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  • Another online player to open physical stores

    New York – Online jewelry retailer BaubleBar is making the leap to brick-and-mortar.

    Launched in 2011 by two former investment bankers with Harvard MBAs, the retailer will open its first-ever, permanent brick-and-mortar location, a 1,200-sq.-ft. shop at Roosevelt Field Mall, in Garden City, New York. The mall is one of the nation’s largest shopping centers.

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    The recent admission by Mickey Drexler to making “mistakes” while explaining the results of two J.Crew sweaters – one successful, one not – shined a bright light on the importance of each new product decision and the consequences of getting it wrong. In the grand scheme of things, one or two bad decisions do not always make or break a company. But when you string multiple bad decisions together, the stakes are much higher.

  • Deliv acquires Chicago delivery start-up

    Menlo Park, Calif. - Same-day delivery company Deliv has acquired WeDeliver, a Chicago-based delivery service that powers same-day delivery for local retailers. Launched in early 2013, WeDeliver provides same-day delivery services for more than 200 retailers in the Chicago area

  • Fashion industry vet to lead design for West Elm

    Home furnishings retailer West Elm has named a new senior vice president of design for its retail, catalog and online channels.

    The company says Johanna Uurasjarvi will lead the product design team and report to West Elm President Jim Brett.

    Bringing more than 20 years of fashion design experience and a lifetime of passion for design and global craft, Uurasjarvi joins West Elm from the lifestyle brand, Anthropologie, where she was the executive creative director of product design.

  • Men's Wearhouse to operate 300 Macy's tuxedo shops

    The Men's Wearhouse has signed a 10-year agreement with Macy's, Inc. to operate men's tuxedo rental shops inside 300 Macy's stores.

    No other terms of the agreement were disclosed.

    Doug Ewert, Men's Wearhouse chief executive officer, said: "As the nation's leading provider of tuxedo rental products and services, we are very excited to team with Macy's for the next decade to provide their customers with exceptional tuxedo rental services inside of 300 Macy's stores across the country."

  • Bloomingdale’s CEO Talks Retail: 10 Take-Aways

    New York -- Bloomingdale’s chairman and CEO Tony Spring talked about one of the company’s top-selling products (frozen yogurt!) and much more on Tuesday at the Retail Marketing Society’s “Reinventing the Store” conference in New York.

    Here are 10 take-away quotes from his presentation:

    “Our Forty Carrots frozen yogurt is one of our best-selling items. We have customers who come into our store five times a week for it.”

  • Macy’s to offer George Zimmer’s new in-home tailoring service

    Cincinnati -- George Zimmer, the founder and former head of Men’s Wearhouse, is back with a new business, called ZTailors, that will enable customers to order on-demand tailors to provide alterations. Using the service’s website or app, customers can schedule a tailor to come to their home or office to take the necessary measurements, with the altered items returned in several days.  

    “It’s Uber for tailors,” Zimmer told the New York Times.

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