Sentences with phrase «on apparel chains»

Many major shopping center owners are now proactively repurposing their spaces and shifting their tenant base to rely less on apparel chains, Mercer says.

Not exact matches

This photo illustration shows a man browsing the website of US clothing chain American Apparel on May 15, 2013 in Stockholm.

With Target gone, Sears Canada struggling, and a mid-market apparel chain going belly up every week, Walmart's expansion plans virtually assure that Canada's desolate retail landscape will soon be dominated by blue - vested Walmart greeters proffering smiles and deals on toilet paper.

As the «pay for work» practice is especially prevalent at the commodity - sourcing level of the food supply chain, the «No Fees» initiative initially focused on promoting ethical recruitment in palm oil and seafood sourcing, and has now scaled up to include companies in the electronics, apparel, and extractives sectors.

Chico's FAS Inc. shares rose the most in more than two years on renewed speculation that the women's apparel chain is a buyout target.

With big chain stores like Target and Kohls increasing their athletic apparel sections, and sleek fitness clothing boutiques popping up everywhere, it is almost impossible to not purchase new workout clothes on a regular basis.

the first week after Martha Stewart appeared on her television show wearing this poncho, consumers went wild and demand soared, but neither the apparel companies nor their supply chains were ready, he said.

«The obvious first step in the apparel industry is designing and development tools, and we are working with a lot of brands and a lot of supply chain companies behind the scene on this,» said Ari Bloom, CEO of Avametric, a San Francisco - based startup working in VR / AR.

Worse yet, no apparel companies are on the CDP's Supplier Engagement Rating List, which tracks greenhouse gas emissions from supply chains.

For example, Portfolio has a story on Dov Charney, the Canadian who moved to the U.S. and started the American Apparel chain.

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(Bloomberg)-- Shares of Urban Outfitters Inc. and Express Inc. fell on Wednesday after the apparel chains gave a dour outlook for the industry, renewing concerns about America's overabundance of retail stores...

Apparel and accessories chains including J. Crew Group Inc., Claire's Stores Inc., Nine West Holdings Inc. are already on creditors» radar because, like the toy retailer, they have large debt loads, looming maturities, and weakening results that could force a restructuring at some point.

Among individual retailers whose store opening plans are making a significant impact on retail REIT's property portfolios are fast fashion apparel seller Zara, beauty supplies chain Ulta and women's clothing store Charming Charlie, along with Bed Bath & Beyond, Trader Joe's, Nordstrom Rack, Joe's Jeans, Shopko, Buy Buy Baby and The Container Store.

Some of the company's fans would like to blame its lackluster performance on the tight financial controls exercised by American Apparel's private equity stakeholder Lion Capital, which is reportedly preventing the chain from investing in new technology and equipment.