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  • Destination Xl sees more room for expansion

    Specialty men’s retailer Destination XL Inc. reported Thursday that it shrank its net loss in the second quarter.

  • Carhartt opens flagship store where it all began

    Workwear brand Carhartt has opened a flagship in the city where it was founded in 1889.  

  • Iconic, 100-years plus American brand opens store in birthplace

    Detroit —  Work wear brand Carhartt on Thursday opened a flagship in Detroit, the city where it was founded in 1889.  

  • Bealls targets younger, active crowd with new store concept

    New York — Bealls Inc. has taken the wraps off its new store banner targeted at millennials.

    The department store retailer debuted Bunulu at Coconut Point Mall in Estero, Fla. Two additional locations at the St. Johns Town Center in Jacksonville, Fla. and The Garden Mall in Palm Beach, Fla. are due to open by the end of this year.

  • Destination XL sees more opportunity for expansion

    Canton, Mass. — Specialty men’s retailer Destination XL Inc. reported Thursday that it shrank its net loss in the second quarter.

    The company also raised its potential store count from 250 to 400. As a result, the retailer expects to open 30 to 40 DXL stores per year through fiscal 2020.

    During fiscal 2015, Destination XL plans to open approximately 30 DXL retail and eight DXL outlet stores and close approximately 41 Casual Male XL and three Rochester clothing stores.

  • West Elm branches out into pop-ups

    In a first, West Elm, a Williams-Sonoma subsidiary, will make its products available outside of the brand’s own stores and website.

  • West Elm to open its first in-store shop — in London

    New York – In a first, West Elm, a Williams-Sonoma subsidiary, will make its products available outside of the brand’s own stores and website.

    The Williams-Sonoma subsidiary said it has entered into a partnership with U.K. department store retailer John Lewis to open an in-store shop in the newly renovated John Lewis flagship on Oxford Street in London. The shop will open on Sept. 3, following the launch of a branded West Elm shop online at Johnlewis.com.

  • Chain looks to tap into pet supplies, services, market

    Livonia, Mich. -- Pet Supplies Plus is looking to capitalize on the $58 billion pet industry.

    The company, the nation’s largest pet retail franchise, announced that, so far this year, it has 19 new locations in the pipeline. Newly signed agreements will bring the neighborhood pet stores to new and underserved markets including Nashville, Atlanta, Houston, Jacksonville and Denver.
     

  • Another online jeweler makes the leap

    New York -- Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City, New York, has nabbed yet another online jewelry company looking to test brick-and-mortar.

  • Hollister helps lift profit at Abercrombie

    Efforts to change its merchandising and branding are paying off for Abercrombie & Fitch Co., which reported a smaller profit and revenue loss than expected in the second quarter.

    Abercrombie reported a net loss of $810,000, compared to net income of $12.9 million the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue fell 9% to $817.8 million from $890.6 million. Total company ame-store sales dropped 4%. Abercrombie same-store sales fell 7% and Hollister same-store sales fell 1%, below Wall Street’s expected rate of decline.

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