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Where To Go For Those Back-To-School Discounts?

July 29, 2009

As consumers strive to save on back-to-school shopping, CheapTweet.com is working with retailers and consumers alike to help locate and deliver the best deals on Twitter for kids’ and juniors’ apparel and accessories, school supplies, and more. (more…)


Jones Apparel Outbeats the Recessions Bad News

July 29, 2009

Jones Apparel Group Inc reported a higher-than-expected second-quarter profit on Wednesday, bolstered by cost cuts and the strong performance of its wholesale jeans business. (more…)


Retail Stocks Are Slowly Rising

July 29, 2009

Retail stocks rose Wednesday in the wake of better-than-expected corporate earnings reports. (more…)


Amazon.com Acquires Zappos

July 23, 2009

In a 2008 article appearing in the E-Commerce Times, Gartner’s vice president of research, Gene Alvarez, had this to say about online shoe retailer Zappos: “Zappos is the Amazon of the shoe business, and its model is extremely difficult to mimic.” (more…)


A Nordstrom In Manhattan, Too?

July 21, 2009

Seattle-based Nordstrom, Inc., a leading fashion specialty retailer, announced it will open a 32,136 square-foot Nordstrom Rack, a unit of the company’s off-price retail division, in Manhattan at One Union Square South (more…)


Consumers Spending Less On Clothes For This Year’s Back-To-School Shopping

July 21, 2009

Higher-end retailers and clothing stores nationwide are expected to see another year of declining sales during 2009’s important back-to-school season, the consulting firm Deloitte said Monday. (more…)


CIT: A Big Impact On The Garment Industry?

July 20, 2009

The garment industry is tied in knots over reports that CIT Group Inc. could file for bankruptcy. (more…)


J.C. Penney Landing in Manhattan

July 20, 2009

Could the real miracle now be on Manhattan’s 33rd Street? (more…)


High-End Designers Become Budget-Friendly By Creating “Economy line”

July 10, 2009

It wasn’t all that long ago that luxury retailers were able to float from fiscal year to fiscal year with relative ease, banking on their customers’ costly whims and coasting on their platinum reputations. (more…)


Stocks Still Rise After June Sales

July 10, 2009

Retailers with a value message showed signs of strength on Thursday even though overall June sales were a bit of a disappointment. (more…)