, the declaration didn’t seem o...
Ynop 3: For the Sake of a Horse
Anamyn Turowski’s manufacturing headquarters did little to break the low-key milieu of her Los Angeles neighborhood, near Universal Studios—until she announced her first retail store, ...
Gazing Into Fashion's Future: Searching for the Next Big Trend
Retailers once relied on buying offices to purchase the best new fashion labels, but since the 1980s, buying offices have earned much of their salaries by searching for the elusive holy grail of retai...
Founder of Hot Topic Launches Concept Store
Orv Madden gambled that urban, punk fashions would captivate suburban mall rats when he opened Hot Topic Inc. 15 years ago. Now he is betting consumers will embrace another downtown ...
