Added 7 January, 2013
After years of criticizing physical stores as relics, even e-commerce zealots are acknowledging there is something to a bricks-and-mortar location. EBay and Etsy are testing temporary stores, while Piperlime, the Gap Inc. unit that was online-only for six years, opened a SoHo store this fall. Bonobos plans to keep opening stores, and Warby Parker...
Added 7 January, 2013
Imagine Walt Disney World with no entry turnstiles. Cash? Passé: Visitors would wear rubber bracelets encoded with credit card information, snapping up corn dogs and Mickey Mouse ears with a tap of the wrist. Smartphone alerts would signal when it is time to ride Space Mountain without standing in line.Fantasyland? Hardly. It happens starting this...
Added 21 December, 2012
Safeway, a major US supermarket chain, is struggling to survive in a competitive market increasingly defined by upscale brands and value rivals. Safeway’s greatest challenge is that competition from non-traditional grocers at the high end and low end of the market is stealing its customer base. Stores such as Grocery Outlet, Wal-Mart, Target,...
Added 20 December, 2012
Next year is shaping up to be mixed, at best, for luxury goods. Continuing economic woes in the Eurozone, a flagging Japanese economy, and slow recovery in the U.S. will likely lead to modest spending on luxury brands in those regions.
Meanwhile in China, which has been a booming luxury market, the situation is more complex. New leaders of the...
Added 20 December, 2012
Proctor & Gamble has released an exclusive music video starring Jewel, who's the brand ambassador for Pampers, and her toddler.
The song, "The Green Grass Grows All Around," is taken from her 2011 children's album, "The Merry Goes 'Round." According to Pampers, the song pays homage to the beautiful morning moments shared between parents and...
Added 18 December, 2012
As web video and content marketing are more in vogue than Super Bowl campaigns these days, Dockers has produced a web video series featuring six social media and fashion influencers. Each video (promoted on its Facebook page) captures a day-in-the-life of six Men of Style, who “dress like they mean it, reflecting the brand's current tagline "Wear...
Added 17 December, 2012
Macy's has announced it will be open 24 hours a day, starting at 7 a.m. on Friday, December 21, and running through 7 a.m. on Sunday, December 23. And now comes the announcement by Toys R Us that it will stay open nationwide for 88 continuous hours beginning at 6 a.m. on December 21 through 10 p.m. on Christmas Eve.
In fact, the Toys"R"...
Added 25 September, 2012
H&M released their new brand face Lana Del Rey's cover of Blue Velvet, a music video (so creepy you'd think it was directed by David Lynch, but credit goes to Johan Renck) that features pieces from its fall 2012 collection.
Added 25 September, 2012
Need something stronger than coffee? This site stocks a line of preblended vintage cocktails including gin martinis and old fashions, all made using top-flight ingredients.
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Added 25 September, 2012
Alfred Dunhill’s store in London is designed as a 3 story “home” that offers shopping, dining and grooming, plus a movie viewing room and old fashioned men’s club. It remains on the forefront of the trend that offers shoppers a retail experience that’s about more than a purchase.