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Lots of retail headlines this week. Here are the highlights:
New outlet mall in Eagan: Plans are taking shape for a new outlet center in Eagan. Off 5th, the Saks Fifth Avenue outlet that also has a downtown Minneapolis store, has signed on, along with Gap Outlet and Banana Republic Factory. The center, opening next year, will feature 100 shops in all. Located at Highways…
Well it’s about time the Minnesota Vikings embrace what has become a wardrobe staple these past few (fashion) seasons: the colorful bottom. The team unveiled new uniforms for 2013, including purple pants. They’re bold, yet playful.
Most of the updates are subtle: modern twists on the classic, and that’s according to a team press release—I kid you not. The gold accents are brighter,…
Since gaining a national reputation as one of the most outspoken players in the NFL in the course of one letter, Chris Kluwe can’t even get a haircut without making a statement. Yesterday, the Minnesota Vikings punter got…
When I moved back to Minneapolis a dozen years ago to write about the shopping scene, I don’t think I fully appreciated how much time I would spend at Mall of America. Seeing new stores, interviewing celebrities, getting a pulse on consumer desires, pulling merchandise for photo shoots. When the world of print media seems shaky,…
The Olympics are finally here, and I’ve got the fever. We rounded up Brit product picks (are there medals in shopping?) available here at home. But while a Burberry trench would be lovely to own, all I really need to cheer from my sofa for the next two weeks–and maybe jump a…
Another designer brand bites the dust at Macy’s Minneapolis store. Louis Vuitton has moved out of its high-profile accessories shop on the first floor of the downtown store. “We are currently renovating the former space and will announce how we will use this space once all is confirmed,” Macy’s spokesman Kamal Bosamia said.
The writing was on the wall when Louis Vuitton opened…
Attention shoppers: Simon Property Group, Inc. is promising a “major announcement” about Southdale Center on Thursday. Rennovation work, including construction of the new food court, is already underway — read all about it — so I’m thinking it’s time to reveal some new tenants to replace the many lost over the last few years. Here’s hoping Old Navy is not Southdale’s idea of “major.”
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Maybe now the media will quit referring to her as Kris Humphries’ sister. Kaela Humphries has signed a contract with Ford Models in New York. And to think, the plus size beauty shared a runway with me just a few weeks ago at a charity fashion show in Minneapolis…
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Just when it seemed there wasn’t a new idea in retail, J.C. Penney laid out an ambitious plan to overhaul its stores and brand. Some highlights:
- Fewer sales, lower prices. J.C. Penney CEO Ron Johnson confirmed what we already know: Very little department store merchandise, like 2 percent, sells at full price. So rather than go through the motions of pricing it high…
Charla Krupp–magazine editor, best selling author and champion of women making the most of their assets (and least of their flaws)–was the very first subject of the “Shopping with…” column I wrote for seven years in the St. Paul Pioneer Press. At the time, she was editing the smart, but short-lived ShopETC. magazine and was in Minneapolis…
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