FDRA was a major sponsor of the FN Achievement Awards this past week. In addition to Jessica Simpson, designer Vince Camuto, Kristin Cavallari and Olivia Palermo attended the event. ...
The CEO Economic Outlook Index, compiled by the Business Roundtable, increased to 84.5 in the fourth quarter from 79.1 in the previous quarter. It was the highest level since the second quarter of 2012....
"We're really looking to become the destination in online luxury shopping," Jennifer Sidary, head of couture at Zappos Couture, told WWD. "For us, we still have a lot of brands we're looking to acquire for the site and we hope that with André's partnership it...
Online sales surged 20.6 percent compared with the same day last year, with the most active e-shopping cities including New York; Washington, D.C.; Chicago; Los Angeles; and Atlanta, according to IBM....
The National Retail Federation reported that more than 141 million shoppers will have visited stores or retailers' websites by the end of the Thanksgiving weekend, up by about 2 million from last year....
The big winner: Kohl's, which Shopular said saw the biggest bump from a normal weekday. Next came Walmart, Best Buy and J.C. Penney. Of the nine major U.S. retailers tracked, Target ranked seventh, Shopular said....
Diane Sullivan, the company's chief executive, said that while the shoe chain saw some of the same traffic challenges reported by other retailers during the back-to-school season, transactions were up. She said sports slides, canvas shoes, and lightweight running saw strong results....
The champion is not known, of course, but the edge at this early stage of the game goes to Nike with 10 teams, Adidas with 8, and Puma with 8, "other" with 6. Adidas can claim the top four ranked teams in FIFA, with Spain,...
Hicks said Foot Locker worked with Nike to determine pricing. A Nike spokesperson confirmed the footwear company suggests the price, but the retailer makes the final call....
Bangladesh has yet to meet benchmarks set by the U.S. government for restoration of trade benefits suspended after a garment factory collapse that killed more than 1,100 people, an influential Democratic senator said Friday....