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  • Michaels drives traffic with in-store adventures

    Michaels has teamed with seven leading North American museums to create Passport to Imagination 2014, a low-cost, in-store summer program where kids ages 5-12 explore culture through crafting.

  • Report: Michaels seeking up to $528 million in IPO

    New York -- Michaels Cos. seeking as much as $528 million in its U.S. initial public offering, Bloomberg reported. The arts and crafts retailer is offering 27.8 million shares at $17 to $19 each, according to a regulatory filing Tuesday.
     
    The IPO is being managed by JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

    Michaels was taken private in 2006 by Bain Capital and Blackstone Group in a $6 billion leveraged buyout. Each firm will own 40% of the company after the offering, the report said.

  • Garden Ridge rebranding to At Home

    The coming months will see the name “At Home” popping up on 71 Garden Ridge stores in 21 states as the home décor store undergoes a significant rebranding and remerchandising initiative.

  • DSW’s Affiliated Business Group to open Yellow Box concept store

    DSW’s Affiliated Business Group (ABG) division and Yellow Box Corporation have partnered to open a Yellow Box concept store at The Falls Shopping Center in Miami, Florida, Friday, June 20.

    Yellow Box plans to host a grand opening event with Lucky Magazine on the afternoon of Saturday, June 28. The company also plans to open two additional stores in Southern California at the Topanga  and Sherman Oaks shopping centers in August.

    Yellow Box is a leading women's footwear wholesaler notable for jeweled sandals and fashion footwear for women.

  • Francesca’s appoints new VP, head of boutiques

    Francesca’s has tapped David Minnix Jr. as the new VP and head of boutiques. The former chief stores officer at Dots Fashion will start his job overseeing the upscale boutique chain’s operations on July 8.

    Minnix has also formerly worked for retailers like Zales and Pearle Vision, and at Dots Fashion oversaw store support and loss prevention departments, among other duties. At Francesca’s Minnix will oversee the company’s 519 boutiques, each of which is meant to feel like an independent shop.

  • DSW to debut Yellow Box store concept in Miami

    New York -- DSW Inc.'s Affiliated Business Group and Yellow Box Corporation will open the first-ever Yellow Box store on June 20, at The Falls Shopping Center in Miami. The store opens on June 20.

  • Under Armour to open its biggest store to date, in Chicago

    Under Armour has confirmed that it plans to open in March 2015 its latest Brand House at 600 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago’s Magnificent Mile.

    The location will feature nearly 30,000 sq. ft. of interactive retail space, and echo the retail concepts that the brand has successfully executed not only in New York, but also in its hometown in Baltimore, Maryland, and Tysons Corner in McLean, Virginia.

  • Stuart Weitzman fall campaign to feature Gisele Bundchen

    Designer shoemaker Stuart Weitzman has selected Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen to be the face of its fall advertising campaign.

    Set to launch in the U.S., Europe and Asia, the advertising campaign will feature black-and-white photos of Bundchen shot by photographer Mario Testino, whose work has appeared in Vogue and Vanity Fair.

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