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Retail rewind
Elise Diamantini: A few factors are driving the high single-digit increases that contemporary merchants have achieved year to date: 1) a surge in non-denim bottoms; 2) more affordable pricepoints; 3) slimmer styling; and 4) a new focus on shorts and swimwear.
Read MorePutting denim in Context
Since opening Madison, Wisconsin’s Context Clothing, Ryan Huber, Sam Parker and Ben Parker have adopted more of a lifestyle approach to buying and merchandising.
Read MoreIn the market: spring ’12 checklist
Elise Diamantini: Although at MR we’re anxiously awaiting fall ’12, we just can’t help but get that last look at spring before hibernating for the winter.
Read MoreNorthern Grade, a Minneapolis menswear event
Northern Grade, a menswear pop-up market in Minneapolis, had a successful second annual event in September. Harry Sheff spoke to Katherine McMillan of the neckwear brand Pierrepont Hicks about how she and another Minnesota brand, J.W. Hulme Co., organized it.
Read MoreHow to get customers excited about fall product
Steve Pruitt takes a question from a retailer who asks, “What can I do to get customers excited about my fall product?”
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