WWD – RANKING THE INDEPENDENTS
| 12-24-2009 | WWD – Retailers Look to Holiday’s Second Season | |
| 10-23-2009 | ETC – Boulevard Magazine 10-09 | |
| 10-16-2009 | WWD – Americana Manhasset Gets Involved | |
| 09/18/2008 | VERSACE AT HIRSHLEIFER’S | |
| 09/18/2008 | WWD – VERSACE FETES HIRSHLEIFER’S IN-STORE SHOP | |
| 04/18/2008 | CLICK-AND-MORTAR: MALL HITS WEB | |
| 01/30/2008 | WWD – INDUSTRY UPBEAT ON HALSTON PLAN | |
| 10/08/2007 | HIRSHLEIFER’S PREPS NEW SHOE STORE | |
| 12/22/2006 | HEARTS, HARLEYS AND BETTY | |
| 11/15/2006 | GILLES MENDEL | |
| 03/20/2006 | NY TIMES – OH, IT’S LUXURIOUS AT THE TOP | |
| 01/09/2006 | HIRSHLEIFER’S – STYLE LEADER | |
| 12/07/2005 | NY TIMES – I’ll Take Manhasset | |
| 09/27/2005 | WWD – HIGH FASHION FORMULA | |
| 09/08/2005 | NY TIMES – CRITICAL SHOPPER | |
| 11/08/2004 | OPULENT OUTPOSTS – CHANEL BOUTIQUE AT HIRSHLEIFER’S | |
| 10/27/2004 | WWD – RANKING THE INDEPENDENTS | |
| 02-21-2009 | IF EVENINGWEAR IS YOUR QUESTION… | |
| 12-20-2008 | CHANEL HAS EXPANDED | |
| VERSACE OPENS AT HIRSHLEIFER’S |
THE TOP TEN INDEPENDENT SPECIALTY STORES BY ESTIMATED 2004 VOLUME.
In an effort to survive and even thrive, specialty stores are becoming more, well, special. At a time when Saks Fifth Avenue is reasserting its luxury prowess and Neiman Marcus is posting strong financial results, the independents are scrambling to do more of what they do best.
That includes providing superior service, discovering and introducing talented designers and unique merchandise, and forging relationships with designers to create exclusive products for their stores. Some specialty retailers are trying to turn their locations into sought-after destinations with amenities such as restaurants and bars. The all-important in-store boutique brings clout to a specialty store, sending the message that a designer beleives strongly in the future of the retailer.
RANKING 9th – HIRSHLEIFER’S, MANHASSET, N.Y. $18.5 MILLION
HIRSHLEIFER’S continues to tinker with its floor plan, expanding the real estate for its most popular resources and adding new designers’ products in an effort to give its loyal customers exactly what they want. A freestanding 1,800-square-foot francise Dolce & Gabbana boutique recently opened and a Jil Sander shop of the same size will be unveiled at the end of the month. The Chanel area, wildly popular with the local ladies, is doubling in size and an 800-square-foot boutique devoted to Jimmy Choo opened. The retailer is like an exclusive department store, only everything is handpicked with the customer in mind.
1- FRED SEGAL/RON HERMAN
2- MITCHELLS OF NEWPORT
3- SCOOP
4- JEFFREY NEW YORK AND ATLANTA
5- WILKES BASHFORD
6- STANLEY KORSHAK
7- TOOTSIES
8- MARIO’S
9- HIRSHLEIFER’S
10- LOUIS BOSTON
