Retail Detail. Dangerous Game: Has Saks Ruined Luxury Retail?

Has Saks ruined the luxury market, forever? Saks Fifth Avenue slashed prices by up 70% on designer clothes last November before the holiday season even began…and all fashionista hell broke lose? Manolo Blahnik shoes going for $160? It started a stampede. According to an in-depth article in yesterday's Wall Street Journal, Saks's deep, mid-November markdowns …

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An Interview with "The Queen of Glow" Terry de Gunzburg.

I recently had the opportunity (truly the honor) to meet Terry De Gunzburg the creator of the ulta-luxe By Terry Cosmetics line. Terry was at Barneys New York on Oak Street making her first public appearance in Chicago. I approached the sea of black-clad cosmeticians to try to find Terry, and she was the first …

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