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Chicago -- Claire's Stores announced Friday that Dina Keenan has been appointed global SVP and chief marketing officer, effectively immediately. Keenan’s experience in marketing strategy, brand development, advertising and retail include stints at Bath...

Chicago -- Claire's Stores announced Wednesday the recent opening of company-owned-and-operated Claire's stores in Italy and Luxembourg, bringing the retailer’s European presence to 15 countries. According to Claire’s European president Beatrice LaFon,...

Katherine Field Boccaccio Chicago -- Claire's Stores Inc. said Tuesday that it has opened its first stores in Venezuela and Panama; the Venezuelan store opened on Oct. 12 in Sambil Paraguna Mall in Punto Fijo and the Panama store opened Oct. 27 at Metro...

Claire’s Stores Inc. has named James D. Fielding, former president of Disney Stores Worldwide, as CEO, effective June 18, 2012. Fielding, who resigned from Disney on Monday, will also join Claire’s board of directors. “I look forward to capitalizing on the many growth initiatives available to the company, including new stores, development of the Icing concept, continued international expansion in markets such as Mexico, India and China, and optimization of e-commerce,” Fielding said in a statement. 

Earlier this month, the anti-gay group One Million Moms (which has substantially less than 1 million members) called for a boycott of J.C. Penney after it featured a lesbian couple in its catalog. The retailer didn't apologize and isn't backing down. In fact, it's almost trolling the anti-gay groups with jubilant, uncorporate-like defiance in a Father's Day ad featuring not one but two dads. The two men pictured are real-life dads Todd Koch and Cooper Smith, seen with their kids, Claire and Mason.

Multiple sources in Moscow said that Victoria’s Secret will open its first Russian store in Moscow on Sept. 30. Experienced American brand franchise Moneks will open four Victoria’s Secret stores in and around Moscow prior to year’s end.