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Chains the size of Abercrombie & Fitch have had limited success in the Square, DiGiovanni said. The Limited, HMV and Pacific Sunwear have all gone out of business, while one notable exception—the Gap—has survived for 25 years...
...financial pages might be forgiven for thinking the sun has not set for the past few fiscal years. In describing the improving fortunes of teen-clothing retailer PacSun, pun-happy headline writers have frequently alluded to the company's tendency to rise, shine, blaze and heat up. Pacific Sunwear, as it is more formally known, continued the perpetual daylight when it announced last week that its second-quarter profits jumped 84% compared with the same period last year. Sales also increased at hefty double-digit rates, up nearly 23%, to $234.4 million...
...performance was especially impressive in light of the generally sluggish retail environment. But Pacific Sunwear, perhaps more than any other retailer, seems to have figured out how to cater to the fashion desires of that fickle yet reliably profligate demographic group, American teenagers. By stocking only the hottest surf-and skate-clothing brands--and by being willing to dump them the moment they start to cool--the once laid-back West Coast retailer has expanded into a 650-store monster with outlets in 49 states and Puerto Rico (a store in the 50th state, Arkansas, should open soon...
...surfer clothing outlet Pacific Sunwear, an Adidas shoe and clothing store on Mass. Ave., the trendy Express and Structure women and men’s outfitters and music megastore HMV all are national chains whose Harvard Square locations have closed their doors in the past four years...
...same corner of Harvard Square for 81 years, closed its doors in 1997 because Cambridge Savings Bank, the owner of the building, chose to renovate. The Tasty never reopened. In the face of rising rental costs for the premium real estate, The Tasty submitted to chain stores like Pacific Sunwear, Abercrombie and Fitch and Finagle a Bagel...