Brands & Marketing
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Target sets new "Threshold" for home with new private label program
HTT Staff, May 16, 2012Minneapolis - As an improving economic climate encourages Target shoppers to shop discretionary categories, the discount chain is giving a facelift to its private "Target Home" brand with a name change and a revamping of merchandise. -
Did JCP's everyday pricing message resonate a little too well?
HTT Staff, May 16, 2012New York - After a multi-media campaign touting its new streamlined pricing strategy resulted in a 20% decline in first quarter sales, JCPenney is shifting its marketing to emphasize month-long specials and "best price" clearance items. -
Feizy Import & Export Co. launches design contest
HTT Staff, May 16, 2012Dallas - With social media sites Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest as its venues, Feizy Rugs has created its first annual design contest and is inviting consumers nationwide to enter. -
JCPenney unveils new home brands
HTT Staff, May 15, 2012New York - JCPenney at its meeting with analysts here Tuesday evening unveiled a host of new brands for the home department, which will be revamped as of March 1, 2013 with a Martha Stewart shop as its anchor. -
Target tops for value in Harris poll
HTT Staff, May 15, 2012New York - For the second year in a row, consumers named Target the Value Retail Brand of the Year, according to the 2012 Harris Poll EquiTrend (EQ) study. Kohl's was top-ranked among department stores, and Nordstrom scored the highest among luxury department stores. -
Soft-Tex signs licensing deal with Vicki Payne
HTT Staff, May 15, 2012Waterford, N.Y. - Specialty sleep product manufacturer Soft-Tex has signed an agreement to manufacture basic bedding for designer and TV personality Vicki Payne, host of the nationally syndicated television program "For Your Home." -
Craft Crafts inks deal with Carter's
HTT Staff, May 15, 2012Los Angeles - Crown Crafts Infant Products, a subsidiary of Crown Crafts Inc., has entered a licensing agreement with Carter's, producer of baby and toddler apparel under the Carter's and OshKosh B'gosh brands. -
Target announces next set of collaborators for The Shops at Target
HTT Staff, May 14, 2012Minneapolis - The first group of short-run shop concept shops in Target stores is barely a week old, but the retailer has Tweeted the identities of the next group of brands its will carry beginning Sept. 9. -
Ikea building its largest North American store in Montreal
Michael J. Knell, May 14, 2012Montreal - Ikea Canada has begun the expansion of one of its two stores here in North America's largest French-speaking city, which when completed in summer 2013 will be the company's largest outlet in North America with 469,694 square feet of retail space. -
Kmart expanding Sofia Vergara into home
HTT Staff, May 8, 2012Hoffman Estates, Ill. - Kmart will launch a home collection by "Modern Family" actress Sofia Vergara, whose exclusive apparel line debuted at Kmart last fall.