Kim Bhasin

Travelers move through the ticketing area of Delta Air Lines on Jan. 12, 2016, at Terminal 2 of O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. Delta has committed to double its percentage of Black officers and directors by 2025.

After decades of unmet diversity goals, some major employers turn to hard racial quotas

September 1, 2020 at 6:51 p.m.

After years of failed diversity pledges and good-faith promises to hire more minorities, some of the biggest U.S. corporations are taking a more aggressive approach and setting concrete racial quotas....

From left, models Jourdana Phillips, Megan Williams, Grace Bol, Devon Windsor, Liu Wen, and Gizele Oliveira walk the runway at the 2018 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on November 8, 2018, at Pier 94 in New York.

Victoria’s Secret added new safety measures; models say it’s not enough

February 13, 2020 at 6:18 p.m.

NEW YORK — In the spring of last year, Victoria's Secret imposed official rules to protect its lingerie models for the first time in its four-decade history. The Harvey Weinstein...

It’s the most desperate time of the year — for retailers

December 6, 2019 at 8:57 p.m.

For years, consumers have been trained to sit in the comfort of their own homes and shop online. Yet when the holidays come around, the biggest stores ask them to...

A company that makes banana costumes has sued Kmart Corp. and Sears on Wednesday, alleging copyright infringement, trade dress infringement and unfair competition. Pictured are runners at the starting line at the 2013 Hot Chocolate Chicago 15/5K.

Halloween is here with a copyright lawsuit over banana costumes

June 2, 2018 at 10:40 a.m.

This Halloween, you'll probably see someone in a banana suit. Yes, he or she will be outfitted in a bright yellow costume, their face filling a hole in the middle...

Company behind disastrous Fyre Festival claimed to be worth $90 million, as details emerge in court

June 5, 2018 at 3:30 a.m.

Before the now-infamous Fyre Festival collapsed a few weeks back, the company behind it — maker of a mobile phone app you can use to hire entertainers for your club,...

Headphones and a model Fender guitar on Sept. 15, 2016, at the AT&T flagship store in San Francisco, California.

Don’t give up on the guitar. Fender is begging you

June 9, 2018 at 4:18 a.m.

Each holiday season, thousands of teenagers tear gift wrap off shiny, new guitars. They giddily pluck at the detuned strings, thinking how cool they'll be once they're rock stars-even if...

How Away is rattling the luggage industry

June 9, 2018 at 11:24 a.m.

At the Away store in New York, Steph Korey glides through a demonstration of a light blue suitcase — the phone charger on its strong polycarbonate shell, the small nylon...

n this Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, file photo, women pass an Aeropostale clothing store in New York's Times Square.

Rebel teens are killing Aeropostale and some other clothing giants

June 9, 2018 at 6:32 p.m.

Two years ago, Aéropostale Chief Executive Officer Julian Geiger shared his view of the adolescent shopper. "The teenager today wants to fit in," he told analysts. "They want to fit...

USA's flagbearer Michael Phelps leads his delegation during the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 5, 2016. The U.S. Olympic team wore outfits made by Ralph Lauren.

Ralph Lauren losing battle for America’s preppies

June 12, 2018 at 2:46 a.m.

When Team USA trotted into Maracana Stadium for the opening ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics, they were decked out in a red, white, and blue ensemble from Ralph Lauren...

A shoppers rides the escalator up from the One Below floor of the Macy's Inc. flagship store in New York in September. One Below, a departure from the traditional department store format, is being billed as a one-stop destination for the 13- to 22-year old. There's technology, apparel, accessories, cosmetics, and food, each catered to that youthful age group, all in one place.

Boring stores are crushing Macy’s

June 10, 2018 at 9:21 p.m.

Macy's is emerging from a four-year, $400 million renovation of its Manhattan flagship store, adding 100,000 square feet of new retail space, a sixth-floor Italian restaurant, and a floor just...

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