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With Valentine's Day just around the corner, young lovers might be wise to check out Hubba Hubba, a sex-apparel shop located on Mass. Ave near Central Square...
...weather? (November, too warm to purchase winter apparel; December, too snowy to trek to the mall.) Or were there just too many new stores? Retail-sales growth in December ranked as the worst since the 1990-91 recession. Sales were up only 2% compared with the previous year's figures. In December 1994, sales were 5.4% higher than...
Even though the stock of a rival textile manufacturer in Tennessee, the Dyersburg Corp., rose sharply the day after the fire, L.L. Bean and many of Malden's other customers pledged their support. Another apparel company, Dakotah, sent Feuerstein a $30,000 check. The Bank of Boston sent $50,000, the union $100,000, the chamber of commerce in nearby Lawrence $150,000. "The money is not for Malden Mills," says Feuerstein. "It is for the Malden Mills employees. It makes me feel wonderful. I have hundreds of letters at home from ordinary people, beautiful letters with dollar bills...
Clothing from specialty apparel stores, like jerseys from the Limited or sweaters from Casual Corner, could languish on the racks this season. Reason: shoppers seem to view a lot of the current selections as the same old thing. According to Tactical Retail Solutions, a New York City consulting firm, sales of such clothing could dip 1.4% this Christmas from the level of last year. "It should tell you something," says Loeb, "when almost the entire interest in American fashion is on the color of Calvin Klein's underwear...
Thanks to Miuccia, the Milan-based house of Prada has gone from being a staid leather-goods firm to just about the most prized name in the apparel business. There are no clearance sales of Prada clothes; they can be hard to find at full price. The firm, run by Miuccia and her entrepreneur husband Patrizio Bertelli, has been cautious about expansion, but in the next year new outlets will be popping up--Atlanta; Costa Mesa, California; and the Bal Harbour district of Miami. The house now receives the ultimate accolade: it is widely copied. Several outfits in Calvin Klein...