Merchandising
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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. -
ShopNBC to expand home, narrows 1Q loss
HTT Staff, May 16, 2012Minneapolis - Putting more emphasis on other departments as it makes consumer electronics a less critical category, Shop NBC will invest in people and inventory as it moves toward its goal of having home account for 45% to 50% of sales. -
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. -
TJX: HomeGoods brand ‘more and more powerful'
HTT Staff, May 15, 2012Framingham, Mass. - Reflecting on the strong first quarter, TJX ceo talked up the HomeGoods division during the company's quarterly conference call this morning. -
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. -
Initial impact of JCPenney pricing shift to be discovered tomorrow
HTT Staff, May 14, 2012Plano, Texas - Late tomorrow afternoon, JCPenney's ceo will face analysts for the first time since he unveiled the company's ambitious makeover plan in February. -
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. -
Ecommerce sales rose 17% in first quarter
HTT Staff, May 10, 2012Reston, Va. - Retail ecommerce sales posted their 10th consecutive quarter of positive year-over-year growth during the first quarter, up 17% to $44.3 billion, according to digital analytics firm comScore Inc. -
Macy's coy on Martha in reporting strong Q1 sales
HTT Staff, May 9, 2012Cincinnati - Home was among the strongest performers at Macy's Inc. during a quarter that beat Wall Street expectations, with the Macy's stores' Hotel and Charter Club brands singled out as the strongest private labels in the department.