{"id":373,"date":"2011-05-15T09:48:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-15T13:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.chainstoreguide.com\/2011\/05\/department-stores-and-apparel-industry-alerts-2\/"},"modified":"2011-05-15T09:48:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-15T13:48:00","slug":"department-stores-and-apparel-industry-alerts-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2011\/05\/department-stores-and-apparel-industry-alerts-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Department Stores and Apparel Industry Alerts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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7 For All Mankind,<\/span><\/b>\u00a0announced that it has named industry veteran Barry Miguel as its President.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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The Buckle<\/span><\/b>\u00a0announced that its CFO Karen Rhoads will step down by February 2012.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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The Children’s Place Retail Stores<\/span><\/b>\u00a0announced the appointment of Eric Bauer as COO. He will be responsible for supply chain, planning and allocation, store operations, finance, information technology and real estate.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Crocs, Inc.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0announced that Jeff Lasher has been appointed CFO.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Deckers Outdoor Corporation<\/span><\/b>\u00a0announced the appointment of Stephen Murray as the company\u2019s President of Europe, Middle East and\u00a0Africa<\/st1:place>, effective June 1.\u00a0Murray<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u00a0will oversee Deckers\u2019 subsidiary and distributor businesses.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Destination Maternity Corp.<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0has named a new president. Chris Daniel will report to CEO Ed Krell, effective June 1. He will be responsible for merchandising, design, marketing, visual, sourcing and branding. Daniel most recently worked for\u00a0Hot Topic Inc.<\/b>\u00a0where he was president of Torrid.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Finish Line<\/span><\/b>\u00a0announced that Donald Gualdoni has been appointed VP Business Development and Corporate Strategy, hired Terry Ledbetter as CIO, and announced Don Courtney will retire as President, E-Commerce.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Gap Inc.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0has ousted Patrick Robinson, the design director for its namesake brand.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Men\u2019s Wearhouse<\/span><\/b>\u00a0announced Douglas Ewert will become CEO on June 15, when Founder and Chairman and CEO George Zimmer steps down.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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NIKE, Inc.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0announced that Jim Calhoun is joining the company as the VP and CEO of Hurley.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Pacific Sunwear of California<\/span><\/b>\u00a0announced that Michael Kaplan has joined the company as Senior VP and CFO. He will be replacing Mike Henry.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Payless ShoeSource<\/span><\/b>\u00a0announced that Andrew Meyer has been named Senior VP and GMM for Payless’ women’s and accessories businesses.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Phillips-Van Heusen<\/span><\/b>\u00a0announced the appointment of Andrea Elliott as VP and General Manager Canadian Retail Operations. In this newly created position, Elliott is responsible for all aspects of the Canadian launch of Calvin Klein, Van Heusen, IZOD, and G.H. Bass & Co. retail stores across\u00a0Canada<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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True Religion Apparel, Inc.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0named Jordan Daly as VP of Brand Strategy, Marketing and Public Relations.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Zale Corp.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0announced the company\u2019s CFO, Matt Appel, has been appointed as Chief Administrative Officer. He will continue to serve as CFO.<\/o:p><\/s\n\npan><\/div>\n
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Zumiez<\/span><\/b>\u00a0announced its CFO Trevor Lang is leaving the company.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Hudson\u2019s Bay Co.\u00a0<\/span><\/b>announced their expansion in to the\u00a0U.S.<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>\u00a0The company will roll out HBC\u2019s Home Outfitters chain by testing two new upscale home-goods stores in\u00a0New Jersey<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>\u00a0starting in late summer 2011.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Kohl’s Department Stores\u00a0<\/span><\/b>announced future stores will be smaller than the 90,000 sq. ft. prototype that local shoppers are used to seeing<\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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Sears Holdings Corp.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0recently announced plans to expand its beauty offerings to more than 100 Sears locations and www.sears.com.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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VF Corp.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0signed a licensing agreement with\u00a0Kohl’s Corp.<\/b>\u00a0naming the discount chain the exclusive retailer for Rock & Republic.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.\u00a0<\/span><\/b>announced the remodeling of a 60,000 sq. ft. facility located in Markland Mall in\u00a0Kokomo<\/st1:city>,\u00a0IN<\/st1:state>\u00a0to be completed in November 2011, at which time the company will open a new store under the\u00a0Carson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u2019s nameplate, replacing its current Elder-Beerman store presently located in the Kokomo Mall.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Forever 21 Inc.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0recently announced plans to open a three-story, 39,000 sq. ft. flagship store in\u00a0Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u00a0in September 2011.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Golfsmith International Holdings Inc.\u00a0<\/span><\/b>plans to enter the\u00a0Washington<\/st1:city>,\u00a0D.C.<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>\u00a0area with its first metro-area Golfsmith location in Tysons Corner in June 2011. The new Golfsmith store will be located at in\u00a0Vienna<\/st1:city>,\u00a0VA.<\/st1:state><\/st1:place><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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H&M<\/span><\/b>\u00a0will open a new store in\u00a0Denver<\/st1:city>,\u00a0CO<\/st1:state>\u00a0at Denver Pavilions this fall, and recently announced plans to open a flagship store occupying 22,000 sq. ft. of the Lincoln Theatre in\u00a0Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u00a0in 2012. H&M is opening its first\u00a0Utah<\/st1:state>\u00a0store this fall, a 23,000 sq. ft. store at\u00a0Fashion Place<\/st1:address><\/st1:street>\u00a0mall in\u00a0Murray<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Macy’s Inc.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0has announced the planned locations for three new Bloomingdale’s Outlet stores to open in fall 2011. Stores will open in the following shopping centers: Miromar Outlets,\u00a0Estero<\/st1:city>,\u00a0FL<\/st1:state>\u00a0(25,000 sq. ft. opening planned for September 2011), Wrentham Village Premium Outlets,\u00a0Wrentham<\/st1:city>,\u00a0MA<\/st1:state>\u00a0(24,000 sq. ft. opening planned for October 2011), Woodfield Village Green,\u00a0Schaumburg<\/st1:city>,\u00a0IL<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>\u00a0(24,000 sq. ft. opening planned for October 2011).<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Mango<\/span><\/b>\u00a0opened a new 5,500 sq. ft. store in\u00a0Manhattan<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>‘s\u00a0Herald Square<\/st1:address><\/st1:street>.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Nordstrom Inc.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0opened the doors to its new store in\u00a0Newark<\/st1:city>,\u00a0DE<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>. The 123,000 sq. ft. store, at Christiana Mall, is the first Nordstrom store in\u00a0Delaware<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>. The company also announced plans to relocate its Nordstrom Rack store at the Mall at the Source to the Gallery at\u00a0Westbury<\/st1:placename>\u00a0Plaza<\/st1:placetype>\u00a0in\u00a0Westbury<\/st1:city>,\u00a0N.Y.<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>\u00a0The new store will be located approximately one quarter mile from the existing location and is expected to open in fall 2012. By relocating, Nordstrom Rack will be able to open a new 36,000 sq. ft. store in a new development that is closer to the Nordstrom full-line store at Roosev<\/p>\n

