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Uniqlo’s US expansion: Has the parent learned its lessons?

Inside Retail

That is a significant and rapid expansion and one that would draw investor scrutiny. Bloodied, but not bowed, Uniqlo corrected its initial mistake by opening a SoHo, New York street flagship in November 2006. Sibling brand GU is more trendy, lower-priced and closer to a true fast fashion concept.

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Inside Spanish fashion brand Mango’s “very ambitious” US expansion plan

Inside Retail

Inside Retail spoke to Shane Stephen Grenley, Mango’s international retail director for North America, to get an update on the brand’s US expansion efforts and upcoming retail initiatives. Stephen Grenley: Mango has been present in the United States since 2006. There are numerous expansion opportunities around the country.

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From Cobblestones to Cyberspace: VMSD Celebrates Its 125th Year of Service to the Retail Industry

VMS

New York quickly became the epicenter of burgeoning new retail concepts. Display World was a concept familiar only to those who created those magical windows and in-store merchandising presentations and holiday extravaganzas with their new tools of props and mannequins.”. Economic expansion was fueled by a new affluence.