Penney Signs with the Polo Team

| Tim Parry

Polo Ralph Lauren’s global brand concepts division will launch a lifestyle brand that will be exclusive to multichannel merchant J.C. Penney Co.

Firebox.com heats up stateside

| Tim Parry

When London-based gifts, games, and gadgets merchant Firebox launched a U.S.-based e-commerce beta site in early October, it did so without a multimillion-dollar

L.L. Bean leaning toward Canada

| Tim Parry

In continuing its international expansion plans, L.L. Bean has its sights set north of the border. Zane Shatzer, general manager of international new

Adding a persona touch

| Tim Parry

Ask anyone at women’s apparel cataloger/retailer Appleseed’s to describe Kate, and they will tell you that Kate is a baby boomer, a mother maybe even

L.L. Bean Leaning Toward Canada

| Tim Parry

In continuing its international expansion plans, apparel, sporting gear, and home goods cataloger L.L. Bean has its sights set north of the border.