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Get Shopping
If it seems like people spend a lot of time on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, it’s because they do — to the tune of nearly two hours every day. Now,…
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The End of the Casual Friday
When Mad Men first started to air, the male characters wore suits all the time — and without a doubt they were the uniform of choice for the white-collar man.…
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Highs and Lows
Despite its glamorous image, the high end of fashion has been taking it a bit on the chin lately. Enough so that luxury players are changing up their games as…
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Heritage Styling and Fabrics
Walking the aisles of the recent New York menswear market week shows, one thing was clear: despite all the buzz about athleisure, manufacturers are strong on denim. Very strong.[quote] “Denim…
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Coming Home
The U.S. has seen a slow but steady growth in housing over the last few years. Both new housing starts and existing home sales reached eight-year highs in June. Just…
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Childrenswear & Back to School Apparel
Learn more about childrenswear and back to school apparel.
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Boxed Apparel Services
For years now, retailers have appealed to the time-strapped or fashion-challenged by offering the services of stylists or personal shoppers. But in today’s digital age, subscription-based boxed apparel services are…
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A Curated Experience
In Northern New Jersey, a supermarket in an area with a large Italian-American population stocks a large assortment of pastas, small-batch escarole and bean soup, and frozen parmigiana dinners. Two…
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Put Down Those Beach Towels
The ink has barely dried on June’s report cards, but retailers are already thinking about Back-to-School (BTS) season. And from the look of things, fall 2015 should get off to…
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Need to Know
The millennial generation’s thirst for knowledge apparently knows no bounds. Take, for instance, the story comedian Aziz Ansari told Jimmy Fallon recently on The Tonight Show comparing his life to…