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Latest Data: Online Shopping Reverts to the Mediocre Mean
apparel and accessories, up 21% from a year earlier, and books and magazines, up 18%. The weakest categories, according to comScore, were music, movies and videos, down 25%, and office supplies, down 33%. Overall, comScore is projecting the total online spending for the holiday season will be unchanged from a year ago.... |
ShopNBC lowering its jewelry ambitions
s.CEO John Buck voluntarily stepped down and was replaced by Stewart, but will remain chairman of the board.In addition, shopNBC appointed Randy Ronning, a retail and television shopping veteran with more than 30 years of experience, to its board of directors and signed a consulting agreement with strategic advisor Darlene Daggett, who has 30 years of experience in the multi-channel market space. ... |
What work? 60 million shop online today
...employees may well be holiday shopping at their desks today, a new survey suggests.With Black Friday now over, the holiday shopping frenzy has moved online with "Cyber Monday" expected to draw 60.7 million consumers shopping from home or work today, according to a shop.org survey conducted this weekend by Big Research. Today, expected to be one of the biggest online shopping days of the year, star... |
Jewelry designer Caroline Ballou closes up shop
...r Caroline Ballou to close up shop, the company announced late last week.Attleborough Falls, Mass.--Jewelry designer and manufacturer Caroline Ballou LLC is the latest member of the jewelry industry to fall victim to the economic crisis.In an e-mail distributed on Friday, the Attleborough Falls, Mass.-based company announced that it was going out of business and will be conducting a closing sale t... |
NOVA Fashion Week to debut in Northern Virginia
...hased within tents set up for shopping. This event is complimentary to all who want to attend.Designer Showcase Sale: An individual tent will be set up for designers from the week’s shows to review their individual designs and purchase from what was seen on the runway.02 | 29 | 09 - Luxury Designer Fashion Showcase - The luxury designer fashion showcase is the finale fashion showcase of the first ... |
Lingerie retailer Etam reports marginal dip of sales in 2008
...own as follows: -By brand: 53 shops for Etam, 1 shop for 1.2.3 and 6 shops for Undiz. -By geographic region: 31 shops in France, 12 shops in Spain, 9 shops in Belgium, 6 shops in Germany and 2 shops in Poland. -In China: The sales network in China included 2,131 sales outlets. A worldwide distributor of women’s’ ready-to wear clothing, lingerie and accessories 3,291 sales outlets as of 12.31.2008.... |
Netherlands: 26th edition of 'modefabriek fashion trade fair' to reveal new face
...urivilca family’s weaving workshop in Lima, Peru. Their traditional Peruvian blankets served as a starting point for the cuddly cushion collection for children. The Jannissima Design & Styling studio can also be found in superstore.06 and features unique designs by Velina Volante that will have you travelling in style. Other designers showcasing their collections in superstore.06 include: Arik... |
Myshape introduces Valentine’s Day Collection
...someone special to a personal shopping experience.myShape is the new Personal shop for women on the web. An innovative women's fashion retail site, myShape provides each member with her own free Personal shop filled with clothing that matches her measurements, body shape and fashion and fit preferences. The Personal shop and the ShapeMatch system are protected by issued and pending international p... |
Consumers need greater tanzanite exposure
...ow tanzanite, with television shopping channels No 2.Sites, who thought most people knew of tanzanite from home shopping channels, was surprised at that particular finding. But he isn't surprised that 54.8 percent of respondents don't know which gemstone is December's birthstone, even though tanzanite has shared that honor with blue topaz since 2002."Birthstones aren't as important as they used to... |
London Fashion Week stands strong for emerging brands
y the vibrant and stylish Cannizaro House and Solerra® Sunless Tanning Science. Nolcha is thrilled to once again work with the Gina Conway Aveda Salons after the success of collaboration at The Hospital Club last season. In addition the event will celebrate the finale of Dress the Band– a competition for emerging designers to create a look for the UK band Southern Attic. London Fashion Week... |
