Ajaline.com With the dawn of 2011 on the horizon, we're finally starting to see the fine jewelry market jump on the e-commerce bandwagon. One of the pioneers of this movement is sure to be Ajaline.com, a fine jewelry flash-sale Web site set to launch early next year. Co-founder of Ajaline.com, Meeling Wong, plans to model …
Some Chicagoans are calling for a boycott of Jake Less than two months after The New York Times exposed the owners of Chicago retailer Jake of taking deliveries from various designers without payment, the designers affected have now decided they are fed up. 28 designers have banded together—hailing from New York, Los Angeles, Paris, …
The bidding battle that has ensued over gaining ownership of bankrupt chain Filene's Basement, is sure to go down in retail history. After weeks of settling agreements and attempting to outbid each other, all three prospective owners—Men's Wearhouse, Crown Acquisitions, and a team of retail giant Syms and Vornado Realty Trust—were beaten down, battered, and …
Maybe we are a day late and a dollar short, but the North Shore's Nicchia has gone to that boutique heaven in the sky. The Glencoe store and it's website are no longer. Now over the years we heard while their selection was good, their behavior (especially to designers and vendors) was not. So this …
President Barack Obama may heart Hartmarx, but it still hasn't saved the company from falling victim to the bad economy. We know we rarely report on men's fashion…but we are talking the President and a Chicago firm here. According to WWD, late last Friday, the President’s favorite Chicago tailor, and one of the oldest and …
