Retail

The financial success of Nordstrom’s off-price Nordstrom Rack stores has offset the company’s shrinking sales in its full-price locations for years. But competition in the discount fashion retail category has intensified since the Great Recession—and...

Tiffany & Co. is opening two pop-up boutiques, concept stores that will last only 18 months, in New York City. The new stores will offer a “curated section of jewelry and its new home and...

Signet Jewelers announced it has completed the first phase of the outsourcing of its in-house credit program. The first phase, announced last year in response to analyst concerns about its credit book, has three prongs: –...

Vendors of Bon-Ton Stores are pulling back on shipments, similar to how Toys R Us vendors exercised caution ahead of its recent bankruptcy, according to a report in Bloomberg. Suppliers to the 260-location department store...

Alex and Ani has launched a Harry Potter collection which has spelled big publicity for the US jewellery brand just weeks after the opening its first UK store. Headlines in consumer press include, “This new...

Neiman Marcus is unveiling a new strategy: digital first. Its latest SEC filing mentions the strategy but provides scant details about it, except noting that it’s aimed at “anticipating customers’ evolving behaviors and engaging them...

India's leading fashion e-tailer Jabong is all set for the festive season and expects to see a doubling of its revenues. The e-commerce platform's core consumer base is constantly growing as the company has seen...

A midlands-based jewellery display specialist is looking to drive sales with it largest stock clearance event to date. In a bid to offload old stock Wrights Plastics GPX has reduced the cost of dozens of...

A Manchester-based businessman and jewellery mogul has snapped up a place in the Apprentice 2017 line-up. 24-year-old Charles Burns, who runs a management consultancy, a watch trading company and a comparison website, is the third generation...

David Yurman is partnering with Mr. Porter, the men’s fashion offspring of Net-A-Porter, to sell pieces from its men’s silver collection—primarily bracelets. WWD reported yesterday that Mr. Porter is the first purely e-commerce partner for David Yurman, which...