Department Stores

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    Primark expands US footprint

    The global fashion retailer is celebrating 10 years in the country by taking on new leases and launching in Minnesota. 

    By • Sept. 15, 2025
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    How J.C. Penney is preparing for the holidays with laugh-out-loud deals

    Marketing chief Marisa Thalberg discusses how marketers can engage holiday shoppers amid economic uncertainty.

    By Chris Kelly • Sept. 15, 2025
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    Trendline

    Top 5 stories from Retail Dive

    From tariff challenges to DEI pressure, the industry is navigating a number of headwinds in 2025.

    By Retail Dive staff
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    Macy’s Inc. in search of a new Bluemercury CEO

    Maly Bernstein, who has led the beauty business for four years, decided to step down and will leave the company at the end of September.

    By • Sept. 10, 2025
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    Macy’s posts first sales growth in years, but tariffs cast a shadow

    More staff and better visual merchandising in stores drove the namesake banner’s improvements, CEO Tony Spring said Wednesday.

    By • Sept. 3, 2025
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    Can Dillard’s save the mall?

    The Southern department store’s investment in a Texas shopping center is a savvy business move that could spur the evolution of an aging retail model.

    By • Sept. 2, 2025
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    Kohl’s pins recovery hopes on private label

    Despite top- and bottom-line declines, the department store beat its own expectations in Q2 and said various initiatives are bearing fruit.

    By • Aug. 27, 2025
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    Dillard’s buys a shopping mall

    The department store teamed up with mixed-use developer Trademark Property Co. to acquire the 646,000-square-foot Longview Mall in Texas.

    By • Aug. 25, 2025
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    J.C. Penney debuts Aeropostale, Hurley in fall assortment

    The department store will also carry exclusive designs from JS Jessica Simpson as it pushes forward a style and value brand position.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Aug. 18, 2025
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    Dillard’s notches surprise Q2 sales gain, profits dip

    Revenue rose just 1%, but that surpassed analyst expectations. Is that good news for other department stores?

    By • Aug. 15, 2025
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    Indochino deepens partnership with Nordstrom

    With five additional shop-in-shops slated to open in the department store’s locations, the concept will now be in 38 of Nordstrom’s stores.

    By Howard Ruben • Aug. 12, 2025
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    Nordstrom brings on Nike for latest pop-up

    The in-store effort at The Corner in the company's New York flagship will feature apparel geared toward runners.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Aug. 11, 2025
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    Vendors say Saks Global not following through on overdue payments

    CEO Marc Metrick in February acknowledged a backlog and promised outstanding invoices would be addressed beginning in July.

    By • Aug. 8, 2025
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    A Macy’s private label gets a ‘Palm Royale’ collab

    On 34th, the first brand developed for the department store by Target veterans, released a collection from the show’s costume designer, Alix Friedberg.

    By • Aug. 4, 2025
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    Nearly 120 J.C. Penney stores sold to private equity for under $950M

    Executives for a trust that has worked for four years to sell the property defended the price and said a January deadline was looming.

    By • July 30, 2025
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    Abercrombie Kids turns to Macy’s for back-to-school sales

    The department store is set to benefit from the brand’s strengths in localized merchandising, while the specialty retailer reaches new markets.

    By • July 28, 2025
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    Macy’s brings back ‘Black Friday in July’ sale

    In addition to deals on clothing, accessories and beauty products, the department store is also dropping a curated selection of holiday items.

    By Howard Ruben • July 25, 2025
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    J.C. Penney builds on promising brand push with ‘Back-to-It’ campaign

    The retailer widens the lens on back-to-school marketing by iterating on a “Yes, J.C. Penney” positioning that has boosted visits.

    By Chris Kelly • July 22, 2025
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    Apparel, department stores struggling the most under US trade policy, analysis shows

    A pause in some tariffs lessens the profitability hit, but costs are higher and “the consumer environment remains difficult,” Moody’s Ratings said.

    By • July 21, 2025
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    Saks Global struggles continue as Q1 sales, profit decline

    The company beat its own expectations and says it’s making progress, though analysts warn it’s losing customers to Bloomingdale’s and Nordstrom.

    By • July 18, 2025
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    Nordstrom names Dollar General exec Kelly Dilts CFO

    The appointment comes shortly after the department store went private through a deal with the Nordstrom family and El Puerto de Liverpool.

    By Alexei Alexis • July 18, 2025
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    Saks Global taps Neiman Marcus vet as CFO

    Brandy Richardson was most recently at Tailored Brands and joins the luxury retailer at a financially tricky time.

    By • July 17, 2025
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    Hackers claim responsibility for Belk data breach

    The North Carolina-based retailer is the latest victim in a spree of attacks in the U.K. and U.S.

    By David Jones • July 16, 2025
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    The Weekly Closeout: Big 5 Sporting Goods sold, NRF goes up against New York

    The retailer was acquired by Worldwide Golf and Capitol Hill Group. Meanwhile, the National Retail Federation took aim at New York's new law requiring algorithmic pricing disclosures.

    By Retail Dive Staff • July 11, 2025
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    Another Saks Global stores exec is out

    John Antonini leaves after more than 25 years at Saks Fifth Avenue and just a few months into a newly created position centered on store growth.

    By • July 9, 2025
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    S&P Global Ratings downgrades Saks, warns latest financing deal is ‘tantamount to a default’

    Saks Global emphasized that there’s no default related to its new agreement with bondholders, calling the rating updates “common and expected with transactions like these.”

    By • July 9, 2025