It has been 62 years since Appleseed’s was founded in Beverly, and about 12 years since the women’s clothing retailer closed 17 retail stores – including a successful one in Cohasset – and became ...

Shakespeare’s Juliet isn’t the only one to ask what’s in a name. Apparel and home goods cataloger Lands’ End is pondering the same question. Earlier this year the Dodgeville, WI-based mailer changed ...

STOCKHOLM – Ikea is being criticized for deleting images of women from the Saudi version of its furniture catalog, a move the company says it regrets. Comparing the Swedish and Saudi versions of the ...

(CBS News) Ikea apologized Monday. The company sells furniture that requires assembly, but it left an important component out of its catalog distributed in Saudi Arabia: Women. Images of women were ...

In the 1880s, it was bustles and corsets. In the 1950s, it was girdles and cone-shaped brassieres. These days, it’s Spanx and liposuction. The White River Valley Museum’s “Suffer for Beauty” ...

NEW YORK, June 18 (Reuters) - Private equity firm Patriarch Partners LLC said on Thursday it is buying Spiegel Brands Inc, a well-known mail order women's apparel catalog and website, and will use the ...

A selection of photos show how the Ikea catalog is heavily Photoshopped according to which country it is being distributed in. The Ikea catalog is one of the world’s most widely distributed books ...