Evelyn Nussenbaum
The Archive
THREADBARE INVESTMENT ; APPAREL STOCKS LOOSE AT SEAMS
February 10, 2002 | 5:00amAs Fashion Week approaches and attendees grumble loudly about everything from higher tent prices to the new downtown locations, another type of fashion devotee is disgruntled as well - those...
BIN LADEN'S BIG FAMILY HAS BIG TIES TO BIG BIZ
September 23, 2001 | 4:00amAs U.S. investigators hunt down Osama bin Laden's vast financial network, his family continues to rake in billions annually through a legitimate international conglomerate that still does business here. And,...
WALL ST. BOOSTERS HIGH ON 'PRIVATIZER'
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amAlthough it apparently has lost its bid to run Big Apple public schools and its stock tanked 13 percent on Friday, Edison Schools still has staunch defenders on Wall Street....
EISNER IS SPECIALIZING IN SMALL-FRY DEALS
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amMichael Eisner is on a tear of mini-deals. While AOL has merged with Time Warner and Viacom has acquired CBS, Eisner's Disney announced yesterday it will introduce Mickey's X-treme Coolers...
SLACK ATTACK - SAVE THE JEANS FOR THE WEEKEND, SUITS ARE BACK - EVEN ON FRIDAYS
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amTHE dressed-down American workplace, where ripped-up jeans, sneakers and leather jackets symbolized the free-wheeling new economy, seems to be going the way of the dot-com boom.And the dot-coms, which led...
DRESS LIKE THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amHOW can a poor, confused man navigate the waters of the new, dressier-yet-not-dressy workplace? The Post asked some style gurus for their suggestions. * A gray suit. "The first thing...
BRILLIANT COMBINATION: REPORT: DE BEERS MAY CUT RETAIL DEAL WITH LVMH
December 29, 2000 | 5:00amDiamond mining and trading giant De Beers wants to get into retailing - and Bernard Arnault may be the just the man to help out. De Beers will reportedly announce...
STYLIN' SUITOR WANTS TO BUY OUT FASHIONMALL.COM
December 29, 2000 | 5:00amAnother suitor has emerged for Miss Boo. Beverly Hills-based Narax Inc. has offered to buy Fashionmall.com, which owns Boo.com. Narax, which says it invests in Internet and other start-up companies,...
MARKETS GAIN, BUT WARNINGS ABOUND
December 28, 2000 | 5:00amStocks continued their post-Christmas rally yesterday, boosted by newly resurgent retail and semiconductor shares. The Dow Jones industrial average powered out a 110.72 point gain to close at 10,803.16 -...
RETAILERS FEEL MAJOR SHOP FLOP ; THIS WEEK'S BARGAIN BLITZ WON'T BE ENOUGH
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amShoppers poured into the stores last weekend, just as retailers had hoped - but it looks as if they didn't buy nearly enough to steal the retail season back from...
GOODBYE AND GOOD LUCK, GARMENTOS
December 26, 2000 | 5:00amTHIS is my last column for the New York Post. I'm sorry to leave, because covering the excesses of the garmento and dot-com worlds has been enormously fun. So before...
MUSIC BIG FELLED BY HEART ATTACK
December 25, 2000 | 5:00amRecord-industry veteran Rudi Gassner died Saturday, days before he was to take charge of BMG Entertainment's music division in a triumphant return to the company. Gassner, 58, suffered an apparent...
THE 'LATE-BREAKING' NEWS ON LAST-MINUTE BUYING
December 24, 2000 | 5:00amYou've done it again, haven't you? You've waited until the last minute to do your Christmas shopping. Well, don't panic. You're in good company. Studies say as many as 20...
BROTHER'S BUYOUT ENDS WINSTON FAMILY FEUD
December 22, 2000 | 5:00amThe feud between Ron and Bruce Winston is officially over. The sons of legendary jeweler Harry Winston have settled their long-running dispute - which ended in a lawsuit and accusations...
AMAZON TRYING CLEARANCE BINS
December 21, 2000 | 5:00amAmazon.com is dialing for dollars in yet another arena - the clearance business. The Web retailer is testing out an outlet site at www.amazon.com/outletpreview. The outlet site is selling books,...
RETAILERS MEET THE GRINCH ; SALES ARE LAGGING, OUTLOOK IS BLEAK
December 20, 2000 | 5:00amConsumers are staying home from the malls. Holiday retail sales are running well below last year. And almost everything in the stores seems to be marked down. Suddenly the Christmas...
IT'S SEASON'S BEATINGS FOR PURE PLAY E-TAILERS
December 20, 2000 | 5:00amWhile brick-and-mortar retailers are suffering, things could be worse. They could be pure-play Internet retailers. This Christmas season was painted as a make-or-break season for the e-tailers, and it is...
AND DONNA PULLS ANOTHER RABBIT OUT OF HER HAT
December 19, 2000 | 5:00amI used to think Donna Karan was just another creative genius who couldn't or wouldn't understand the finer points of making money. Then I decided she was incredibly lucky, because...
FIND HOLIDAY HAUL AT A CITY MALL
December 19, 2000 | 5:00amThe Savvy Shopper offers gift-buying tips throughout the holiday season.SO THE weather outside is frightful, and you're dreaming of warm, dry suburban malls. Don't forget that we've got a few...
WHY KARAN CASHED OUT: DESIGNING WOMAN: 'I KNEW THIS WAS THE RIGHT THING AT THE RIGHT TIME'
December 19, 2000 | 5:00amDesigner legend Donna Karan says she made the biggest business decision of her life - selling her brands for a possible half-billion dollars - using her heart, not her head....