Retail Features
Cardin Adds Auchan Hypermarkets to His Outlets
PARIS -- Pierre Cardin, who shocked the French beauty industry last year by expanding distribution of his prestige fragrances and cosmetics to the Carrefour hypermarket chain, is making another foray into the mass market.
He signed a deal last...
— Jan 14, 1994
W&L Says it Has Heard Rumors it's Filing Ch. 11
WASHINGTON -- Woodward & Lothrop said in a statement Thursday that it has heard reports of an impending Chapter 11 filing before, but the company did not deny the possibility it was about to make such a filing.
As reported here Thursday,...
— Jan 14, 1994
Eyeing Retailers, HSN to Launch TV Shopping Mall
NEW YORK -- Home Shopping Network, the St. Petersburg, Fla.-based electronic retailer, is diversifying.
This summer, the company will introduce a new network called Television Shopping Mall. The "mall" will have room for 35 individual...
— Jan 14, 1994
NRF Gets Ready to Wrangle With the Big Issues for 1994
NEW YORK -- Retailers will head into the 83rd annual convention of the National Retail Federation next week buoyed by decent Christmas results and the NAFTA victory, but troubled by weak apparel sales and the specter of new taxes.
Despite being...
— Jan 14, 1994
Immediate Goods, Special Programs Key January Market
NEW YORK -- This week's innerwear market has been living up to moderate expectations.
With the bulk of foundations buying already done for spring and early summer, the showroom traffic, as is typical in January, has been light, but makers of...
— Jan 13, 1994
W&L Reported Close to Filing for Bankruptcy
NEW YORK -- Woodward & Lothrop, the department store chain that has been a Washington, D.C., institution for 113 years, is reportedly on the brink of bankruptcy.
Trade sources said Wednesday the retailer has lined up $100 million in Chapter...
— Jan 13, 1994
Checkout: Canada Clears Club ... Shopko Taps Execs ... A Growing Family
CANADA CLEARS CLUB: Price/Costco, the Seattle-based warehouse club operator, has been cleared by the Ontario Municipal Board to open a warehouse in Brampton, Ontario, 15 miles from Toronto, over the objections of Loblaw Cos., a...
— Jan 12, 1994
