A ONCE-FAST-GROWING titan of the jeweling industry has announced a spate of store closures.
Alex and Ani, a Rhode Island-based made-in-America jeweler, announced it would close 20 brick-and-mortar locations. Once on a blistering path to stardom, Alex and Ani has tumbled through years of turnover and rebranding strategies. The closures come after the company changed CEOs, declared bankruptcy, and secured an external $17million loan to fund its working capital. Alex and Ani's new CEO, Scott Burger, told Retail Dive the move to close the stores is one of the ways the company would transition to " Read More...
Shia LaBeouf has been wandering around with a bag over his head lately. Literally.
Maybe it’s to hide the serious scruff he’s been sporting? Check out the increasingly hirsute actor en route to lunch with friends at Papoo’s Hot Dog Show in Burbank, California:
Who’s to even say what kind of look LaBeouf is striving for here. Read More...
LESS than a week after stepping out with new squeeze Elsina Khayrova, Tom Cruise has wowed the Russian beauty with an intimate dining experience.
The Mission: Impossible star pulled out all the stops to impress the stunning socialite on Friday night by hiring an entire floor of one London’s most exclusive restaurants, Novikov in Mayfair.
He canoodled with the brunette former model — who is the daughter of a prominent Russian MP and ex-wife of a diamond-trading oligarch — in a private dining area away from prying eyes. Read More...