By Don Browne The City of Milwaukee now has a $100,000 fund to provide grants and forgivable loans to retailers and property owners for stores that open on Wisconsin Avenue in the heart of the downtown district. Thanks to a plan approved by the Common Council late last spring, the program is funded with $75,000 [...]
OFFPRICE was pleased to draw 2 winning stores for our TASTE-NY Hotel Giveaway – Spry Girls of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, and Indian Summer Boutique of New Buffalo, Michigan. In our Buyer Spotlight, the Spry Girls – cousins Lisa and Nancee, and Elise Mauro of Indian Summer share their experiences from their New York trip last [...]
Sy Syms, founder and chairman of the apparel chain SYMS Corp., died on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 in New York City, from heart failure. Mr. Syms founded his business in New York’s financial district in 1959, and was the first retailer to sell off-price men’s clothing. He created the well-known slogan, “An educated consumer is [...]
January 13, 2010 | Posted in
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How did you get into the business? “We started in the 70s in swap meets in the California flea markets. Back then, drive-in movie theaters were swap meets during the day. We were selling all kinds of clothing. We found that we could only sell 2 days a week at the swap meet and at [...]
January 13, 2010 | Posted in
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New Buyer Stephanie Jensen of Painted Zebra wins big at the August 09 Show! Winner of the Dash for Cash Giveaway also scores great deals at show and share colorful insights about her new store in Oregon
November 30, 2009 | Posted in
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Marshall Kline has been in the apparel trade for more than 40 years. During the last 23 years, he has been a dependable resource to retailers and jobbers alike through his Marshall Kline Buying Service located in Los Angeles. He serves a global clientele with keen market knowledge, a second-to-none roster of vendors, and the [...]
The Story of an affordable Unique Boutique Euphoria – A Chic boutique, is a casual contemporary boutique concept with stores in Brookfield and Cedarburg – two Milwaukee suburbs. They specialize in fashion accessories, gifts and baby. Owner Sherri Zweifel describes her concept as “Fun, funky things that you can’t find anywhere else.” She buys items [...]
September 21, 2009 | Posted in
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