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...One example is the LA Jewelry mart, a large brick-façade building on Olive Street, which has been redeveloped as office space with retail stores on the ground level....
...Others have included Payless shoes, Claire’s accessories and Toys R Us toy store...
...Shares in JC Penney shot higher in pre-market trading on Thursday after the struggling department store operator issued an upbeat trading update for the key holiday shopping season....
...These include continued improvement in our digital platforms, the rollout of our new approach to fine jewelry and women’s shoes, an increase in exclusive merchandise and the refinement of our clearance and...
...Other bright spots for JC Penney in the past quarter were weather-proof fine jewelry and beauty departments, the company said, and even its salon division....
...Luxury jewelry chain Tiffany, whose New York stores are also highly dependent on tourist spending, fell 0.4 per cent, extending its 3.6 per cent decline from Tuesday....
...But at the same time, there is room for them to be disruptively low from the perspective of the traditional watch and jewelry world.”...
...“I can honestly say I haven’t thought too much about it,” said Linda Fargo, the senior vice-president of fashion at luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman – aka its chief trend spotter....
...Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry, a precious metals specialist, reported that sales of gold ingots across seven of its shops are up more than 500 per cent this month, as customers rush to take advantage of the current...
...CEO Robert Duffy “hinted” to WWD that the future could hold “fine jewelry and furniture”....
...The world’s wealthy come to New York to shop – from Louis Vuitton handbags and Gucci shoes to Tiffany jewelry. And oh – let’s not forget those gleaming office towers....
...I’ll see your collection and raise you a store....
...James Lamont on an historic test match between India and Pakistan. 3) Apple Store? Yup, we can fake that too....
...Mindy Grossman is chief executive of interactive multichannel retailer HSN Inc (HSNi), which recorded this year its strongest Thanksgiving Weekend sales in the company’s history....
...Target posted a 3.1 per cent gain in same-store sales but missed the 4.5 per cent estimate, as consumers avoided pricier items such as jewelry....
...boutiques and department stores....
...He also said that Target was using its online presence to test goods that were then moved into its network of stores, and was using the platform to fuel more visits to its stores....
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