Retail Features
The Old College Try
SCARSDALE, N.Y. -- Michael Greenberg, president of Off Campus, a chain of six shops specializing in school-specific apparel, sees all walks of the college-affiliated pass through his stores.
His diverse clientele includes young girls who like...
— Jan 26, 1994
Warmups: Action At Bloomingdale's
NEW YORK -- Bloomingdale's has recruited active-inspired sportswear to pump up its Third Avenue and Lexington Avenue windows this month. Among the starters: Team ABS's satin and Lycra spandex warmups and pants in silver, black and white, red and...
— Jan 26, 1994
Some L.A. Stores Reopen Today; Others Turn To Sales Promotions
LOS ANGELES -- Several Westside stores here are expected to reopen their doors today, and others are scrambling for ways to generate business in what is best described as a difficult market.
Stores in Santa Monica Place will reopen for business...
— Jan 26, 1994
Networks Seek New Formulas
NEW YORK -- Change is coming to home shopping.
Because vendors find themselves making less of a profit than they'd like, networks are rethinking the financial formula by which home shopping channels operate. Alternatives to the most common...
— Jan 25, 1994
Buyers Want Cheaper, Safer SA
NEW YORK -- Unless SA wants to lose more ground in its fight to compete with regional marts, it needs to make it cheaper, safer and easier for out-of-town retailers to continue making buying trips here.
That's the conclusion of a national...
— Jan 25, 1994
Labor Points At Wal-Mart, Kmart
WASHINGTON -- In the pending battle over health care reform, Wal-Mart Stores and Kmart Corp. will be organized labor's retail symbols of why employers should be required to help pay for universal health care.
The United Food & Commercial...
— Jan 25, 1994
Nordstrom To Shut Distribution Center
SEATTLE -- Nordstrom said it plans to close its Tukwila, Wash., distribution center in January 1995, eliminating about 220 jobs. The company said merchandise now processed at Tukwila will be redirected to a newer, more modern distribution center in...
— Jan 25, 1994
