Shopping and Retail

June 14, 2022

What Makes a Bathing Suit So Expensive?

There is a machine in South Brooklyn that looks like a transparent coffin and whirs like an industrial fan. Its metallic innards flit and glide until, […]
May 30, 2022

Vintage shoppers have ascended on L.A.’s vintage store Jet Rag every Sundays to shop its $1 sale for years.

For years, dedicated shoppers have spent their Sundays searching for second-hand goods at Jet Rag’s $1 sale. Like clockwork, every Sunday morning at 10:45 a.m. in […]
May 19, 2022

It’s Emma Rogue’s Downtown Now

One morning in March, Emma Rogue hopped in the black Nissan Rogue she shares with her brother and pulled out from a parking spot across the […]
May 19, 2022

It’s Emma Rogue’s Downtown Now

One morning in March, Emma Rogue hopped in the black Nissan Rogue she shares with her brother and pulled out from a parking spot across the […]
April 18, 2022

The Supreme of Baby Clothes

Ruffled onesies. Tiny cardigans. An online shopping mania has emerged for the brand Kate Quinn. People who work at Kate Quinn, a fashion brand that specializes […]
April 16, 2022

The Fiddle Leaf Fig Is Dead

Mike Rimland, the “plant hunter” for Costa Farms, one of the largest houseplant growers in North America, was touring a tiny nursery in Southeast Asia about […]
April 16, 2022

The Fiddle Leaf Fig Is Dead

Mike Rimland, the “plant hunter” for Costa Farms, one of the largest houseplant growers in North America, was touring a tiny nursery in Southeast Asia about […]
April 14, 2022

A Pink Parade at the End of the World

NASHVILLE — There are two women who travel the country just about every time LoveShackFancy opens a new store, which has now happened 11 times since […]
April 14, 2022

A Gen Z Success Story

Ian Charms is drawing young shoppers with its charm necklaces. When Lisa Sahakian and her partner upgraded to a new apartment in Los Angeles last year, […]
April 10, 2022

Jordan Mooney, an Avatar of Punk Style, Dies at 66

Swathed in rubber and glowering from spiked heels, she was a fearsome figurehead for a generation of disaffected English teenagers. Jordan Mooney, better known as simply […]