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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.
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Men’s retailer improves online searches

Jos. A. Banks hopes to better connect with its shoppers during online searches by “speaking their language.” In its quest to create a more inspiring online experience, especially one that could would make product searches more consistent and relevant, Jos. A. Banks is taking steps to improve its product descriptions. The retailer began this journey by adding the Edgecase Product Intelligence Platform, a solution that helped create more than 60,000 new product values, or attributes, to define online merchandise.
NRF: A late Easter could spur record spending

With Easter being almost a month later than last year, Americans are on track to spend more than ever, according to the National Retail Federation.
Grocer continues to expand in the Windy City

Whole Foods Market has opened its second largest location in Chicagoland. The supermarket retailer has opened a 76,000-sq.-ft. store in the city’s Lakeview area. It replaces an older Whole Foods across the street. The older store, which opened in 1996, closed the day the new store opened.
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Women’s apparel chain looks to close stores and focus online

Four years of losses are catching up with Bebe Stores Inc. The fashion retailer is hoping to turn its brand around by closing its stores and putting all its focus on e-commerce, according to Bloomberg. Bebe currently operates about 170 stores.
Commentary: Shopping center owner ahead on the curve on Sears

Sears Holdings Corp.’s acknowledgement in a filing on Tuesday that the retailer had “serious doubt” about its future came as no big surprise to the retail industry, including Joseph Coradino, chairman and CEO of PREIT, a publicly traded real estate investment trust that owns and manages 23 million square feet of retail and lifestyle space.