A luxury merger: Best Selections.com and NYStyle.com

BestSelections.com, a web site that features luxury merchants around the world, and NYStyle.com, the fashion-forward style portal, have merged. Together, the combined networks will encompass over 300 high-end retailers across 36 cities. Brand name retailers include Scoop NYC, Richard James, Voyage, Felissimo, Stubbs & Wootton, Henri Bendel, Dooney & Bourke, Belly Basics, A Pea in the Pod and Manhattan Fruitier. "This merger is an important step for us and allows us to benefit from the consolidation process occurring within the luxury retail category," said Jody Owen, President & CEO of BestSelections.com. "By combining resources and assets, the two companies can capture a greater market share and provide our merchant partners more cost effective services."