Archives for December 2014
Retail/Brands
Articles
Holiday Bustle
No sooner did Thanksgiving weekend end and media reports were declaring that not only was Black Friday a bust with consumers (down 11% from last year), but retailers had better…
Retail/Brands
Articles
Keeping up with the Joneses
Like beauty, luxury is in the eye of the beholder. Higher-end apparel retailers and brands have been trying to become the apple of this lucrative consumer’s eye via e-commerce and…
Consumers
Articles
The Kids Have It
Nothing in this world is certain but death and taxes – and kids outgrowing their clothes. It’s a steady market that has replenishment built right in. However, despite the short…
Consumers
Articles
The touch, the feel…
Over the years, the commercials have shown the fabric worn by small children as they played outdoors, bigger kids roughhousing in school, a young couple arguing in a car on…