Retailers currently have the holiday blahs. Two big surges — Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve weekends — failed to offset thin traffic and flat sales in the days between. As a result, this week will be crucial for merchants as they seek to salvage the overall holiday period. Retailers are looking for a wave of gift …
Second City Style has covered this issue before. Now that models are dropping like flies. It’s still obviously a big issue. In fact, WWD did a major story on it today. Read below. In the fashion world, thin will always be in — just not too thin. What qualifies as too thin is a debate …
According to an article by Joanna Ramey in today’s WWD, Bebe (a store that makes me feel old) wants in on the "affordable luxury" niche. After 30 years in business, executives at the 248-store retailer hope to erase any perception of it left from the Nineties as a place for teenagers to shop for prom …
Launch of Betty Beauty is a PR CoupSource: Ad Age, November 14, 2006 If you still think a brown betty is an apple tart, you may not want to read further. Betty Beauty’s pubic-hair-dying kits are being marketed with names such as Brown Betty, Fun Betty, Blond Betty, Auburn Betty and Black Betty that designate …
The worst picture ever of yours truly, Lauren Dimet of Second City Style with the photogenic Stacy London of TLC’s "What Not to Wear" and Carol Calacci of Second City Style last night at the Macy’s Calvin Klein Fashion Presentation hosted by Stacy London. Truth be told, I love Stacy London. One, she told us …
