Chapter News




HIGH MOUNTAIN GOLF OUTING

August 12, 2009

High Mountain 2009 Golf Event.

When our chapter goes green, it must mean golf! Our annual golf outing at the High Mountain Golf Club in Franklin Lakes New Jersey was so successful that even the rain stayed in Pennsylvania while everyone enjoyed a full day in the sun. Special thanks goes to our

DALYAH DIAMOND JEWELRY ON MADISON AVE

May 26, 2009

Dalyah diamond jewelry store opens on Madison Avenue, NYC

For her flagship namesake store on New York's famed Madison Avenue, Dalyah Duek-Flaks, the hottest jewelry designer in South Africa, retained TPG Architecture for full design concept and architectural services, according to TPG Managing Di

PINK SLIP AT GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL

May 26, 2009

TPG Architecture completes new store concept for Pink Slip at Grand Central Terminal, New York

TPG Architecture's Retail Studio recently celebrated the opening of Pink Slip, a new 750 square foot lingerie retail concept at Grand Central Terminal, according to TPG Managing Directors Alec Zaballero

7 FOR ALL MANKIND

April 28, 2009

7 For All Mankind Opening on Fifth Avenue NYC

7 For All Mankind's newest store is taking root in New York City's Flatiron District.

7FAM has once again turned to InSite Development Inc.; and its design arm: 212 Design, Inc, an international design and project management firm to pull the store

ETIQUETA NEGRA

April 22, 2009

Etiqueta Negra: 273 Lafayette Street, NY NY 10012 P. 212-219-4015

New in town is Etiqueta Negra, which means "Black Tie" to Spanish speaking Argentinians. This is the first entry for this brand in NY. Unlike the store's home in Argentina, the owner has decided to present the casual side of f

INVENTORY

April 16, 2009

Inventory: 237 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10012 (P) 212-226-5292

Inventory is a new store for women's and men's fashion. It opened on March 17, 2009. The shop has some very important lessons to learn in Recession Retailing: four of them, to be exact.

The cost of doing business in NY is

BLACK FLEECE

February 18, 2009

Black Fleece
The newest retailer on the Bleecker Street Gold Coast (between 10th and 11th Streets) is Black Fleece, a division of Brooks Brothers, which opened on January 31, 2009. This small store is the quintessential boutique for product style, quality and store design. You need all three to be

URBAN OUTFITTERS LAUNCHES WE THE FREE

February 12, 2009

See the article in the February digital edition of DDI Magazine.

FRED PERRY

February 12, 2009

Fred Perry
With twenty two stores in Europe, Fred Perry opened its first U.S. store in NYC's SOHO three weeks ago at 133 Wooster Street. This British owned store chain sells well made moderately priced casual sport clothing for men and women. Wool sweaters, for example, sell from $95.00 to $145.0

THE NEW RETAIL

February 5, 2009

The New Retail
By
Steve Kitezh
VP Retail Design Institute

With all the doom and gloom being reported today, reading Professor Eric Feigenbaum's (of the Laboratory of Merchandising) review on the current state of Retail Business is refreshing. Everyone who wants perspective should look up his
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