Fashion Star is a reality television series, which focuses on fashion design. The contestants compete, designing new products in hopes of being purchased by selected buyers. The designers have a chance to win a multi-million dollar prize to launch their collections in three of America’s largest retailers: Macy’s, H&M and Saks Fifth Avenue. An apparel buyer for each company has the chance to bid on the designer’s line, and if no buyer makes a bid, the contestant is up for elimination. In the end, the designer who is America’s Fashion Star can create fashions for all three major retailers.
A snapshot for each of these retailers taken from Chain Store Guide’s databases of Apparel Specialty Stores and Department Stores follows.
Address:
215 Park Ave S
New York, NY 10003
Telephone:
212-564-9922
Internet Homepage:
http://www.hm.com
Total Current Stores:
234 (in U.S.)
Trading Areas:
AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, MD, ME, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, RI, VA, TX, UT, WA, WI
Senior Executives:
CEO Karl-Johan Persson
CFO Jyrki Tervonen
H&M is a Swedish retailer, with over 230 U.S. stores. The fast-fashion chain currently operates about 2,500 stores in 43 countries and employs around 94,000 people around the world. H&M brings fashion to women, men, teenagers and children. H&M’s growth target is to increase the number of stores by 10–15 percent per year. H&M also sells own-brand cosmetics, accessories, footwear and a textile interiors concept, H&M Home. Online shopping is currently available in 18 European countries and will open in the USat the end of 2012.
Address:
12 E 49th St.
New York, NY 10017
Telephone:
212-753-4000
Internet Homepage:
http://www.saks.com
Total Current Stores:
106
Trading Areas:
AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KS, LA, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, NE, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TX, VA
Senior Executives:
CEO Stephen Sadove
President, Chief Merchandising Officer Ronald Frasch
Found in both CSG’s database of Apparel Specialty Stores and database of Department Stores, Saks Incorporated operates 46 Saks Fifth Avenue stores and 60 of it’s OFF 5THoutlet stores. Saks Fifth Avenue stores have a history of fine product selection and extraordinary customer service. Today, Saks Fifth Avenue remains one of the world’s pre-eminent specialty retailers, renowned for its superlative American and international designer collections and assortment of handbags, shoes, jewelry, cosmetics and gifts.
Address:
7 W 7th St.
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Telephone:
513-579-7000
Internet Homepage:
http://www.macys.com
http://www.bloomingdales.com
Total Current Stores:
844
Trading Areas:
AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MT, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WY
Senior Executives:
Chairman, President, CEO Terry Lundgren
Chief Merchandising Officer Jeffrey Gennette
The Macy’s brand includes about 800 Macy’s department stores and furniture galleries in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico, as well as macys.com. The Bloomingdale’s brand includes 37 department stores and home stores in 11 states, bloomingdales.com, and seven Bloomingdale’s Outlet stores in five states. Listed as CSG’s top Department Store, the retailer did $26.4 billion in sales in 2011.
