It's featuring a "Balloon Dog" leather handbag designed by the American artist at select locations throughout the country. While H&M has long partnered with leading fashion designers for capsule collection ...

"If you look at it with a glass-half-full perspective, it's worth noting that 80% of brand sites are mobile optimized, so the majority are making the investment," says Colin Gilber ...

For years, it seems, private labels have been nothing but a success story, whether it's in the grocery aisles, warehouse outlet or drugstore. But one particularly telling comment in yesterday ...

Between the arrival of warmer spring weather and a later-than-usual Easter, retailers registered a much bigger April sales bounce, with the Gap's Old Navy brand turning in a dazzling performan ...

Consumers have begun to expect a personalized Web experience in real-time on desktop, tablets and smartphones. BloomReach Tuesday will begin rolling out a smart application that personalizes site discovery f ...

Believing good things come in smaller boxes, Walmart said yesterday that it would build as many as 300 more small-format stores in the coming year - about twice as mu ...

Creating an interactive digital window display that can connect with smartphones of consumers walking by can be more complicated than it looks. A while back, Adidas created a pilot interacti ...

The intersection between New York's fashion crowd and the National Football League is usually nonexistent, but the coming Super Bowl looks to be a big exception, with brands like Macy' ...

"The luxury brands were a little bit slower to move into omnichannel, but there has been a huge recognition of its importance lately. Stores like Barneys and Neiman Marcus ha ...

In case anyone missed it, mobile shoppers have been out in full force this holiday season. Now we have some actual measurements of just how many people have been o ...

The world's most practical, versatile and least-thought-required presents are becoming even more popular: A new survey from the NRF predicts that eight in 10 shoppers will buy at least o ...

Clear Channel's iHeartRadio is expanding its partnership with Macy's with the launch of mstyleradio, a digital station created for the high-end retail chain that targets millennial shoppers with a contempora ...

Exceptional retailers are those that know how to keep their prices high, instead focusing on product differentiation and brand identity, argues Deloitte's Michael Raynor. He explains how higher prices p ...

Anyone who has ever worked at a startup or worn the green eyeshades of a copy editor will appreciate the tale of how Lands' End got its misplaced apostrophe, ...

"Brands need to do a better job communicating quality and value to their target audiences," says Ron Kurtz, president of the market research company. "And despite images in the med ...

The rapper-turned-mogul Jay Z finds himself square in the middle of a tabloid and social media assault over his business association with Barneys New York, which has been accused ...

The hashtag-driven campaign theme is #MyKindOfHoliday, and in addition to TV, the retailer will use Twitter and Instagram to tell shoppers about great deals, while encouraging them to share the ...

We may be about to find out the level to which mobile shoppers are willing to be targeted in stores as they shop. Earlier this year, a study by ResearchN ...

Macy's is the exclusive launch partner for Apple's new iTunes Radio, the company announced Thursday, allowing the retailer to reach tech-savvy consumers with customized digital video and audio messages v ...

Ted Vaughan, a partner in BDO's retail and consumer product practice, says that for one thing, digital shopping is changing kids' expectations; for another, department stores are making a comebac ...

In a deal that's all about the location, location, location of bricks and mortar -- particularly on Manhattan's Fifth Ave. -- the Hudson's Bay Company has apparently emerged as t ...

Harmelin Media has formed a partnership with Belk, Inc., a large family-owned and operated department store celebrating its 125th anniversary this year. ...

This year, Macy's is pushing its back-to-school effort even further into the realm of social media, with shareable efforts that target kids' favorite media, from "Pretty Little Liars" to Rad ...

Douglas Dayton, the co-founder and first president of Target in 1961, died at home in Wayzata, Minn., Friday at 88 following a battle with cancer. The first Target opened ...

In a sign that prospects for the luxury market are rosy as a $3,495 Embroidered Feather-Skirt Dress, Neiman Marcus said yesterday it wants to raise $100 million or more ...

Michelle Gass, who had long been considered a possible replacement for Starbucks' CEO Howard Schultz, and who spent the past two years working on a turnaround for Starbucks' troubled Europ ...

For all of Gen Y's ballyhooed love of techno-shopping, it turns out that retailers have little to fear: Detailed research from the Urban Land Institute reveals that Millennials are cra ...

Mobile commerce climbed 31% in the first quarter from a year ago, fueled by growing tablet use and improved customer service, M-commerce now accounts for 17.4% of total online reta ...

Macy's is asking its customers to send in their patriotic videos for use in 30-second "What makes America great" commercials to air later this summer. ...

J.C. Penney scored a courtroom victory over Macy's with a decision by New York State Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey K. Oing that J.C. Penney can continue selling Martha Stewart-branded produc ...