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Formalwear

  • Specialty retailer brings signature service into 21st century

    Knowing that personalization separates retail leaders from the crowd, Brooks Brothers made it a priority to modernize its iconic tailoring business.  

  • Online made-to-measure menswear brand focusing on brick-and-mortar expansion

    Indochino is growing its fledgling store footprint and has the U.S. market in its sights.   The Vancouver, Canada-based online retailer has opened its 13th store, at Metropolis in Metrotown in Burnaby, a suburb of Vancouver. The approximate 2,000-sq.-ft. store follows the recent openings of additional locations at West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton, and Chinook Centre, Calgary.   

  • Report: Nordstrom creates tux rental showrooms

    The department store chain is putting a new spin on formalwear rentals.   Through its partnership with tuxedo rental startup The Black Tux, Nordstrom hopes to attract male millennials to its new formalwear showrooms in six stores, according to ReCode.  

  • Department store retailer creates 'dress destination'

    Lord & Taylor is looking to engage shoppers with a new luxe concept dedicated entirely to one of its core categories: dresses.   The retailer has transformed the fifth floor of its Manhattan flagship into a dedicated space for dress shopping for all occasions. Spanning over 30,000 sq. ft., the updated space includes a rotating pop-up shop that launches with one-of-a-kind vintage designer dresses, a concierge service, and The Gallery, a dedicated area for designer dresses.  

  • Rough quarter for Tailored Brands; restructuring deal with Macy’s

    The parent of Men's Wearhouse, Jos. A. Bank and other menswear brand reported lower sales in its fourth quarter amid soft traffic across its brands.    Tailored Brands reported sales of $793.3 million in the quarter ended Jan. 28, down from $826 million a year ago. The company closed 232 stores in 2016.    The company lost 62 cents a share in the quarter, more than expected, compared with a loss of $21.86 a share in the same period a year ago.   

  • Online clothing retailer opens seventh location

    A Nordstrom-owned retailer that offers personalized styling services for men and women has made its Boston debut.   Trunk Club has opened an 18,000-sq.-ft. Clubhouse location on Boylston Street. The store carries ready-to-wear for men and women, along with men's custom clothing.  

  • Saks Off 5th continues Canadian expansion

    Saks Fifth Avenue is adding to its store fleet up north.   On Thursday, March 9, Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th will open two new locations in the greater Toronto area,      “This month marks our one year anniversary of entering the Canadian market, and we’re excited to continue our Canadian expansion with two new stores in the GTA,” said Jonathan Greller, president, Saks Off 5th and Gilt.   

  • Allen Edmonds, King of Prussia, Pa.

    An American classic — Allen Edmonds — has opened a prototype whose environment focuses on its lifestyle offerings while also honing in on the timeless, masculine essence of the 95-year-old brand.    

  • Gap exec joining parent company of Men’s Wearhouse

    The new year will bring a new finance chief to Tailored Brands.  

  • Time Equities buys Dearborn power center for $20.6 million

    Mid-America Real Estate reported it has arranged the sale of the Fairlane Meadows Shopping Center in Dearborn, Michigan, to Time Equities for $20.6 million. The seller was Ramco-Gershenson Property Trust.   The 157,225-sq.-ft. center is situated within a residential development of the same name. The store roster includes Best Buy, Citi Trends, David’s Bridal, Five Below, and Dollar Tree. It is shadow-anchored by Target and Burlington Coat Factory.  
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