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Style blog with fashion ed
...nd fuschia frocks alongside a hot nautical collection and killer catsuits. I'm loving the accessories (especially the festival ready straw trilbys and Chanel style quilted clutches). And I'll be piling on the tribal style bangles while deputy fashion ed Saskia and fash assistant Nicky fight over the silk playsuits. In fact, so impressed was I with the whole collection I spent far too much time in ... |
Betsy dives in with team bikinis at NFL Hardlines Summit
...rdlines Summit is in for some hot fun in the sun thanks to B...for Betsy. Betsy will not only be showing her outrageously popular crystal emblazoned sport's fan accessories, but she is bringing along a taste of her newest product category: NFL licensed Baltimore Ravens Crystal Swimsuits that are sure to turn the heat up on the traditional NFL licensed product world. The Ravens approached Betsy wit... |
Li-Lo almost puts me off leopard print
...gababes. Instead of cider and hot dogs, guests here chowed down on champagne and lobster (all free once you were through the gate). It was so posh there were even Cowshed products in the portaloos. There was no backstage/VIP area so the celebs mingled with the rest of us. Never mind the bands, I got more excited than is necessary about spotting Aneka Rice. And Sun Travel Ed Lisa was chatting up La... |
Tough time for watch sales
...hat situation."Financial snapshot: The big three--Swatch Group, based in Biel, Switzerland, saw watch and jewelry sales increase 6.6 percent in 2008 at constant exchange rates, but only 1.8 percent in Swiss francs. Its watches, jewelry and production group, excluding electronic systems, increased 6.5 percent at constant exchange rates and 2.2 percent in Swiss francs. Bloomberg calculated that Swat... |
Survey: Holiday shopping to go later into year
...t) will still be shopping for gifts the week leading into Christmas, and 4 percent expect to shop on Christmas Eve. However, according to the survey, these consumers aren't necessarily procrastinating: Some are time-strapped (18 percent), while many are practicing savvy shopping tactics, specifically:31 percent are holding out for the best deals.Almost one in five consumers (19 percent) is still s... |
Tiffany unveils 10 perfect gift options for festive season
...is special array of 10 select gifts. They take into account the demands of different festive occasions that come up this year and offer a great variety of pieces from highly decorative statement jewellery to more artistic and subtle pieces. As a Tiffany gift carries with it a unique aura of its own, I am sure shoppers will be truly happy with this choice of wonderfully crafted gifts.”1. Topping th... |
Gold Coast Fashion Week to encapsulate lifetsyle of region
...demonstrations, professional photo shoots, the Australian National Stiletto Throwing Competition, and of course spectacular and creative fashion shows, it is going to be an event spoken about all year. Best of all... your invited.The spectacular events are to be held at various locations spread throughout the Gold Coast and are designed to encapsulate the Gold Coast lifestyle. All events are open ... |
NRF forecasts dip in Valentine's Day sales
...onsumers will continue buying gifts that are traditional favorites, including jewelry, but they will spend less this year, according to the NRF's 2009 Valentine's Day Consumer Intentions and Actions survey, conducted by Big Research. The study found that consumers plan to spend an average of $102.50 on Valentine's gifts and merchandise, down from last year's $122.98 per person. "A bad economy won'... |
5 Gifts That Will Shock a Techie
e memory card not only holds hundreds of high-resolution photos, but it also tags them with data on where each was taken. That makes it relatively easy to put up a map annotated with photos of your travels at online sites like Flickr, Picasa, and Smugmug. The card will also download photos wirelessly from your camera to access points. Just be ready to throw around terms like "geotag" or "goecode."... |
Consumers to hunt for holiday bargains, NRF says
... of holiday shoppers will buy gifts or other holiday-related merchandise at thrift stores or resale shops.In order to compensate for soft sales, retailers are cutting back on inventory, a trend with which retail jewelers can identify. According to the NRF's Port Tracker report, released in September and available here, traffic to the nation's ports has scaled back to levels not seen since 20... |
