#Crocs to buy footwear brand Heydude for B

#Crocs to buy footwear brand Heydude for $5B

“#Crocs to buy footwear brand Heydude for $5B” Crocs said on Thursday it would buy privately owned footwear label Heydude for $2.5 billion, as the rubber clogs maker looks to cash in on the pandemic-led surge in demand for casual shoes. Consumers stuck at home during the lockdowns last year ditched dress shoes for more comfortable…

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#Neiman Marcus mulls splitting into 3 separate businesses

#Neiman Marcus mulls splitting into 3 separate businesses

“#Neiman Marcus mulls splitting into 3 separate businesses” Neiman Marcus is exploring a possible corporate rejiggering that would split the luxury chain into three different businesses, separating its website from its stores and spinning off Bergdorf Goodman, The Post has learned. Neiman’s plans — which appear to mimic a closely watched strategy disclosed this spring…

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#Boring midtown Manhattan gets a cool indie makeover

#Boring midtown Manhattan gets a cool indie makeover

“#Boring midtown Manhattan gets a cool indie makeover” If you’re dreading the holiday trudge through touristy midtown this season, you’re in for a surprise: Rockefeller Center is rockin’! Tucked behind the Art Deco façade of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, in a space stuffed with some 10,000 vinyl records, there now lives a rock lover’s paradise. Rough…

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#62.8M shoppers expected on Cyber Monday to cap holiday weekend

#62.8M shoppers expected on Cyber Monday to cap holiday weekend

“#62.8M shoppers expected on Cyber Monday to cap holiday weekend” Some 62.8 million shoppers are expected to take advantage of deals on Cyber Monday to cap off a holiday weekend that failed to see brick-and-mortar traffic reach pre-pandemic levels, according to projections. The National Retail Federation expected a total of 158.3 million people to hit…

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#Major retailers slammed by increasingly violent shoplifters

#Major retailers slammed by increasingly violent shoplifters

“#Major retailers slammed by increasingly violent shoplifters” Shoplifters are dogging a slew of major retailers this holiday season — and they’re becoming increasingly organized and violent. As big chains including Best Buy, Nordstrom and Kroger grapple with bare shelves, staffing shortages and inflation, they say rampant theft has become a major problem that is not…

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