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Prada<\/span><\/b>\u00a0will open its first\u00a0Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>\u00a0store at\u00a0Scottsdale Fashion Square<\/st1:address><\/st1:street>\u00a0later this year.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Recreational Equipment Inc.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0will enter\u00a0South Carolina<\/st1:state>\u00a0with a new one-story, approximately 22,000 sq. ft. store in\u00a0Greenville<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>, which is slated to open in fall 2011.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Rue21 Inc.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0opened its 500th etc! store on May 5, in Franklin Mills, PA.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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The Sports Authority Inc.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0recently opened a new\u00a0Beaverton<\/st1:city>,\u00a0OR<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>. The 56,000 sq. ft. store, located in Cedar Hills Crossing, is more than 15,000 sq. ft. larger than Sports Authority\u2019s previous\u00a0Beaverton<\/st1:city>\u00a0location and will mark the eighth Sports Authority in the state of\u00a0Oregon<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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The Timberland Co.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0opened a new 2,300 sq. ft. store in\u00a0San Francisco<\/st1:city>,\u00a0CA<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>\u00a0at the Westfield San Francisco Centre.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Topshop\u00a0<\/span><\/b>recently announced plans to open a new flagship store in\u00a0Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>. The 49,000 sq. ft., three-level corner location will open on Sept. 7. The company also plans to launch a 12,000 sq. ft. store in\u00a0Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u00a0in late September 2011.<\/p>\n

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UNIQLO Co.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0will continue its North American expansion, with the opening of its third\u00a0New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>\u00a0location in fall 2011.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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American Apparel<\/span><\/b>\u00a0is ramping up its item-level RFID tagging initiative. The company signed an agreement to deploy Xterprise’s Clarity Advanced Retail System (ARS) software at 50 of its retail locations, 25 of which will be located in the\u00a0United States<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place>.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Chico’s FAS<\/span><\/b>\u00a0is building a new Performance Optimized Data (POD) center at its distribution and fulfillment facility in Winder,\u00a0Ga.<\/st1:state><\/st1:place><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Columbia Sportswear Co.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0announced plans to expand its e-commerce operations to\u00a0Canada<\/st1:country-region>\u00a0and up to eight markets across\u00a0Europe<\/st1:place>\u00a0in fall 2011. The company plans to launch new e-commerce sites for its flagship\u00a0Columbia<\/st1:city>\u00a0brand, as well as for its rapidly growing\u00a0Sorel<\/st1:city>\u00a0brand, enabling customers in\u00a0Canada<\/st1:country-region>,\u00a0U.K.<\/st1:country-region>,\u00a0Germany<\/st1:country-region>,\u00a0France<\/st1:country-region>,\u00a0Italy<\/st1:country-region>, The Netherlands,\u00a0Belgium<\/st1:country-region>,\u00a0Austria<\/st1:country-region>\u00a0and\u00a0Spain<\/st1:country-region>\u00a0to buy\u00a0Columbia<\/st1:city>\u00a0and\u00a0Sorel<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u00a0brand products online directly from a company-managed e-commerce site for the first time.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Pier 1 Imports<\/span><\/b>\u00a0has announced plans to invest in information systems enhancements as part of its capital expenditure in the fiscal year ending February 2012.\u00a0<\/span>Investments in information technology will include a new point-of-sale system, an e-commerce platform, replacement of legacy systems, new software for store labor schedule optimization and enhancements to existing systems. Additionally, the company will invest in new store traffic counters, cash stand computer kiosks and other network and infrastructure needs.<\/span><\/div>\n

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