Australians to bin 825,000 gifts this Christmas: survey
...vey showing more than 825,000 gifts will go straight into the garbage bin this Christmas because their recipients just hate them.The survey, commissioned by an Australian-based online self-publishing website and based on population data, revealed a third of all respondents either refund gifts or give them away, especially off-the-shelf offerings."An estimated 6.4 million presents will be given awa... |
Fashion's big-time buyers learn to think small
ury, a buyer for the United Fashion boutique in Qatar.And in that part of the world, the luxury handbag is unlikely ever to go out of fashion -- for cultural reasons.While the Versace dresses and Gucci blouses have to be hidden under a veil in public, bags can be touted."this is the part of 'jewellery' they can show when they're with their friends," Khoury told Reuters. "They sell like hot cakes."... |
Caravan of love
...n, I often hesitated to take photographs of people on the streets, afraid that it may not be appropriate. I was soon relieved to find that many Iranians were equally eager to take pictures of me with their cell phones. In the end, we both took a lot of pictures of one another.Before landing at the Imam Khomeini International Airport of Tehran, my knowledge of Iran was limited to a few films such a... |
Study: Today's Internet jewelry consumer
...ves, are still buying jewelry gifts for others, according to the JCOC.The other main Anti-Internet Shopper group is the non-office worker of any age. They do not have access to the Internet in their place of work and are not driven to make the Internet a part of their lives or work.Twenty percent of this group will also start using the Internet to purchase within five years, according to the JCOC,... |
Asian social networking sites profit from virtual money
...o chat, play games and share photos.There is also some advertising, but the sites earn most of their revenues from their users. Members are represented by avatars and acquire virtual currency from the sites to buy digital goods, game packages or upgrades.The model has taken off abroad but there is still a long way to go until the West catches up with Asia.Habbo, a social networking site for teenag... |
Plus-size fashion market squeezed in recession
this photo taken Aug. 19, 2009 shows a large display of women's plus sized clothing at a J.C. Penney store in Miami. Plus size brands are aiming to create sexy and sleek designs like never before, but customers are not buying clothes at the rate they used to.MIAMI –The American waistline may be expanding, but plus-size shoppers are tightening their belts.People just aren't buying plus-size clothin... |
The Year in Fashion 2008
...g 2009 collection "one of the hottest things going in New York this week." Sure they owe a debt to Roland Mouret, but the gorgeously simple slim sheaths are also the considered creation of a woman who spends her life in serious fashion (hence the grosgrain linings for perfect posture). And by all accounts, they're selling faster than Brangelina paparazzi pics at Bergdorf Goodman. ... |
Study: Gift-spending to rise this holiday season
Shoppers buying gifts this holiday season will spend an average of more than $1,000 each, according to a new study from Unity Marketing.this represents an 8 percent increase over last year's average holiday gift budget of $928.So far this year, consumers have spent an average of $1,034 on gifts, 20 percent more than last year, according to Unity Marketing's quarterly "Gift Tracker" survey, which m... |
Pageant official quits over Miss. Calif. decision
In this May 11, 2009 file photo, Miss California USA Pageant state executive director Shanna Moakler participates in a news conference in Beverly Hills, Calif.LOS ANGELES – Former Miss USA Shanna Moakler resigned as co-executive director of the Miss California USA pageant on Wednesday, saying she no longer believes in the organization because of pageant owner Donald Trump's decision to let the sta... |
JCOC: Jewelry purchases up over holiday weekend
...l members shopped for holiday gifts over Thanksgiving weekend (Black Friday, Saturday and Sunday), compared with 32 percent in 2008. Of those, 22 percent bought fine jewelry or watches, while only 14 percent did so in 2008.When asked who they purchased fine jewelry or watches for over Thanksgiving weekend (or who they will buy these gifts for over the holiday season), 34 percent of JCOC panel memb... |
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