{"id":68767,"date":"2009-12-07T09:46:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T14:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-european-retailers-prepared-to-invade-and-destroy-their-american-counterparts-2009-12"},"modified":"2009-12-07T09:46:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-07T14:46:00","slug":"the-european-retailers-prepared-to-invade-and-kill-their-american-counterparts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/68767","title":{"rendered":"The European Retailers Prepared To Invade And Kill Their American Counterparts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-european-retailers-prepared-to-invade-and-destroy-their-american-counterparts-2009-12\/cos-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"float_right\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/~~\/f?id=4b1c21e90000000000eac8e9\" border=\"0\" alt=\"merci retailer escalator\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 15px 15px 15px 0;\">\n<script src=\"http:\/\/d.yimg.com\/ds\/badge2.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\nhttp:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-european-retailers-prepared-to-invade-and-destroy-their-american-counterparts-2009-12\n\/\/ ]]><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>We were blessed with Mango, and now, <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/fashion\/2009\/12\/jcpenney_to_carry_mng_by_mango.html\" >so is JCPenney<\/a>. And in April 2009, Sir Philip Greene finally graced us with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.observer.com\/2009\/fashion\/will-you-drop-topshop\" >Topshop<\/a>&rsquo;s presence.<\/p>\n<p>But there are still plenty of incredible European retailers&ndash;from specialty shops to department stores to concept boutiques&ndash;that Americans must travel thousands of miles to experience. I don&rsquo;t love these retailers just because they sell cool stuff, I love them because they know<em> how<\/em> to sell cool stuff. The &ldquo;how&rdquo; is a detail lacking in plenty of mediocre stores on both sides of the ocean.<\/p>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-european-retailers-prepared-to-invade-and-destroy-their-american-counterparts-2009-12\/cos-1\">Herewith, Europe&rsquo;s Awe-Inspiring Retailers &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>(This guest feature comes from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tfbeat.com\/\">Lauren Sherman<\/a>, an independent fashion analyst and journalist. It <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tfbeat.com\/2009\/12\/europes-awe-inspiring-retailers\/\">originally appeared<\/a> at the author&#8217;s blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tfbeat.com\/\">The Fashion Beat<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-european-retailers-prepared-to-invade-and-destroy-their-american-counterparts-2009-12#comments\">Join the conversation about this story &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>See Also:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/deutsche-bank-bad-weather-does-not-explain-the-november-retail-debacle-2009-12\">Deutsche Bank: Bad Weather Does Not Explain The November Retail Debacle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/final-november-retail-sales-are-a-huge-disappointment-2009-12\">Final November Retail Sales Are A Huge Disappointment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TheMoneyGame\/~4\/EnaPDyNoNv8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were blessed with Mango, and now, so is JCPenney. And in April 2009, Sir Philip Greene finally graced us with Topshop&rsquo;s presence. But there are still plenty of incredible European retailers&ndash;from specialty shops to department stores to concept boutiques&ndash;that Americans must travel thousands of miles to experience. I don&rsquo;t love these retailers just because [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":305,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}