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Toys ‘R’ Us  is being resurrected, thanks to Macy’s.  The department store chain will open a Toys ‘R’ Us shop-in-shop in 400 stores beginning next year, CNN Business reports. Macy’s considers Toys ‘R’ Us to be a recognizable brand that could help expand its reach in the toy business space while also bridge the gap between its primary competitors, Walmart and […]

Maison Margiela has just opened a new store in the Miami Design District and it is the first U.S. location for the French luxury brand to be designed by Dutch architect Anne Holtrop and will feature a new look. Designed by Holtrop with the intent of “appropriating the inappropriate,” the new Margiela store becomes the fifth in […]

Alife is closing its flagship store in New York City. In an extended statement shared to Instagram, Alife’s GM Treis Hill reflected on the decades-strong legacy of the location, thanking everyone “that helped make it magic” for so many years. “There isn’t a person of influence in streetwear today that has not stepped foot in […]

Supreme is opening its official Milan, Italy location on May 6 in Corso Garibaldi, two years after the brand began hinting about the possibility of the new Italian store. Over the last few weeks, Supreme has been dropping images and clips by William Strobeck and John Wilson, geotagged with Milan, alongside the caption, “Coming soon.” […]

Toys “R” Us is switching management again. It was announced on Monday that the brand management company WHP Global has acquired a controlling interest in the parent company of the once proud/GOAT toy store. Also acquired in the same transaction are controlling interests in Babies “R” Us, plus the Geoffrey the Giraffe brands.  “We’re in the brand […]

Gisele Barreto Fetterman, wife of Pennsylvania’s Lt. Governor John Fetterman, was called a racial slur while making a quick grocery store run on Sunday.  In pursuit of some golden kiwis, Gisele went to a store close to their Braddock home. While there, however, she was confronted by a woman who was aware of who she is, and […]

The country’s oldest department store is going out of business. On Thursday, Lord & Taylor executives announced the retailer has decided to close all 38 of its remaining stores, following financial hardships exacerbated by the global pandemic. “While we are still entertaining various opportunities, we believe it is prudent to simultaneously put the remainder of the stores […]

Protests over the police killing of George Floyd have become increasingly turbulent over the last several days with some demonstrators rioting, vandalizing, and looting. Among the businesses that were hit during the riots was Los Angeles’ RSVP Gallery, a conceptual retail store that sells a mix of streetwear and high-end labels. RSVP Gallery founder Don C posted several photos of […]

This month, Common Ace—a new online marketplace—launched with the aim of providing women a uniquely curated opportunity to “access and shop seamlessly” thanks to a more targeted approach to the usual model of online shopping. Common Ace was founded by leading streetwear community voice and global advisor Sophia Chang and Romy Samuel, an avid collector who currently […]

J.C. Penney has begun filing for bankruptcy protection, a report from CNN says. The 118-year-old company was already facing challenges—even after having one of their best financial years back in 2010—and now with the rapid spread of COVID-19 causing businesses to close for an unspecified amount of time, the company does not look like it […]