Shopping and Retail

November 5, 2019

Barneys Is Sold for Scrap, Ending an Era

For decades, Barneys New York epitomized a certain kind of aspirational Manhattan cool. It matched the city’s soaring skyscrapers in its ambition, unapologetic ego and raised-eyebrow […]
November 1, 2019

Barneys New York Is Sold for Scraps, Ending an Era

The bankruptcy saga of Barneys New York, the famed department store, involved executives crisscrossing the globe, all-night strategy sessions, last-minute alliances and attempts to sway public […]
October 30, 2019

‘Retail Mayhem’: The Fight for Barneys Goes to Court

It’s D-Day for Barneys New York — and, potentially, the entire high fashion retail world. On Thursday, a bankruptcy court judge in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., is expected […]
October 24, 2019

After 15 Years, Dream Mall Finally Becomes a Reality

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It has taken 15 years, three owners, two names and hundreds of millions of dollars worth of taxpayer incentives, but a giant […]
October 23, 2019

Inside the Nordstrom Dynasty

Blake Nordstrom was a model Nordstrom. He was nice about being competitive and competitive about being nice. He would wish employees happy birthday a day early, […]
October 15, 2019

My Algorithm Makeover

This is a retail review in which I do not leave my apartment. All of the movements and decisions described take place in my mind or […]
October 15, 2019

My Algorithm Makeover

This is a retail review in which I do not leave my apartment. All of the movements and decisions described take place in my mind or […]
January 31, 2018

Critical Shopper: Millennial Moms-to-Be Don’t Hide the Bump

Advertisement In September, during New York Fashion Week, the artist Maia Ruth Lee walked the runway at Eckhaus Latta in a blush cardigan dress, its middle […]
January 26, 2018

Pierre Hermé and L’Occitane Create an Experience on the Champs-Élysées

Advertisement PARIS — Pierre Hermé and L’Occitane en Provence are experimenting with a new recipe. Make that a few dozen. Last month — just as the […]
January 19, 2018

Nous, a New Store, Picks Up Where Dearly Departed Colette Left Off

Advertisement PARIS — The grate was not yet down on Colette before the eulogies began. For two decades, Colette Roussaux and Sarah Andelman’s store had been […]