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Hollister's pricing strategy and fashion plans
Retail sales may have fallen off a cliff, but Abercrombie & Fitch, the owner of surf industry competitor Hollister, refuses to cut prices. It's a contrarian strategy at the moment…
News May 13, 2013
Pent up demand could help retail sales
There's an interesting survey out today that says more shoppers plan to shop on the day and weekend after Thanksgiving than last year. Also, more people said they will be…
News May 13, 2013
More details on Tom Kennedy's resignation from PacSun
A few more details emerged yesterday about the departure of PacSun division President Tom Kennedy during a Pacific Sunwear presentation at a Wedbush Morgan Securities investor conference. The PacSun division…
News May 13, 2013
Core stores hit hard in November
Cary Allington of ActionWatch sent new data for November that showed sales at core stores in the ActionWatch panel continued to deteriorate in November compared with November 2007.
News May 13, 2013
ICRX Report: American Apparel's basics approach includes more store openings in 2009
American Apparel CEO Dov Charney hopped up to say hello to the crowd at the ICR XChange this morning and then turned the show over to Adrian Kowalewski, who was…
News May 13, 2013Steve Murray on changes in VF's structure
I followed up with Vans President Steve Murray to ask what yesterday's restructuring at VF means for VF and its brands and for Steve's role at Vans. He provided some…
News May 13, 2013
Sports Chalet reviewing strategic alternatives
More news on the retail front as another industry customer announces it is reviewing its financial options. Sports Chalet, which operates 55 stores in California, Utah, Nevada and Arizona, said…
News May 13, 2013
A visit to PacSun value stores
I kept hearing about how PacSun has converted or is converting 200 stores into "value" stores, and that it is asking brands to create special, lower-cost garments to allow PacSun…
News May 13, 2013
Sport Chalet amends loans to help with financial crunch
Struggling Sport Chalet, an important industry customer, said today it has amended its loan agreement in a "positive step." The change is more accommodating to Sport Chalet's operations in this…
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