Shopping and Retail – Page 49

At Costco, Shopping for Clues About Consumers

The reporter Ben Ryder Howe traveled far and wide to better understand Americans’ love of the membership-only retail store.

By Ben Ryder Howe

Bergdorf Goodman Celebrities Deaths (Obituaries) Fashion and Apparel Halbreich, Betty Manhattan (NYC) Shopping and Retail Women and Girls

Betty Halbreich, World’s ‘Most Famous Personal Shopper,’ Dies at 96

She was a local New York secret before gaining wider renown as the dressing-room companion of rich, powerful women. A dark past lay beneath her savoir faire.

By Alex Traub

Hermes International SA Jewelry Edit (Web Site) Jewels and Jewelry Lewis Lee, Tonya Luxury Goods and Services Mahady, Diane Parmar, Padmaja Kumari Sammi, Rosena Shopping and Retail

Overheard While Shopping for Jewelry

An entrepreneur, a fashion executive and a princess consider purchases in the privacy of a hotel suite.

By Amir Hamja for The New York Times

Lingerie and Underwear Peress Shopping and Retail Shutdowns (Institutional) Upper East Side (Manhattan, NY)

Peress Lingerie Shop Closes After More than 90 Years

For more than 90 years the Upper East Side shop served socially ambitious women, including Brooke Astor, Gloria Vanderbilt, Diana Vreeland, Barbara Walters, Madonna and many more.

By Marisa Meltzer