Links of the Week: Western Problems

Send to KindleTweet How to find things in your carryall, which hot French woman is on two issues of Vogue during the same month, and which retailers are joining the store-within-a-store trend. These are what one calls White or Western problems. It’s kind of like those moments when you are hungry but don’t know what [...]

Weekly Links: Haircare Developments, GMO Updates, & Big Box News

Send to KindleTweet Link love from this week and last – hipsters at hotels outside Manhattan (I know, brace yourself), Nordstrom may finally arrive on NYC soil, hair care innovations, GMO updates and more! L’Oreal apparently has some new hair cair ingredient dubbed neogenic that could possibly help improve hair density, according to Cosmetics Design. [...]

Luxury Stores Trump Chain Stores In September

Send to KindleTweet The spending power of wealthy Americans seems stable as luxury stores posted better September numbers than the usual big box retailers. Last week, the Financial Times reported that U.S. luxury department stores beat the rest of the retail industry in September. Neiman Marcus said sales increased 4.7% last month, against September 2009, [...]

Fashion House Plans Fragrance Move

Send to KindleTweet If his scent collection turns out they way his clothes always do, I’ll be one of the first to shell out some dough for a bottle of his fragrance. News just crossed the wires that BCBGMAXAZRIAGROUP is teaming up with New Wave Fragrances, the producer and distributor behind Ed Hardy, True Religion [...]

Eyes on the Prize: Our search For Effective Eye Creams

Send to KindleTweet The perfect pair of vintage Levi’s, a non-clumping mascara and an eye cream that masks exhaustion—these are our the items we will always be searching for. As such, we usher in summer with our picks of some great eye creams, with a selection to suit every personality. ORGANIC Sometimes the brands you’ve [...]

Retail & Celebrity Charity News September 22

Send to KindleTweet In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October), Bootheel Trading Co., the new lifestyle brand from singer/songwriter Sheryl Crow, will donate 10% of proceeds from its apparel division to the Revlon/UCLA Breast Center. Crow is a breast caner survivor. The Revlon/UCLA Breast Center is one of the United States’ leading breast cancer [...]

Retail & Celebrity Charity News June 9

Send to KindleTweet Nordstrom announced plans to open a 35,000-square-foot Nordstrom Rack at Orlando’s Millenia Crossing in Spring 2009. Saks announced it will open three new Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH stores in Fall 2008. One location will be a 30,000-square-foot store in The Arches at Deer Park in Long Island, New York in October; [...]

Retail & Celebrity Charity News May 26

Send to KindleTweet Grocer Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market, the small-format grocery chain run by British retailer Tesco, announced they will add 250 new private-label products, which include more fresh-prepared ready meals, new juices and brewed teas, soy and goat yogurt and more ready-to-grill meats, The Press-Enterprise reports. The news comes after the company decided [...]

Retail & Celebrity Charity May 12

Send to KindleTweet Emaar, a conglomerate of companies in the United Arab Emirates, has created a new five-star hotel brand called The Address that will open its flagship hotels this year in Downtown Burj Dubai and Dubai Marina. The Address will run four brand extensions within the resort,retreat, urban and business categories. The parent company [...]