Mancession + Bathing Suit Season = Coffee Profits

Could it be as simple as the combination of the impending swimsuit season and an ongoing mancession that drove sales for Starbucks and fastfood giant, McDonald’s? McDonald’s added all these fluffy sugary coffee drinks to their menu, as well as hot and iced coffee, in American sizes at flyover state prices. So far so good. [...]

Starbucks Speaks To HIV, Recycling Issues

Starbucks, home of the dark roast and the key to regularity, most of all, The Third Place, has issued limited-run cups with red heart designs in time for Hallmark‘s favorite day of the year, but this design means more. The run of heart-emblazoned cups is an ode to the (RED) campaign, whose partners have helped [...]

Rachel Roy Announces Africa Initiative

Many designers are inspired by African cultures but Rachel Roy is helping to create jobs for women through a new partnership that will source accessories from Africa. Designer Rachel Roy has partnered with Fairwinds Trading to integrate hand crafted items by female-owned businesses in Africa into her collection. Via her label, Rachel Rachel Roy, a [...]

Starbucks Needs A Liquor License

Starbucks should start getting liquor licenses and create the Kahluacino already. Damn, we might as well call it The Monday. I think they should create specialty coffee cocktails, one for each day of the week. Since I am feeling the pain today, not enough sleep, the looming death of four Conde Nast magazines (why am I [...]

Retail & Celebrity Charity News Week of November 16

Sony Encourages Television Recycling To encourage the recycling of electronic products, Sony Style has launched its ‘Green Glove’ service, which offers consumers the option of having their old televisions hauled away and recycled when purchasing a new 32-inch diagonal or larger Sony BRAVIA LCD television. The service is part of the Sony Take Back Recycling [...]

Retail & Celebrity Charity News Week of October 27

On November 7, Trader Joe’s will open new stores in Nashville, Tennessee, and Clackamas, Oregon. Additional stores are planned in California, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Arizona. Saks Fifth Avenue announced plans to open a new, 28,000-square-foot Off 5th store in San Antonio, Texas, in the spring of 2009. The store will be at The Rim shopping [...]

Retail & Celebrity Charity News August 25

On July 1, 2008, Starbucks announced it will close 600 of its stores in the United States, including several locations in New York and California, as well as five in Las Vegas. Starbucks also released a full list of anticipated closures that will occur during the first half of 2009. CEO Howard Schultz attributes smaller [...]

Squashing Fat Food NationThe Breakfast Companies’ Attempt At Healthy MenusWhat: American food business chains are in the midst of a competition for the best “healthy breakfast” menu. What’s the truth about the food?

The Dirt: One might argue the food businesses in America have worked out a clever roller coaster of a marketing plan, building us up with fatty, delicious foods only to allow themselves to present “healthy” menus that help us lose the weight. Or, one might just chock the fatness of America up to the excess [...]

Retail & Celebrity Charity News July 21

West Elm plans to open a Toronto location in October 2008. The company has already opened a location in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Starbucks announced it will close about 600 stores in the U.S. from July through the first half of 2009. Click for the link to some stores on the list. Apple will open a [...]

The Digital Experience!: A Peek At The Tech Pipeline

The Dirt: Technology falls in the love-hate category, a bit like family, Starbucks and tourists—we rely on them all but the drawbacks that accompany them can at times outweigh the benefits. Technological advances explain why hordes of American teens spend their free time glued to digital cameras, cell phones and computers, masquerading as amateur filmmakers [...]

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