Lisa Perry Opens Boutique at Madison Avenue
NEW YORK, Dec 2, 2009 / FW/ — In just 7 days, Lisa Perry, who is known for her whimsical and graphical designs with a touch of retro modern, is opening her 4,000 square-foot ground-level concept store and design studio at 976 Madison Avenue. Taking over a former bank space, Lisa utilized the architectural elements and put her whimsical spin and thus came up with...
Store Windows in London: NikeTown is All Laced Up
LONDON, Dec 1, 2009 / FW/ — Today is World AIDS Day, and yesterday, the world’s leading footballers joined Bono at an announcement of the partnership between NIKE, Inc. and (RED) to fight HIV/AIDS. Even before the press conference went underway, passers-by at the NikeTown store at London’s Oxford Street already knew about it because the store windows were all...
Cyber Monday Spending Shifts to Early Mornings and Evenings as More Americans Shop from Home
WASHINGTON D.C, Dec 1, 2009—Retailers who were expecting strong Cyber Monday sales over shoppers’ lunch hour may have been disappointed when those sales were softer-than-expected, but quickly forgot about the workday crowd when early morning and evening sales beat projections. This year, many retailers saw Cyber Monday traffic and sales shift this year from mid-day...
Roberto Cavalli Arrives in Las Vegas
Roberto Cavalli Boutique DALLAS & MILAN, Dec 1, 2009 / FW/ — Viva Las Vegas! On Thursday, December 3rd, the free-standing Roberto Cavalli Boutique at Las Vegas Boulevard will open its doors to the public. Inspired by a glamorous and free-spirited sensibility that we have come to associate with Roberto Cavalli, the 10,000 square feet boutique is housed at the...
Julia Clancey Launches e-commerce site
Julia Clancey LOS ANGELES, Nov 24, 2009/ FW/ — London-based designer Julia Clancey who is known for her “glamorous and fun” creations has jumped into the digital arena and launched her first ever online boutique just in time for the holiday season. A self-taught designer who did not have any formal training in fashion, whose stint as editor at “Large” and...
Giuliano Fujiwara Opens Boutique in Rome
MILAN, Nov 23, 2009 / FW/ — Following the success of its first mono-brand store in Milan last January 2009, Giuliano Fujiwara, under the creative helm of Masataka Matsumura is opening its second location in Rome, with the inauguration slated on December 7th. Located inside an ancient building at 52 Via Frattina – the very heart of Italy’s capital city and one...
Gift Card Spending to Drop Slightly as Shoppers Favor Holiday Discounts
WASHINGTON D.C., Nov 19, 2009 – While they remain the most requested holiday item, shoppers are expected to pull back on buying gift cards again this year. According to NRF’s 2009 Holiday Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, conducted by BIGresearch, holiday shoppers plan to spend slightly less on gift cards, with the average person spending $139.91, compared to...
Store Windows in Milan: Moschino
Moschino Made in Italy window DALLAS & MILAN, Nov 14, 2009 / FW/ — Italian upscale department store La Rinascente (derived from Rinascita – means “rebirth” in Italian) highlights the “Made in Italy” theme for Christmas 2009 and had chosen to feature Moschino in one of its store windows at its Piazza Duomo branch in Milan. For the occasion,...
Store Windows in New York: Bergdorf Goodman Men’s Holiday Windows
DALLAS, Nov 13, 2009 / FW/ — A movie tie-in with the upcoming “Fantastic Mr. Fox” scheduled to hit U.S. theaters on November 25, the Bergdorf Goodman Men’s holiday windows are “recreations” of scenes from the animated movie. And that really says it all. To many, the store window is just to sell merchandise; yet it can be a lot more as exemplified here....
Roberto Cavalli Tokyo Outpost
Roberto Cavalli Tokyo DALLAS, Nov 13, 2009 / FW/ — While other labels are closing locations in Asia due to the recession, Roberto Cavalli is doing brisk business as attested with the opening of the first Roberto Cavalli boutique in Tokyo last September. Located at Shinjuku Takashimaya, one of the largest luxury department stores in Japan, the boutique was designed...
Store Windows at Moschino: Gypsy Caravan
DALLAS, Nov 12, 2009 / FW/ — The store window display at Moschino in September 2009, about the time of Fashion’s Night Out and New York Fashion Week, is entitled “Gypsy Caravan” and truly more of a European theme than American West, but there really is a lot of similarity. First, the idea is that the wagon is a home. Gypsies truly lives in their wagon because...
