Shopping and Retail

January 18, 2024

Watch Brands Are Part of a ‘Renaissance’ on the Champs-Élysées

As the Paris Olympics near, the famed avenue is getting a makeover, with Panerai, Montblanc and others unveiling new and renovated spaces. Often described as “the […]
January 18, 2024

A New Space Elevates Scandinavian Watchmakers

Housed in a 17th-century bank building in Stockholm, Watches of Scandinavia features more than a dozen brands from the region. Mikael Sandstrom knows that many people […]
December 16, 2023

Shoplifting at Filene’s Department Store

How I was banned from Filene’s department store. The Northshore Mall, in Peabody, Mass., was the mall. Our mall. The competing mall, Liberty Tree, a mile […]
December 15, 2023

Is Farfetch About to Go Bust?

For years, Farfetch was a tech darling that powered much of online luxury shopping. Now it is teetering on the brink of collapse. For more than […]
December 6, 2023

What Makes a Good Gift Guide?

“In a time of great shift we must respond in kind,” the writer and editor Meaghan O’Connell recently wrote on X. “The media industry needs a […]
December 4, 2023

Cuff Links Gain Status in the Middle East

The traditional jewelry is seen as a way to add flair to men’s simple gown-like garments. Cuff links may be something of a rarity in Western […]
November 30, 2023

The Mashburns Conquer New York (in a Manner of Speaking)

Ann and Sid Mashburn, clothiers in Atlanta, have opened a store on Madison Avenue. Is it a business to be reckoned with? Upstarts! That was this […]
November 29, 2023

A Vintage Shop to the Stars Holds Its Own Against New Rivals

On a recent afternoon in SoHo, Seth Weisser and Gerard Maione were checking in on their shop, What Goes Around Comes Around, a luxury vintage boutique […]
November 25, 2023

See the Holiday Windows In New York City

“Let’s light it up!” the actress Jennifer Lawrence said on Monday night as she helped to reveal the holiday windows and kick off the annual lights […]
November 22, 2023

Let the Real Stretch Marks Rip

Various so-called imperfections now appear so often in ads and images for lingerie that some consumers doubt their veracity. Jeannette Spicer for The New York Times […]