Department Stores

The New Face of Fashion: Sustainable Luxury

Jeffrey Hutchison | Posted 09.19.2009 | Style


Jeffrey Hutchison

Embracing sustainability and crafting a new face of luxury need not be at odds; by exploring ways to achieve both simultaneously, an exciting new era of of design can be borne.

Fortunoff Files For Bankruptcy

AP | Carlyn Kolker and Lauren Coleman-Lochner | Posted 03.08.2009 | Business


WESTBURY, N.Y. — Fortunoff, a chain of housewares stores in the Northeast, said Thursday it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and i...

Baby Face Zezima

Jerry Zezima | Posted 11.28.2008 | Style


Jerry Zezima

Baby face, I've got the cutest little baby face. Those are the lyrics I am singing to myself these days, not just because I smell like a baby, but because I look like one.

Embattled Sears CEO To Step Down

AP | ASHLEY M. HEHER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


CHICAGO — Sears Holdings Corp. abruptly announced the departure of president and chief executive Aylwin B. Lewis on Monday, leaving a management...

Macy's To Shutter 9 Stores, Cut 900 Jobs

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Department-store operator Macy's Inc. on Friday said it will shutter nine underperforming stores, which collectively employ nearly 900 staffers, the l...

Closeout Racks Overflowing For Holidays

AP | Mark Jewell | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Paul Murphy went bargain hunting at a discount store called Building 19, and ended up with quite a find: A charcoal gray wool men's suit for $66 that ...

Rooftop Zoo Planned For Famed London Retailer Harrods

The Observer (U.K.) | Zoe Wood | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Harrods owner Mohamed al-Fayed has a pet project to build a zoo on the roof of the world-famous London store. What would be a retail first is the bra...