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Fornarina closing in April, from Racked LA
A bounty of closure news from Racked LA of late. The blog reports that Italian brand Fornarina is closing up its 8000 Melrose Avenue boutique at the end of April, as well as all operations in the US, noting that the brand’s boutiques are still “thriving in Europe.”
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And scene. Borders at 330 South La Cienega Boulevard, just south of Coffee Bean on West 3rd Street, had its last day Saturday. Bummer. We’ll see what’s next for the big space.
» Shuttering Shop News—Borders Closing La Cienega Shop

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Bodhi Tree in the 1970s; Bodhi Tree in the 2000s
LA Weekly’s LA Daily blog brings word that Bodhi Tree Bookstore and spiritual center will be closing “in a year’s time.” Blame the closure on cheap online book prices and now easy access to “Books on Wicca and Astrology and Native American shamanism,” which were [...]

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I had heard from fashion sources that brand Anzevino and Florence (which opened a boutique at 8040 West 3rd Street last May) was closing down, but it wasn’t until last night when I caught up with one of the label’s designers Richard Florence (who designed the line with William Anzevino) that those rumors were [...]

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After an impressive 10 years in business, lifestyle shop Blanche & Co. closed shop yesterday at 8315 West 3rd Street. I ran in toward the end of the day and picked up a handful of Rhodia notepads, Parisian magnets, and a pale blue glass bowl perfect for serving a colorful salad or pasta, all 50% [...]

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Women’s boutique Le Chateau at 5969 West 3rd Street has had its space up for lease since June (right next to Coffee Bean at Martel), and has now posted a “Retiring, Going Out After 35 Years, Clearing to the Bare Walls!” sign. Huh, 35 years? I was surprised by that, but then Lilliam Rivera [...]

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Got news last night from Krisol co-owner Tahirah Felton that the women’s and men’s boutique at 8312 West 3rd Street will be closing at the end of December. The shop had a little over a 2 1/2 year run, opening in May, 2007. Felton says she’s done in terms of her retail foray [...]

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If you’re looking for Crocs, the new shop at the Beverly Center has all kinds—furry ones, sandals, mary janes, classic, men’s, tons of kids. Also Bebe’s new sporty range PH8 (replacing Bebe Sport) has set up shop at the mall as well, while TOGS Soho, which has moved around quite a bit in the shopping [...]

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Photo from Racked LA
Racked LA reports that AG Jeans at 107 South Robertson Boulevard is closing “around Christmas Eve” and “getting folded” into the 329 North Beverly Drive boutique. The retail blog is anticipating big discounts to come, but as it’s “folding” into the other, we’ll see…
» Dealfeed/Storecasting: AG Jeans on Robertson Closing, Having Sale—Racked [...]

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If you haven’t noticed the ‘for lease’ sign on the Borders at 330 South La Cienega Boulevard, just south of West 3rd, here it is. A B+S reader pointed it out to me; it’s likely I’d walked beneath it a number of times without seeing it. So, what’s the deal? A staffer told me the [...]

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While new shops have opened recently at Sunset Plaza, Trade Talk reports that high-end women’s boutique On Sunset will be closing its doors on December 1. Owner Lauralee Bell—an actress on The Young and The Restless until ‘06, co-producer of Family Dinner on Funny or Die—told the blog that, combined with a rough retail [...]

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I’m not sure when it happened, but men’s and women’s boutique YellowMan at 110 South Robertson Boulevard has closed. When people think of tattooed tigers prowling across T-shirts, Ed Hardy appears like a vision you can’t shake, but YellowMan founder Peter Mui was creating a ‘tattoo lifestyle’ before Christian Audigier with his brand of ‘wearable [...]

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