Fashion Blogs

No one likes a double-dipper—especially where recessions are concerned. And sadly, during this economic slump, it’s no surprise that retailers are taking a hit. But, future store owners, this could be your time to strike. As the saying goes, when life gives you lemons, open the best boutique ever… or something like that. (more…)

As New Yorkers, we’re no strangers to zero privacy. Our apartment wallsare paper-thin and sometimes morning rush hour subway makes us feel likewe’re in a toothpaste tube, but we put up with it for the sake ofliving in this mad, wonderful city of ours. However, there are somethings that can get a bit too close for comfort— and they come from themost unexpected source. Many resort to online shoppingbecause it guarantees privacy and, we assume, no judgment by nosycashiers or pushy salespeople. We e

Leblas is young and exciting ethical fine jewellery boutique based on Sloane Street in Central London.

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Assistant/Junior Store Manager to join our friendly and enthusiastic team.

We offer contemporary collections as well as a bespoke service, so experience of jewellery retailing is essential.

The successful candidate should have excellent levels of customer service, demonstrate responsibility and initiative and have at least 2 years of management ex

Shopaholics: Beware. Big Brother is watching you… or, in this case, Acxiom Corporation. The marketing technology company recently did an extensive study on shoppers, and the results are
so specific that it’s almost frightening. Well, for us big spenders, anyways.

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If statistics be trusted, most of you out there have a mobile device with an Internet browser. Fun, right? So, for retailers, it makes sense to use our iPhone or Crackberry addictions as a way to drive online traffic and sales right? Well, according to study in WWD, although most brands have jumped on the e-commerce bandwagon, many fashion retailers are slow to launch mobile-commerce (or “m-commerce”) strategies. Nearly two-thirds of those in the study are either in t

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Limited Potential? No way!

· Limited Brands is exhibiting unlimited potential (LTD $25.39 Open). Its performance was up 5% in May and 32% YTD (Remember the banks barely pay you 1 – 2% in interest). Limited Brands, an explosive company with products of personal indulgence range from lingerie to perfume in more than 2,900 U.S. Stores and 80 countries worldwide. LTD is the parent company of some of the world’s best fashion retail brands: Victoria’s Secret, Victoria’s Secret Pink (targets the college

Left: Mark Fast (Photo via Flickr/kimberly-lyn); Right: Mark Fast for Topshop (Photo via Fashionista)

Don’t know about you, but we use fast-fashion fave Topshop almost strictly for bargain hunting. But with their new collab collection by critical darling Mark Fast, the Brit retailer is asking us invest a bit more cash in their trendy wears than usual. Priced between $100 and $185, the five-piece, neo-knitwear line sure is sexy, but will shoppers actually snap it up when it hits racks in 10 days?

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If you’re an emerging designer, you might want to add “Twittersphere,” “Facebooking”, and “trending topics” to “ruching”, “interfacing” and the other sewing terms of your everyday vocabulary. According to WWD, there are 126 million blogs on the Internet today and women, the prime target for designers, use a whopping 84% of all social-networking sites. It’s an unprecedented opportunity for fashion-industry hopefuls to engage with a worldwide community of customers

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There’s no doubt that technology and social media have transformed the retail landscape. Exactly how we survived without every, single product in the world available with just a click of a button we may
never know. More than that, e-commerce sites and social media marketing tools such as Facebook
and Twitter are quickly becoming essential for reaching out to new and old retail customers.

But even with all these massive changes, we can’t help but wonder what’s around

About a month ago now, I had contacted Hal Bastian, who is the Senior Vice President & Director of Economic Development for the Downtown Center Business Improvement District. He’s an incredible man, and he has tons of great ideas to bring business to downtown LA. Retail Smart Guys is going to be working with him in some aspect (in fact, we are doing an event there on June 24, more on that soon…).

Hal invited us to take a tour of downtown LA that he does monthly. I signed up because I realized tha

I'd like to tell you that this idea came to me while "contemplating in my study" or something as academic and erudite as that. Truth is, it just sorta came to me while working with a prospective client. And after it hit me, I realized that this is the basis for survival for all of us.

The person I was working with was in tears. Too many bills, not enough sales, and their retail business was in great danger. This person was in a constant state of unbridled worry, sleepless nights, and economic tor

A lot of our clients ask us about taking on consignment goods. At first, this seems like a dream come true - you get goods in the store that you don't have to pay for until they sell. And if they don't sell, you just send them back. Great, right? Well, maybe...

There are a few definite downsides to consignment goods that retailers should be aware of:
- Sure, you can send the goods back, but that means you are paying double freight for stuff that didn't sell.
- What is the cost to you to have your s

You know you’re supposed to be blogging, but you’re not. You don’t have time, and besides you’re a retailer not a writer. We get it. That’s why you should let us blog for you.

All you have to do is send us a little info about what you want to promote. We'll write the post for you, send it to you to approve, and then post it on your blog and several other blogs and forums on the internet.

What if you don't have a blog? Then we'll make one for you, free of charge.

Better still, each blog post is so r

We got a lot of great response to the launch of www.retailblogging.com. We also got a lot of questions. So I figured I'd answer them all in this post.

WRITING: The writing is being done by a professional writer and editor, who has many years of experience in fashion magazines. Her writing is stellar, and if you'd like to see samples of it you can check out her own blog at stuff2eat.blogspot.com.

POSTING: If you have already set up your own blog, we post to that. If you don't have a blog but want o