Mango

The idea of the in-store shop has evolved from getting space on the department store's floor and sharing marketing costs to a more formal relationship where brands lease floor space and create a shopping experience of their own. It can be a retailing win-win.

Your local mall may look less like a ghost town this time next year. Expect to see more stores opening in 2010 to replace those lost during the recession. And some of the shopping centers will take on an increasingly international flavor, as a variety of European chains are expanding rapidly into...

There's not often truly new developments in the world of fast, cheap fashion -- a new cutting-edge chain here, another celebrity collaboration there. But today, there is real news: a just-inked retail deal that will expand the clothing brand Mango nationwide -- via JC Penney stores. Mango, the...

You know an actress has a killer brand when clothing and spirits and athletic retailers alike can visualize her lighting up their next ad campaign. Such is the image Scarlett Johansson has carved out for herself. She's managed, somehow, to become one of the world's biggest bombshells without...