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christmas shopping
Sarah Shapiro December 5, 2025
According to early indicators, spending and foot traffic are both up in the post-Thanksgiving holiday crush—but that can mean different things to different retailers.
Elizabeth Segerstrom Sandy Segerstrom
Sarah Shapiro December 2, 2025
Amid roiling uncertainty in retail, SoCal’s South Coast Plaza has maintained a surprisingly resilient relevance with retailers and shoppers. It generates about $2.6 billion a year, too.
Le Bon Marche department store paris
Sarah Shapiro November 28, 2025
A highly selective, incredibly discerning tip sheet for holiday shoppers suffering from indecision amid the ever-proliferating crush of post-Thanksgiving gift guides.
Nour Hammour Erin Webb
Sarah Shapiro November 25, 2025
The Nour Hammour co-founder and Déhanche principal has found success by choosing one category and sticking to it. It’s a risky strategy, but when it works, it works.


Liana Satanstein Vogue 2010s Editor Sale
Sarah Shapiro November 21, 2025
From Jenna Lyons to Emily Weiss, parasocial pop-ups are giving secondhand shoppers what online resale can’t, and inspiring new retail strategies, too.
Jamie Haller
Sarah Shapiro November 18, 2025
Jamie Haller is testing whether the self-funded, Brentwood-to-Bergdorf brand that she launched with shoes before expanding into women’s ready-to-wear can scale up without selling out or accidentally pricing itself into The Row territory.
Rati Sahi Levesque
Sarah Shapiro November 14, 2025
Shoppers continue to pillage influencers’ closets, while The RealReal proves that scaling “unique” is a great way to grow everything except actual profit.
elle fanning coach bag
Sarah Shapiro November 11, 2025
Coach is back. Revenue is way up and the Brooklyn and Tabby bags seem to be everywhere. Is it a passing viral episode or something to build on?


gwyneth paltrow Goop Marin country mart
Sarah Shapiro November 7, 2025
In many ways, Paltrow’s appearance at her Marin Country Mart trunk show fulfilled the ideal of what Goop has always promised: the experience of shopping Paltrow’s own home. But the brand has fallen a long way from the days when it dominated the cultural conversation.
Olivier Bron
With Saks preoccupied with post-merger integration and financial restructuring, Nordstrom and Bloomingdale’s are battling it out to scoop up as much of its market share as possible. That means retail talent is up for grabs, brands are being wooed, and the fight for number two is heating up.
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