Retail Features
Ward's Buys Ship 'N Shore Brand Name
CHICAGO -- Montgomery Ward has acquired the rights to the Ship 'N Shore apparel brand.
Ward's sells name-brand and proprietary merchandise in all of its retail areas. Some of its key apparel brands are Lee, Gloria Vanderbilt, Radcliffe, Connie...
— Jan 25, 1994
Networking: Hearst's Highway ... Evans Does Face Cream
— Jan 25, 1994
How Retailers Rate the Seven Major Proposals
WASHINGTON -- Here is a summary of the seven major health care reform proposals before Congress:
President Clinton's Health Security Act, with 100 House co-sponsors. It provides health care to every American. Employers are required to insure...
— Jan 25, 1994
Gitano Pushed By Wal-Mart To Seek Buyer
NEW YORK -- Gitano Group Inc. put itself on the block Monday after an ultimatum from Wal-Mart Stores to sell the company or lose its business.
Gitano said that its principal customer -- which it did not identify -- said it could not continue...
— Jan 25, 1994
QVC U.K.'s Rough Channel Crossing
LONDON -- QVC is learning some hard lessons from its first venture into Europe.
QVC-The Shopping Channel, launched in the U.K. last October, has by no means taken Britain by storm.
Apparel and jewelry have been a harder sell than kitchen...
— Jan 25, 1994
Traffic Slow On Roads, In Stores As L.A. Shops Begin To Reopen
LOS ANGELES -- It was an uneasy weekend for retailers here, many of whom had opened for the first time since last Monday's earthquake ripped through Los Angeles. Traffic and sales were slow, but shopkeepers tried to put a positive spin on...
— Jan 25, 1994
Retailers Find Health Reform Harsh Medicine
WASHINGTON -- As Congress is poised to take up health care reform in the coming weeks, retailers are screaming louder than anyone else that proposals for mandatory employer-paid insurance could raise costs and eliminate jobs.
Retailing insures...
— Jan 25, 1994
