October 2010
Why Bloggers Won’t Kill the Fashion Magazine Star
Despite their popularity, most fashion bloggers have insisted for a while now that they aren’t competing with fashion magazines. A quarterly report on magazine revenue suggests that it’s time to listen to them.
Though they’ve captured respectable fashion audiences, bloggers have yet to capture the advertisers.
Starbucks Gets a Makeover and Offers a Hangover: Coffee Retailer to Begin Selling Beer and Wine
U.S. Starbucks stores get 70 percent of business before 2 p.m., according to USA Today, and now the coffee chain is making a move to scoop up more afternoon and evening foot traffic. Starbucks already sells food, an extensive list of coffees and a variety of other beverages, so what is left that American consumers could be craving after lunch? Answer: Alcohol.
A Barneys Opens in Brooklyn: Will It Be Successful?
This week, Barneys celebrated the opening of its first Brooklyn Co-op on Atlantic Avenue in the Cobble Hill section of town. The doors opened at 10 a.m. without a line of anxiously waiting shoppers, but a large crowd eventually made its way through the doors once they were open.
Social Media Won’t Save Fashion’s Idiot Savants
L2, a luxury think tank focusing on digital innovation, recently published their second annual Digital IQ index, a ranking of luxury brands online initiatives.
While the exact order of the top 10 or so sites could be up for discussion, they seem to be fairly accurately positioned. Past the top 10, however, things get strange and seem to prop up some of fashion’s idiot savants.
Mulberry for Target Has Officially Landed… and Flown Off Shelves
Gilt launched the new Mulberry line for Target with a pre-release of four handbag styles and to say it was a success would be an understatement. The bags were a hit, selling out in mere minutes and the official launch today at Target stores and on target.com seems to be following suit. Unfortunately, many of the styles are already sold out online, so you’ll have to get a move on and fight it out at a retail location.
Australia Is the ‘Dumb Blonde’ of the World
According to results of an annual national reputation survey by public affairs company GfK Roper, at least. {the Age}
Simon Anholt, who oversees the survey, told Australian newspaper The Age “what you have is an image of a country that is considered to be very decorative, but not very useful.”
Fall Fashion: Pick-Me-Up Print Umbrellas and Rain Boots
It has been a rainy fall so far in New York City, with even some tornado warnings issued this past September. All of the precipitation has made for a soggy work commute a few times a week the past month, and sitting in the office with wet clothes on all day is no fun. Especially if the AC has not been turned off yet. How to keep yourself dry? With chic umbrellas and rain boots of course! Check out the options we found scattered about the Internet.
Apple Finally Coming “Back To The Mac”
Its been quite some time since we’ve seen anything new from Apple in terms of the Mac platform. The last big announcements regarding the platform (read: announcements that required events) were the unibody MacBook, the new iMac and Snow Leopard. Those have all been around for quite some time now. Most of Apple’s attention has been focused on iOS, leaving many to think that mac was on its way out, but it seems that’s not the case.
Katy Perry May Be Next Up to Collaborate With Steve Madden
Steve Madden has been working hard lately. We recently reported his collaboration on Zac Posen’s moderately-priced Z-Spoke line, and it seems he has his sights on a new venture with pop star Katy Perry. Although she may have been dubbed too sexy for Sesame Street, it seems Steve thinks she is just the right fit for Seventh Avenue,