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Harvey Nichols Aims to Lure Shoppers With New Womenswear Floor

For the past four years the British department store has been revamping its 220,000 square foot flagship store in London’s Knightsbridge. Today it unveils the latest phase of the multi-million pound project.

Retail

Harvey Nichols Aims to Lure Shoppers With New Womenswear Floor

For the past four years the British department store has been revamping its 220,000 square foot flagship store in London’s Knightsbridge. Today it unveils the latest phase of the multi-million pound project.


Retail

Department Stores to Take Toll on John Lewis Profit

The warning comes after it reported a 22 percent drop in core profit to £289 million for its last financial year in March.

Retail

Department Stores to Take Toll on John Lewis Profit

The warning comes after it reported a 22 percent drop in core profit to £289 million for its last financial year in March.


Retail

Ex-Amazon Executive Tapped to Run Luxury Store Bergdorf Goodman

Neiman Marcus Group hired a former Amazon executive to run its luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman as it refocuses efforts on growing internet sales.

Retail

Ex-Amazon Executive Tapped to Run Luxury Store Bergdorf Goodman

Neiman Marcus Group hired a former Amazon executive to run its luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman as it refocuses efforts on growing internet sales.


Retail

Why Digital Brands Are Invading Department Stores

Traditional retailers are bringing internet-born, direct-to-consumer brands into their stores as a way to draw millennials, creating new models for wholesale partnerships in the process.

Retail

Why Digital Brands Are Invading Department Stores

Traditional retailers are bringing internet-born, direct-to-consumer brands into their stores as a way to draw millennials, creating new models for wholesale partnerships in the process.


Retail

Activist Urges the Owner of Hudson's Bay to Mimic Macy's

Activist investor Land & Buildings resumed its criticism of department store owner Hudson's Bay Co., urging it to correct its underperformance and extract value from its substantial real estate holdings.

Retail

Activist Urges the Owner of Hudson's Bay to Mimic Macy's

Activist investor Land & Buildings resumed its criticism of department store owner Hudson's Bay Co., urging it to correct its underperformance and extract value from its substantial real estate holdings.


Retail

Debenhams Issues Third Profit Warning This Year

Struggling to compete with online rivals, the British department store plunged as much as 20 percent.

Retail

Debenhams Issues Third Profit Warning This Year

Struggling to compete with online rivals, the British department store plunged as much as 20 percent.


Retail

House of Fraser to Close 31 Stores

The department store group is set to close 31 stores in a move likely to result in 6,000 job losses, leaving it with just 28 stores in the UK.

Retail

House of Fraser to Close 31 Stores

The department store group is set to close 31 stores in a move likely to result in 6,000 job losses, leaving it with just 28 stores in the UK.


Retail

'Retailpocalypse' Is Over as Evercore Says To Buy Macy's

Old-world brands and retailers are figuring out how to manage inventory and market to consumers in the digital era.

Retail

'Retailpocalypse' Is Over as Evercore Says To Buy Macy's

Old-world brands and retailers are figuring out how to manage inventory and market to consumers in the digital era.


Retail

With Three New Brands, Target Takes Aim at Gen-Z

The cheap and chic retailer is launching Wild Fable, Original Use and Heyday in a bid to win over a demographic that is critical to its success. Will fickle young consumers bite?

Retail

With Three New Brands, Target Takes Aim at Gen-Z

The cheap and chic retailer is launching Wild Fable, Original Use and Heyday in a bid to win over a demographic that is critical to its success. Will fickle young consumers bite?


Retail

Kohl’s Revenues Top Analyst Estimates

The US department-store chain raised its full-year earnings forecast as its turnaround gains steam.

Retail

Kohl’s Revenues Top Analyst Estimates

The US department-store chain raised its full-year earnings forecast as its turnaround gains steam.


Financial Markets

Macy's Shares Surge After Profit Beats Estimates

First-quarter same-store sales rose 4.2 percent signaling that the company is keeping up in a fiercely competitive retail landscape.

Financial Markets

Macy's Shares Surge After Profit Beats Estimates

First-quarter same-store sales rose 4.2 percent signaling that the company is keeping up in a fiercely competitive retail landscape.


Retail

UK Shopping Mall Lending Becomes a No-Go Area

Deutsche Bank said it won’t advance credit for malls in the UK after a string of retailers have cut their rent bills, closed stores and gone bankrupt.

Retail

UK Shopping Mall Lending Becomes a No-Go Area

Deutsche Bank said it won’t advance credit for malls in the UK after a string of retailers have cut their rent bills, closed stores and gone bankrupt.