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  • Children's clothing retailer details store closings

    Gymboree Corp. is "right-sizing" its store footprint.  

  • Specialty retailer exploring options

    Eddie Bauer LLC could be for sale.   The retailer has hired investment banks Guggenheim Partners LLC and Financo LLC to explore strategic alternatives, including a potential sale, Reuters reported. The debt-laden company is seeking relief from a $225 million term loan due in 2020 and $200 million revolving credit line that comes due in 2019, the report said.  

  • Online menswear company in U.S. store expansion

    Made-to-measure menswear brand Indochino continues its expansion from the Web into physical retail.       

  • Lululemon in investment, partnership with cycling apparel startup

    lululemon athletica is thinking outside its core athleisure category.   

  • Walmart doubling down on fashion with Bonobos acquisition

    Walmart is buying the hot men's clothing company Bonobos for $310 million in cash.    The move is in keeping with Walmart's recent efforts to beef up its online offerings and widen its appeal by buying digitally native brands that target millennials and younger consumers. Founded online in 2007, Bonobos has expanded its assortment over the years and has also opened 35 brick-and-mortar stores ("Guideshops"). It also has a partnership with Nordstrom.   

  • Children's clothing retailer files for bankruptcy; store closings loom

    Gymboree has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.    The retailer announced the filing, which had been expected, on Monday morning. The chain said it has partnered with AlixPartners to assist with turnaround efforts.   

  • Online retailer prepares for Mall of America debut

    An online clothing brand best known for its signature shirts that are designed to be worn untucked is going to open at Mall of America, in Bloomington, Minnesota.    Untuckit will open a 1,300-sq.-ft. outpost  at the giant mall this fall. It will be the company's first store in Minnesota, and carry shirts for both men and women.      

  • H&M firms up plans for Arket brand

    As H&M braces for the opening of its first Arket store, it is already putting a plan in motion for its second location.   The fast-fashion chain announced in March that is plans to launch its new brand, Arket, in early fall. Arket, H&M’s first new brand in three years, will feature merchandise men, women and children, and a smaller, curated assortment of home goods.  

  • Children's apparel retailer taps former Sears exec as CEO

    Hanna Andersson named a former top executive of Sears Holdings Corp. as the specialty retailer's next chief executive.  

  • Gymboree names retail veteran as CEO

    Gymboree Corp. has tapped the former chief of Tilly’s executive as the children’s clothing retailer’s new CEO.  
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