City Girl, a line of moderately priced women's casual clothing with ornate touches, is sold only at Proffitt's stores.

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They can expect customers, who once relied on them for casual clothing, school uniforms and cosmetics, to defect to the supermarkets.

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She is the Founder and CEO of EleVen, an athletic and casual clothing line, and V Starr Interiors, an interior design company.

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Cohen blames Johnson for adding Stewart to a mix of in-store shops including hipper fare like casual clothing brand Joe Fresh, kitschy homewares line Jonathan Adler and niche womenswear designer Nanette Lepore.

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Asia's biggest clothing retailer and owner of the Uniqlo casual clothing brand, which has been building a network of production sites in Bangladesh since 2008 to lower its dependence on manufacturing in China, where about 90% of all Uniqlo apparel is made.

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Then we expanded into our own line of finely tailored casual natural fabric clothing.

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Assets: Owns 72% of Luxottica, which in turn owns Lenscrafters in the U.S. Other holdings include stake in Italy's GS hypermarket chain and 100% of U.S. women's clothing retailer Casual Corner.

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Another stock near a possible buy point is Lululemon Athletica ( LULU), which sells yoga clothing and other casual athletic wear.

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Founded in 1976 by designer Claiborne (now retired), the company has branched beyond its signature line of stylish work clothing to lines like DKNY casual apparel, Lucky Brand jeans and Enyce hip-hop attire.

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