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Some cosmetics firms are even veering into nonsurgical services themselves. Osmotics, a boutique brand, offers LED treatments at the cosmetics counter in some Nordstrom stores. In January, Olay, a mass-market brand, will roll out free drugstore skin scans with a device that shows sun damage. The hope--the eternal one in the beauty business--is that more customers will buy Olay products to help reverse the damage, or even better, to stop time, at least for a while...
DALLAS Shoppers at Nordstrom in Addison enjoy the fit of Antik ($198), and so do sisters Hilary and Haylie Duff...
...reach nonswimmers, Speedo introduced its activewear line for women, Axcelerate, in Nordstrom's and Marshall Field's last year. About 20 styles, ranging from basic bodywear pieces to sweaters and pants and tracksuits, are now available at those stores. Many of the design elements, construction features and fabrics?including XDSkin, a water-repellent fiber that keeps perspiration from saturating a garment?found in Speedo's new line were inspired by its FastSkin swimsuit, worn by gold-medal-winning Olympic competitors Michael Phelps and Amanda Beard. FastSkin was inspired by the slick, water-propelling features of a shark's skin...
...contemporary clothing?the original BCBG Max Azria line?that is big business for upscale department stores around the world like Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Macy's, Harvey Nichols, Hong Kong's Lane Crawford, Taiwan's Mitsukoshi and Singapore's Takashimaya. "They fill a lot of niches," says Frank Doroff, general merchandise manager at Bloomingdale's. "If you want clothes to go to work, to go out at night, a dress to wear to an occasion, they're trend right." Doroff says it all started with "the slinky dress," but what really put Azria on the map were his "sexy tops...
That time Krogner stumbled initially. He tried selling through department stores like Macy's and Dillard's--a strategy that had been successful in Europe--but unhappy with the placement given his product, he pulled the brand out. (Esprit is still carried by Nordstrom.) Then in late 2004, he reintroduced Esprit retail stores and now has 15 stores and outlets, most of them in the New York City area, including a flagship in hip SoHo. Again, some of those locations flopped, so Krogner dispatched COO Jerome Griffith to oversee the U.S. operation. Krogner also plans to open five more stores...