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...couture-crazy are leaving the runways for retail stores and high-volume sales. For the latest Mizrahi, Lagerfeld, Kors and De La Renta, turn to your nearest suburban shopping mall, where Target, Lord and Taylor’s, Macy’s and Bloomingdales should have you covered...
...smarter, casual clothes that smack of Kohl's. Sure, this Sears store still has its standard array of Kenmore appliances, Craftsman power tools and DieHard batteries, but there's also a wine section and an eye-care shop. Most important, there isn't a musty, aging shopping mall anywhere in sight...
...management turmoil; outdated merchandise; and a lack of sophisticated IT systems--or, for that matter, a clear identity. Whereas Kmart has failed miserably to compete on price with Wal-Mart or on style with Target, Sears has found it harder and harder to stay relevant at its aging 870 mall locations, about the same number of stores it had back in 1970. It has tried everything from financial services (its "socks and stocks" period) to home improvement (the Great Indoors experiment) to returning to its catalog roots, with the purchase of the upscale Lands' End catalog, which has proved...
...sense, at least, there is no denying that the merger is all about real estate. For years, Sears has claimed to be the prisoner of its once pioneering shopping-mall locations, where, in fact, Americans do less and less of their shopping, especially on big-ticket items. By transforming several hundred of Kmart's 1,500 freestanding and strip-mall outposts into New Age Sears stores, at an estimated price of about $3 million apiece, the company hopes it can finally reach its best potential customers. That assumes, of course, that those customers want to reach Sears. For even...
...Mostly, men shop for women. For instance, in midtown Manhattan - a place that puts its astonishing variety of female beauty on display for any idle ambler - the streets are our mall. Walking is our browsing. Sometimes the proliferation of pulchritude is so intense, a gent can get swivel-necked from simple appreciation. It's a pastime for any man, including the mild-mannered, happily married and legally faithful; and it isn't an act of male predation. Just the reverse: it's fealty, an acknowledgment that women have a power over men, which can be ignited at the turn...