Jill Manoff

Launched last week, with three clutch handbag styles priced $5,800-$7,800, Eittem was intentionally designed to straddle the line between fashion and art. Its pieces can just as easily be worn about town or placed on a coffee table as decorative objects. “They’re functional sculptures,” said Erin Saluti, the brand’s founder and creative director.

As the largest retail and entertainment complex in the U.S., Minnesota-based Mall of America is currently experiencing its annual Super Bowl. Depending on who you ask, the holiday shopping season is already on — and, according to Jill Renslew, the center’s chief business and marketing officer, Mall of America is embracing every related opportunity. As in years past, its strategy for the season includes hosting dedicated events, charity initiatives and Black Friday festivities, all of which have contributed to making a holiday shopping trip to Mall of America a tradition for oodles of consumers.

With Delphine, the dress-focused brand she launched on Wednesday, Tanya Taylor is indulging a fantasy — that is, in a period when the time is ripe, according to her own customers’ behavior.

David’s Bridal is getting into the wedding-planning business, led by new chief business officer Elina Vilk.

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After transformative runs at Coach and Tiffany & Co. — where he greatly expanded the category mix and introduced a less stuffy side, respectively — Reed Krakoff is breathing new life into 50-year-old fine John Hardy, the fine jewelry brand majority-owned by L Catterton since 2014. Five of Krakoff’s first John Hardy collections have already become the brand’s best-ever sellers, winning over existing and new customers alike. And the semi-disruptive zhoosh he’s given the brand’s marketing and retail presence has opened the door to new possibilities. “Casual,” “sexy,” “cool” and “confident” are words he’s using to describe John Hardy’s new direction.

Despite retail innovations galore, top-selling, style-befitting fashions are not exactly at one’s fingertips. Those who built careers and businesses off of this industry shortcoming are now looking to further solve it.

Fashion and luxury hotel collaborations are ramping up just in time for holiday gifting.

CEO and designer Stephanie Gottlieb discusses which marketing strategies are proving effective for her fine jewelry brand, how the company is navigating the rise of lab-grown diamonds and how it has been accelerating its growth over the past two years.

In mid-October, Value Retail kicked off the rolling opening of its first stateside experiential retail destination, Belmont Park Village, on Long Island. The Village houses the first U.S. off-price boutiques of luxury brands including Thom Browne, Vivienne Westwood, Aquazzura and Missoni. In July, L Catterton, the private equity firm backed by LVMH, acquired a 42% stake in Value Retail for $1.94 billion.