Hazelton Lanes Revamp Coming Soon? Big Lux Names Moving In?

This is apparently the case, according to posts on Retail Insider and Style Democracy, and according to them, big names, including Ferragamo (set to open its first Toronto store at Yorkdale Shopping Centre very soon) may be on their way in.  But big names “right” for Hazelton Lanes?  Don’t they want a street front presence? […]

Nordstrom Heading to Yorkdale in (Another) Expansion

Can I say how excited I am for this?  Yorkdale’s next expansion (will have nearly 300,000 square feet of shopping space) is  slated to be completed in 2016 will include Nordstrom, according to a post on the mall’s blog.  The store will be “full service,” meaning that it will likely have a bridal salon (question: […]

Real Lux Enters the Gap: Company Purchasing Intermix

This has been buzzing for weeks, but according to a NASDAQ.com article released yesterday, Gap has purchased Intermix for $130 million US.  Intermix, which has one location in Canada (Toronto’s Bloor Street, just east of Avenue Road), sells higher end clothing by brands such as Herve Leger, Joie, Mulberry and Diane von Furstenberg.  Different Intermix […]

Holt Renfrew Doorman Let Go!

I was shocked to learn from the Toronto Star that Tom Hargitai, the friendly scruffy-ish-looking doorman at the Holt Renfrew store on Bloor has been let go.  People in this city familiar with him either love him or they don’t.  Some like the fact that he is very friendly and welcoming – a brand ambassador so […]