Brand Equity Key to Wet Seal Turnaround If Buyout Takes Place By Elaine Misonzhnik/Retail Traffic Struggling specialty apparel retailer Wet Seal has become the latest in a long string of chains looking to orchestrate a buyout. But it remains to be seen whether Wet Seal’s brand value is strong enough to allow a private owner […]
Archives for July 2012
Making the Most of Sales Tax Holidays
Making the Most of Sales Tax Holidays By Kelli B. Grant/SmarMoney.com Shoppers may be able to save more than the usual 4% when sales-tax holiday season kicks off this weekend, thanks to the early wave of back-to-school deals. The temporary tax reprieves effectively discount prices on items such as clothing, computers and school supplies. Depending […]
New Concepts are Schools of Hard Knocks
New Concepts are Schools of Hard Knocks By Joel Groover/Shopping Centers Today The tombstones in the graveYARD for spin-off concepts from established retailers are many. These offshoot brands, usually launched to great fanfare and backed by the deep pockets of their parent companies, occasionally flop and meet an untimely end. Thus it was for Abercrombie […]
Macy’s building shines again
Macy’s building shines again Department store chain cleans its soot-covered building at Lehigh Valley Mall By Tyrone Richardson/The Morning Call The facade ofMacy’sdepartment store at Lehigh Valley Mall is looking brighter. That’s because crews have been power-washing the exterior of the 212,000-square-foot building in recent days, removing caked-on soot spawned from exhaust from nearby busy […]
Top-Shopping at Nordstrom: An Equation for Success?
Nordstrom has recently pushed an effort to appeal to a younger, trendier crowd and their recent partnership with Topshop, a hip British fashion line, highlights those efforts. In this week’s Retail Rap, I discuss the possible implications of this partnership and how I think it will pan out for both Nordstrom and Topshop. If you’ve […]
New Concepts are Schools of Hard Knocks
New Concepts are Schools of Hard Knocks By Joel Groover/Shopping Centers Today The tombstones in the graveYARD for spin-off concepts from established retailers are many. These offshoot brands, usually launched to great fanfare and backed by the deep pockets of their parent companies, occasionally flop and meet an untimely end. Thus it was for Abercrombie […]
