Alex Geana: Spring Fashion Week Starts -- Glitz & Glamour to Divert your Attention
As Mercedes-Benz Spring Fashion week approaches, I'm expecting glitz and glamour -- the industry's almost fevered attempt to divert our attention from the reality of living in this retracted economy. Denim is going to be strung, twisted and reinvented.
Crime surprises: backyard robberies and murder acquittal
You knew when you first heard about it that those two armed robberies -- of folks enjoying the summer night in their own backyards -- was going to set off a special wave of reaction. Now though, according to a story by Vince Tuss in the Strib, cops are
Lululemon looks to grab slice of tween market
Lululemon Athletica Inc. is testing a new store concept targeting the most fickle consumers out there -- the Jonas Brothers-listening, Miley Cyrus-loving tween set.
The Vancouver-based purveyor of yoga-inspired athletic apparel announced Tuesday that
Job Security in the Midst of Unemployment
While the latest unemployment figures indicate a jobless rate of 9.7 percent nationwide, there's one area of the economy where job security has never been better, and pay is on the rise. While the rest of workers suffer through pay and benefit cuts or
Abercrombie & Fitch fined in MOA discrimination case
Four years after Abercrombie & Fitch refused to let a teenager help her autistic sister try on clothes at its Mall of America store, state officials fined the company $115,264 for discriminating against a disabled person.
The hefty penalty from the
Judge: MOA Store Discriminated Against Teen with Autism
A judge found that the Abercrombie & Fitch store at Mall of America discriminated against a 14-year-old customer who has autism.
The Minnesota Department of Human Rights sued the retailer over a August 2005 incident involving a teenager from Apple
