Lisa Fickenscher

6 days ago | nypost.com | Lisa Fickenscher |James Franey

The Trump administration is weighing a plan to slash the 145% tariff on Chinese imports by more than half — effective as soon as next week — as top US and China officials head to Switzerland for high-level trade negotiations, The Post has learned. Specifically, US officials are discussing a proposal to lower President Trump’s punishing levy on China goods to between 50% and 54% as they begin what promise to be lengthy talks to hammer out a trade agreement, sources close to the negotiations said.

1 week ago | nypost.com | Lisa Fickenscher

Three months ago, ousted Kohl’s CEO Ashley Buchanan posted a video on LinkedIn of the glamorous retail guru with whom he disastrously mixed business and romance — a social-media goof that may have helped spark his getting fired this week, The Post has learned.

1 week ago | nypost.com | Lisa Fickenscher

Kohl’s canned its chief executive — hired just four months ago — after an investigation showed that he violated the retailer’s conflict of interest policies, the company said on Thursday. Ashley Buchanan directed Kohl’s to “engage in vendor transactions that involved undisclosed conflicts of interest,” the company said.

2 weeks ago | nypost.com | Lisa Fickenscher

Loehmann’s is eyeing a comeback on the web after disappearing nearly a decade ago — and the storied retail brand’s unlikely backer is former rival Century 21, The Post has learned. New York-based Century 21 quietly scooped up the Loehmann’s name in 2020 — six years after Loehmann’s liquidated its chain with its third bankruptcy filing, according to Century 21’s chief executive Raymond Gindi. Now, a one-page website teases that “Loehmann’s is coming back.

2 weeks ago | nypost.com | Lisa Fickenscher

Big Lots is about to reopen 132 stores that it had closed last year due to its bankruptcy filing, the chain’s new owners announced. The shuttered stores that will reopen in May are in 14 states, mostly in the south, including Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. “We’re excited to bring an additional 132 Big Lots! locations back to life in May,” said Lisa Seigies, president and CEO of Variety Wholesalers, which acquired more than 200 Big Lots stores this year.