Many people (including myself on this blog) are talking about the fashion industry being slow to adapt new technologies. While I’m at no point trying to portray a negative image, but rather help and educate, sometimes the things I see make me wonder how some fashion companies and organizations manage to stay in their own [...]
It’s hard to imagine a better headline in these recession times than “Sales Fall Sharply for Retailers Not Named Wal-Mart” (NYT, February 5th, 2009). This month, the budget shopping chain continues to lead the reports with “Wal-Mart reports strong rise in sales” (MSNBC News, March 5th, 2009). In a long retail report Wal-Mart is compared [...]
Somewhere between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, this Holiday season I’ve experienced a Twitter Sunday - with the best accessory deal I’ve ever scored. It was the Brooklyn based uber trendy Hayden-Harnett design duo (@hayden_harnett) who I happen to follow on Twitter, announcing their Twitter-exclusive 80% off sale on a long-time-craved Corcovado Turnlock Tote in [...]
At the end of 2008 we are way past the online presence debate: with majority of the fashion designers and leading luxury brands accepting the advantages of online products offering, now it’s all about building the online shopping experience.
Many online retailers turn into creating an online “shopping events” these days, which have limited window opportunity [...]