de euro, in special catre banci, dar si catre alti furnizori. Vor putea multumi acestia "capra si varza" (banca si chiriasii) pentru a trece de aceasta perioada? Sursa: Ziarul Financiar Moda in lupta cu criza Criza din lumea financiara continua. Se spune ca Romania nu a ajuns inca la limita de jos a colapsului. Piata de fashion insa nu renunta atat de usor. De fapt, contraataca. Si aduce branduri noi care sa castige lupta cu criza. Este probabil ca marile case de moda sa intarzie sa se gandeasca la debutul pe o piata ca Romania din cauza crizei economice. Tocmai de aceea exista un potential neexploatat suficient pentru brandurile care si-au fixat ca target consumatorii cu venituri peste medie care tocmai din cauza vremurilor vitrege ezita sa investeasca in produse de brand Sursa: Ziarul Financiar Sensiblu vinde in malluri creme si ceaiuri cat medicamenteReteaua de farmacii Sensiblu, liderul din retailul farmaceutic din Romania, inregistreaza vanzari de pana la 50% pentru produsele nonfarma din portofoliu in unitatile situate in galeriile centrelor comerciale, in conditiile in care ponderea medie a acestui tip de produse la nivelul retelei este de 20%. Sursa: Ziarul Financiar Lanvin deschide primul boutique in SUAIt was only last week that Lanvin announced that the company had found a minority investor to take a 12.5 percent stake, leading to continued growth for the Alber Elbaz-helmed brand. But already, the States will see the benefits; Lanvin is gearing up to open its first US boutique at Bal Harbour Shops in Bal Harbour, Florida. Just in time for Miami's Art Basel and its subsequent fêtes, Lanvin will celebrate the opening with a cocktail party on Friday, December 4. Sursa: fashionweekdaily.com Business model: Lady Gaga Lady Gaga isn't the music industry's new Madonna. She's its new business model. By showing up wearing a bird's nest or a model of the solar system on her head, every Gaga appearance becomes an item (11,500 mainstream media stories cite her this year). Sursa: Forbes.com
Style Icon pe internetThe web has given rise to a new breed of fashion guru. You no longer have to be a celebrity or model – just a fashion enthusiast happy to put yourself on the line, online. Kelly Bowerbank picks out 10 of 2009's cyber sages. The blogosphere is swamped with wannabe e-cons – bubble heads with their bottoms out all desperate to enlighten us sartorially. So how do you know who is worth a glance? Our list includes some of the most influential, popular and interesting style bloggers of 2009, starting with the well-established – Alix Bancourt of The Cherry Blossom Girl website, who has a loyal global following – and ending with Elizabeth Ammerson, a relative newbie to the style blogging scene (in fact, she's practically unknown and doesn't post too often, but she's definitely one to watch). Sursa: The Guardian American Eagle Outfitters si J.Crew mizeaza pe vanzarile de sarbatori Clothing retailers American Eagle Outfitters Inc. and J. Crew Group Inc. Tuesday offered hope for a holiday sales upturn. J. Crew reported sharply higher profit on a 14% sales increase for its fiscal third quarter. The New York-based retailer forecast fourth quarter profit of between 37 cents and 42 cents a share in its fiscal fourth quarter, compared with a loss of $13.6 million, or 22 cents a share, a year ago. Sursa: The Wall Street Journal Demisii si reangajari in lumea modeiAlice Bon, formerly public relations director at Giorgio Armani Italy, has been named director of worldwide product editorial, archive and public relations at Gucci. Amy Reinitz, formerly of DKNY, has been named editorial director at Michele Marie Public Relations. Francis Sango, formerly national sales manager at Ferragamo Menswear, has been named vice president of wholesale for Bally North America. Sursa: fashionweekdaily.com Art director si graphic designer in lumea modeiLOTS of people in fashion are better at communicating their ideas with needle and thread than with nouns and verbs. But it is Patrick Li’s peculiar job, as an art director and graphic designer for some of the hottest new clothing designers in the business, to articulate their vision in the single nanosecond it takes to look at the name on the label of a dress or a T-shirt. His medium, if you could describe it as such, is logos, hangtags and shopping bags, the kind of things that subtly, but instantly, tell you if a designer brand is modern, fastidious, industrial, urban, preppy or just plain out of your league. Sursa: The New York Times |