Retail Features
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
Buyers Seek Immediate Goods At Itemworks
NEW YORK -- Specialty store retailers set a brisk pace, seeking key items for immediate deliveries at Itemworks, a trade show here geared to at-once goods as well as item-driven collections.
The year-old show, now in its third edition, featured...
— Jan 12, 1994
Sears, Hanover Launch 3 Specialty Catalogs
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. -- Sears, Roebuck & Co. said it has launched three new specialty catalogs through a joint licensing venture with Hanover Direct Inc.
The catalogs are After 5, featuring women's evening apparel in sizes 14 and larger;...
— Jan 12, 1994
Traub Looking Into Conran's Future, In Talks With Ethan Allen, Others
NEW YORK -- "It was a high-risk venture from day one," said Marvin Traub, who headed the group that acquired Conran Stores Inc., a home furnishings chain, in late 1992.
Now, 14 months later, Conran's has filed a Chapter 11 petition...
— Jan 12, 1994
