Lionsgate will launch the reality series “Her Universe Fashion Show” as the first original content on its Comic-Con International subscription streaming service next year. The show will follow contestants as they design outfits and plan to model them at Comic-Con next year…
Retailers
London Calling
July 20, 2015
British luxury retailer Liberty London is popping in for a visit at Nordstrom. The U.K. retailer’s Flowers of Liberty line of home décor, accessories and gifts is available stateside for the first time through a “Pop-In Shop” at select Nordstrom stores and online…
Retail Sales
Mixed Bag for Retail
July 20, 2015
Retail sales in June were down 0.2% month-to-month but up a robust 3.1% year-over-year…
Retail
Walmart Slaps Suppliers with New Fees
July 6, 2015
If you supply goods, licensed or otherwise, to Walmart, you may have to start shelling out fees to the company for stocking your items in its new stores and/or holding your goods as inventory in its warehouses…
Fashion
Branding, Island Style
June 15, 2015
Two brands that embrace a beach lifestyle, Tommy Bahama and Maui Jim, are summering together. Maui Jim polarized sunglasses will be sold at all Tommy Bahama stores and online, marking the first time that Tommy Bahama will sell a branded product other than its own…
Retail
Sears’ Plans Not Friendly to Licensing
May 18, 2015
Sears/Kmart plans to use funds from real estate sales to transform the company from “outdated traditional store” to one that uses digital technology and personal data to engage customers and find out what they want to buy. While it doesn’t eliminate brick-and-mortar, the plan presages store closings, smaller inventories, and less shelf space for licensed apparel, toys, and other goods…
Restaurants
Margaritaville Coming to HSN
May 18, 2015
HSN is teaming with Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville Enterprises to bring a line of new Margaritaville-inspired cooking, home, electronics, beauty and apparel products to HSN and HSN Inc. Cornerstone division brands, Frontgate and Travelsmith…
Entertainment/Character
Avengers Dress Up Hot Topic
May 4, 2015
Mall retailer Hot Topic is going all out Avengers as the exclusive merchant for a new fashion line tied to Disney/Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron…
Retail
Target’s Pulitzer Problem
May 3, 2015
It seemed a major coup for mass merchant Target to have signed high- end designer Lilly Pulitzer for an exclusive fashion and home line. But it wasn’t all triumph for “Tar-jay” when the 250-piece Lilly Pulitzer collection launched April 19. Within hours (and in some stores, minutes), crazed customers had plucked the shelves clean. Online traffic was so great that…
Retail
Retail Notes
April 20, 2015
Retail news from Books-A-Million, Target Canda, and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics…