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Bluestar Revives Justice as Online-Only Retailer, Plans to Expand Tween Brand into Tech, Home

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The tween retailer shuttered its remaining brick-and-mortar locations in late 2020 — which had numbered 2,800 at the brand’s peak — following the bankruptcy of parent company Ascena Retail Group.

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Authentic Brands, Owner of Forever 21 and JCPenney, Files for IPO

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Authentic Brands Group (ABG) — which has made a name for itself by scooping up bankrupt retail brands such as Forever 21 , JCPenney , Aéropostale and Brooks Brothers and bringing them back to life through licensing — is planning to go public. In June 2020, ABG also bought fellow brand management company PVH Corp. ’s

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Bluestar Alliance Buys Scotch & Soda’s U.S. Business

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An affiliate of brand management company Bluestar Alliance has purchased the U.S.-based based wholesale and retail business assets of the Scotch & Soda brand, which will allow its products to be sold in retail stores across the country. The Bluestar portfolio includes brands such as Brookstone, Bebe, Limited Too and Hurley.

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Inside Incu’s digital relaunch plans for A.P.C. and Rag & Bone

Inside Retail

IR: When do you plan to launch the new websites? IR: Were those stores planned and delayed due to Covid, or has there been a recent increase in demand? We’re also expanding our [Incu] men’s store in The Galeries, which we only just completed in November 2020. The post Inside Incu’s digital relaunch plans for A.P.C.

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Famous Footwear Parent Caleres Outlines Executive Changes

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Caleres has revealed its executive succession plan after CEO Diane Sullivan announced her retirement, effective Jan. Caleres is the parent company of footwear brands such as Famous Footwear , Blowfish Malibu , Dr. Scholl’s Shoes , Naturalizer and Sam Edelman. 15, 2023, with Jay Schmidt taking the reins as the top executive.

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Report: Tru Kids Shutters its Two Toys ‘R’ Us Stores After One Year

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and The Galleria in Houston in time for the 2019 holiday season, but plans for additional brick-and-mortar stores in 2020 were cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic. The new entity opened stores at the Garden State Plaza in Paramus, N.J.

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Express Enters ‘Mutually Transformative Partnership’ with Toys ‘R’ Us Owner WHP

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Express has entered a broad-reaching partnership with brand management firm WHP Global , owner of the Toys ‘R’ Us , Babies ‘R’ US and Anne Klein brands, among others. The deal includes plans to acquire “multiple” fashion brands as well as the expanded monetization of the Express brand through global licensing partnerships.