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Gap Inc. is purchasing Drapr, a startup that enables customers to create 3D avatars and virtually try on clothing.

The Iowa-based department store chain Von Maur has decided to close its store at Valley West Mall in Des Moines next fall and open a new store in the metro’s other mall, Jordan Creek Town Center.

Express reported a strong second quarter and updated its guidance for the rest of the year as it continues to make progress on its turnaround.

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. has named Nicole Cokley Dunlap as chief diversity officer, to lead its diversity, equity and inclusion (DE & I) strategy.

A veteran of luxury retail is on his way to taking the helm of a global fashion luxury group.

Of five major metros studied by a transportation analytics company, Chicago posted the largest return of customers to malls with an 18% increase in June 2021 versus January 2020.

Target Corp. is nearly tripling its offering of “shop-within-in-shop” Disney stores in time for the holidays.

Due to the COVID-caused cessation of marriages in the past year, business is booming at The Knot Worldwide, which has added four vice presidents to help satisfy 2021’s wedding boom.