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...“I’ve been quite impressed and surprised that equities are holding on,” said Veronica Clark, an economist at Citigroup....
...But there are some smart ideas in this adaptation (by David H Bell, Paul T Couch and Curt Wollan)....
...He perfected it in prison in the notorious H blocks, where 10 IRA prisoners died on hunger strike. Irish has long been a political football....
...The collector died in 2019 but the work remains in the Stefan T Edlis & H Gael Neeson collection, shared with his widow, and is not for sale....
...Two reasons why I came to anoint Veronica Lake as the film-maker’s muse....
...Its rival H&M, meanwhile, has been caught up in a battle between the Chinese government and western NGOs concerned about human rights in China’s cotton-producing region of Xinjiang....
...Meanwhile on the high street, Arcadia’s brands were undercut on price by the likes of Primark and faced an onslaught of competition as H&M and Zara expanded in the UK....
...Forever 21’s struggles threaten to exacerbate a developing crisis in US shopping malls, which have been particularly hard-hit by a wave of store closures and bankruptcies of household names including Sears...
...We see the bad news everywhere: Sears, Nine West shoes and David’s Bridal all filed for bankruptcy in 2018. In the UK, House of Fraser and HMV were each sold for a song....
...In the US, the sector’s failures to adapt to a rapidly changing environment are epitomised by Sears....
...“Our community has really been decimated,” said Veronica Dahlberg, executive director of the Latino advocacy group Hola Ohio....
...Retailers in Europe and the US have had a tough year, with many of the biggest names such as JC Penney, Macy’s and Sears announcing large numbers of store closures....
...Serves on the Board of Anthem, Inc. and was a Director of WellPoint Health Networks Inc. prior to its merger with Anthem.John H....
...And so maybe H&M can get back on track in the months to come....
...Malls in wealthy areas will continue to prosper, as will so-called fast fashion outlets such as Forever 21 and H&M that sell low-cost, on-trend clothes to younger customers....
..., German economic figures and pressure at clothes retailer H&M over its low-price strategy....
...Meanwhile, overseas groups are also thriving in Britain, including Sweden’s H&M and Zara, part of Spain’s Inditex that also owns Massimo Dutti and Bershka....
...Primark is leasing space from Sears, the struggling department store chain, in retail malls....
...Fickle teen shoppers appear to be turning away from its products, opting instead for athletic leisurewear brands, or fast fashion companies like H&M or Forever 21....
...JC Penney, Sears, and RadioShack are all retailers that failed to grapple quickly enough with how far their markets had moved....
...In the US, discounting is widespread – Sears and JC Penney are among those cutting prices. While in France, Galeries Lafayette has extended its offers. This is not how it is meant to be....
...But major US retailers including Wal-Mart, Sears, and JC Penney have so far demured, while Gap said it wouldn’t sign the agreement in its current form....
...The disastrous turnround efforts at Sears/Kmart prove that cost control is not nearly enough. But cuts can keep a company alive long enough to find a merchandise formula that works....
...Back in the 1920s and 1930s, H Street – from 3rd to 15th Streets – was a thriving commercial and cultural corridor, home to Washington’s first Sears Roebuck store and the gleaming Art Moderne-styled Atlas...
...In a bleaker position is Sears, a rival, which reported a 4.1 per cent fall in like-for-like sales for the quarter and a group net loss of $2.4bn....
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