We love heart-shaped style
ere at Sun Woman and we love any excuse to get all romantic (with style). This Valentine's Day forget about a bloke, there are much better looking accessories out there. We're loving the charming charms at new site Me & Zena and Ann Lou's hearts with edge. Start dropping hints now. Or better still, log on and treat yourself and you'll soon be wearing your heart on your sleeve, head, ears .... ... |
On the shortslist for thigh fashion
onzed legs 鈥?or wear them with tights if you aren鈥檛 feeling so brave! And no need to worry about a gust of wind raising your hemline in a pair of these cute crops. Here, NICKY HARLEY picks her favourites for under 拢30. Country comfort ... red gingham, 拢28, Topshop Nauti but nice ... navy with gold buttons, 拢29.99, River Island Classic ... dark navy, 拢22, ASOS Dressy ... grey, 拢29, Littlewoods.com... |
Report: Same-store sales slow in October
r the holidays, a reduction from the 7.2 percent growth seen in October-to-December sales last year.Retail Forward's shopperScape survey shows that the majority of shoppers plan to spend about the same as they did last year on holiday gifts. Down-market shoppers appeared the most cautious about holiday spending this year, with more than half planning to spend less than last year or nothing at all.... |
Glamour gongs at the Baftas
...r the red carpet is comfort, but her pink Oscar de la Renta frock was too pretty to be comfortable. MERYL STREEP was one actress not splashing the cash on the carpet: her dress was older than most of the actors there as the thrifty star admitted to buying it THIRTY years ago. And presenter ALESHA DIXON kept it real in a pair of earrings from high street store Evans along with her bizarre black Gio... |
Study: Consumers still prefer brick-and-mortar jewelry stores
... last month—found the top two shopping incentives for jewelry purchases were affordable prices and free shipping.Auction sites represented the most popular site for Internet jewelry shopping, with 30 percent of Internet jewelry purchasers selecting eBay as their favorite site to buy jewelry. Of those who purchase jewelry online, 12 percent chose Zales.com as their favorite site, and 8 percent pick... |
Diamond jewelry: Consumer dynamics, survival tactics
During a seminar titled "Survive 2009/Thrive 2010," held recently at the JA New York Winter Show in New York City, Diamond Promotion Service Senior Strategist Emmy Kondo shared with audience members the state of the U.S. diamond jewelry market, an assessment of the 2008 holiday season and strategies for navigating the challenging retail year ahead.For a PDF version of her presentation, click here.... |
Jeweler to light Ronald McDonald House
milies under duress whose children are being cared for in area hospitals."Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings will take part in the house lighting. The gifts for the children will be presented at Northeastern's holiday party on Dec. 16. Supporting the House has become an annual tradition for the jeweler, who last year invited children from the House to participate in a shopping spree at a local toy store.... |
Simmons Jewelry Co. decks SpongeBob in diamonds
ive ideas to develop fine jewelry, and the Nickelodeon partnership to license SpongeBob is the perfect addition to the Simmons Jewelry Co. family," Simmons Jewelry Co. co-owner Russell Simmons said in a media release.The collection will feature designs for both men and women and will be available at fine-jewelry and specialty retailers in fall 2009, with pieces retailing between $150 and $75,000. ... |
Snow stalls jewelry sales, but men still buying
...tomers braved the elements to shop.New York--The economic slowdown and severe snowstorms packed a one-two punch for jewelers this weekend, with many reporting slow sales despite new sales tactics, while others celebrated the last-minute male shopper.As part of National Jeweler's annual holiday weekend roundup, which appears online every Monday through the end of the year, editors interview indepen... |
‘Golden Christmas’ with Porsche Design
r functional, timeless and purist design. The product portfolio includes classic men’s accessories, a sport and fashion collection as well as electronic products and a men’s fragrance range. The products are designed in the Porsche Design Studio in Zell am See, Austria, and sold worldwide in own stores, shop-in-shops, high quality department stores and exclusive retail outlets. Porsche Design... |
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