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 ...

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 ...

The men’s fashion category has boasted the strongest growth rate within the apparel industry in recent years, prompting a robust wave of new entrants into this increasingly lucrative space. However, ...

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” ...