The company said it had closed its remaining 89 stores this week after struggling for years to stay in business and filing for bankruptcy protection twice.
Category: Shopping and Retail
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Who Would Want Their Jeans to Be Twisted?
What happens when mere baggy jeans aren’t stylish enough? Things get twisted.
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Do Shoppers Care About Who Designs the Fashion Collections?
Some on Via Monte Napoleone, Milan’s busiest fashion street, were blissfully ignorant. Others were more cautious.
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This Stylish Store Took Everything Offline and Made a Catalog Instead
With its print catalog, Outline in Brooklyn is adopting a new (old) way to shop.
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Tasting a New Flavor of Portugal, in New England
Travelers who fell in love with the Iberian country can revisit it in towns along the coast of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, where chefs and other purveyors are putting new twists on tradition.
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58 Million Pounds of Corn Dogs Are Recalled Because of Wood in the Batter
Hillshire Brands voluntarily recalled the products after at least five people reported injuries because of pieces of wood in the products’ batter.
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New Retail Leaders Confront Trump’s Tariffs, Policy Shifts and Weak Spending
New retail C.E.O.s are facing unexpected challenges, like tariffs and worried shoppers, as they try to address existing ones.
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Trump’s New Tariffs Hit Furniture and Home Goods Stocks
Shares of Williams-Sonoma and RH fell in early trading, while U.S.-based makers like Ethan Allen rose after the president’s latest tariff announcement.
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Starbucks to Cut Jobs, Close Stores and Take $1 Billion Hit in Revamp Effort
The coffee chain said it would shutter some underperforming U.S. stores and eliminate 900 corporate jobs as part of a plan to build “a better, stronger and more resilient Starbucks.”
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Ron DiMenna, Ron Jon Surf Shop Founder, Dies at 88
As the founder of a national chain, he was a key figure in surfing’s expansion into mainstream culture, with a life said to be “the stuff of folklore.”