{"id":11202,"date":"2018-12-19T08:22:01","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T13:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.chainstoreguide.com\/?p=11202"},"modified":"2018-12-19T08:22:01","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T13:22:01","slug":"datatrac-apparel-specialty-stores-department-stores-december-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2018\/12\/datatrac-apparel-specialty-stores-department-stores-december-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"DATATRAC: Apparel Specialty Stores and Department Stores \u2013 December 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Personnel Updates<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2022 Bloomingdale\u2019s (912) <\/strong>announced Frank Doroff, Vice Chairman, Exec VP and GMM, is retiring on February 8.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Chico\u2019s FAS Inc. (334)<\/strong> announced Diane Ellis will no longer be Chico\u2019s brand President. While the company searches for a replacement, the brand will be led by company CEO Shelley Broader.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Christopher & Banks Corporation (43)<\/strong> announced it has appointed Carmen Wamre as Senior VP, Chief Stores Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Gymboree Group (109)<\/strong> announced Shaz Kahng was appointed CEO of the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022 J. Crew Group Inc.<\/strong> (81)<\/strong> announced that its CEO James Brett would step down immediately, and be replaced by an \u201coffice of the CEO\u201d made up of four senior J. Crew executives.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The J. Jill Group Inc. (50)<\/strong> has announced that Exec VP and CFO Dave Biese will leave the company on April 30, 2019.<\/p>\n

\u2022 L Brands, Inc. (74)<\/strong> announced Jan Singer has resigned as CEO of Victoria\u2019s Secret. John Mehas was appointed CEO of Victoria\u2019s Secret Lingerie, effective early 2019.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Nike Inc. (171)<\/strong> announced it has promoted Heidi O\u2019Neill to the position of President of Nike Direct. Adam Sussman, previously Nike\u2019s Chief Digital Officer, also will assume an expanded role to become VP, General Manager Nike Direct digital and geographies.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Rue 21<\/strong> (71)<\/strong> announced Laurie Van Brunt has resigned as President and CEO of the company. Succeeding her is company Chairman Michael C. Appel.<\/p>\n

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Mergers and Acquisitions<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2022 L Brands, Inc.<\/strong> has signed a definitive agreement to sell its lingerie brand La Senza to an affiliate of private equity firm Regent LP.<\/p>\n

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Industry Insight<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2022 Vince<\/strong> Holding Corp<\/strong> is launching a new online subscription rental service that provides unlimited access to its women\u2019s apparel collection, called Vince Unfold.<\/p>\n

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Real Estate<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2022 Gymboree Group<\/strong> announced it is considering closing more than half of its store locations in 2019.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Levi Strauss & Co.<\/strong> has opened its largest international flagship in New York\u2019s Times Square. Located in the heart of Manhattan, the 17,000 sq. ft. unit features the company\u2019s largest Levi\u2019s Tailor Shop.<\/p>\n

\u2022 RYU Apparel Inc.<\/strong> recently opened a new 2,800 sq. ft. flagship store in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, NY.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Versace USA Inc.<\/strong> opened a new location at the Bal Harbour Shops in Miami, FL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Personnel Updates \u2022 Bloomingdale\u2019s (912) announced Frank Doroff, Vice Chairman, Exec VP and GMM, is retiring on February 8. \u2022 Chico\u2019s FAS Inc. (334) announced Diane Ellis will no longer be Chico\u2019s brand President. While the company searches for a replacement, the brand will be led by company CEO Shelley Broader. \u2022 Christopher & Banks… Continue reading DATATRAC: Apparel Specialty Stores and Department Stores \u2013 December 2018<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"post-template-no-sidebar.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-11202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apparel-department","tag-eupdate","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}