| Young funds: Gen Y cheapskates share ideas on blogs
She grocery shops with coupons and doesn't have cable TV. When she finishes graduate school, she'll have zero debt. He owned his first stock at 12 and contributes the maximum he can to his IRA. At 28, he owns five pieces of property. They are members of an age group known for maxing out credit cards and spending an entire paycheck on a Coach handbag, despite having massive student loans. They also are part of the Generation Y group that isn't known for saving for retirement through 401(k) accounts. .
Vuitton, peers fight sale of fakes
Louis Vuitton's brown-and-gold entwined LV logo, one of the most widely duplicated, pops up on fake handbags and accessories sold on downtown Atlanta street corners and online. But luxury design companies, including David Yurman, Ermenegildo Zegna, Burberry and Tiffany & Co., are fighting vendors who sell blatant copies of their merchandise. .
Hot Holiday Gifts, Coach Bags vs Target Counterfeit Bags, Rising ...
Holiday must-have gifts, Liz Crenshaw has a warning for shopping procrastinators, Liz also reports on a big battle between Coach and Target and a charge of counterfeiting, Automobile processing fees, the price of paperwork goes up, up, up, And hotel amenities, you can say good-bye to the personal touch. Let's start with the holiday shopping season, particularly this season's must-have holiday gifts. It's only October, but already toy sellers such as Wal-Mart, Toys R Us and KB Toys are scrambling to get their hands on more hot toys. This bad news for toy buyers is good news for retailers who had fears of another tough holiday selling season. .
Jones Apparel Group Names Fred Allard Creative Director of Nine ...
NEW YORK, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jones Apparel Group, Inc. (NYSE: JNY - News) announces the appointment of Fred Allard as Creative Director of the Nine West brand Footwear and Accessories Divisions. In this newly created position, Fred will directly oversee the vision for the Nine West branded product in the company owned footwear, handbag and jewelry divisions, and that vision will reach throughout all brand extensions to ensure a seamless brand strategy. His responsibilities will include product for the retail, wholesale and international divisions of the company. "This is about our ongoing commitment to putting product and design at the center of the brand, investing in the best talent and bringing together the talent in each division to act as a unified Nine West team," said Andrew Cohen, Chief Executive Officer, Wholesale Footwear and Accessories.
Young funds: Gen Y cheapskates share ideas on blogs
She grocery shops with coupons and doesn't have cable TV. When she finishes graduate school, she'll have zero debt. He owned his first stock at 12 and contributes the maximum he can to his IRA. At 28, he owns five pieces of property. They are members of an age group known for maxing out credit cards and spending an entire paycheck on a Coach handbag, despite having massive student loans. They also are part of the Generation Y group that isn't known for saving for retirement through 401(k) accounts. .
Cognac Is Newest Weapon in Fight to End North Korea Atomic Push
Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) -- The United Nations is hitting Kim Jong Il where it hurts, cutting off trade in the luxury goods favored by the North Korean dictator and his entourage. Kim, his family and members of North Korea's ruling class fancy Mercedes-Benz cars, Hennessy cognac and French wines, says Michael Breen, author of ``Kim Jong Il: North Korea's Dear Leader.'' They buy the goods abroad and bring them back to a country locked in poverty where annual per capita income is $914. ``The idea is to punish the leaders and not the people,'' says Jean-Baptiste Mattei, a spokesman at the French Foreign Ministry in Paris. ``It's a way to hit the nomenklatura, who are the only ones who can travel abroad and consume these goods.'' The UN Security Council included the ban on luxury goods in an Oct.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month Gets Helping Hand from Madison ...
Style and substance will come together in New York on Monday, October 16th as dozens of Madison Avenue's top retailers prepare for the 7th Annual Pink Ribbon Project to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
For the first time ever, The Pink Ribbon Project has joined forces with Bond Street in London's West End for a simultaneous press conference and ribbon cutting to kick-off the shopping benefit.
From October 16th to October 28th, participating boutiques from both fashion capitals will be offering exclusive merchandise from which 10% of the sales will be donated to designated charities. Some of the enticing items include a pink opal 18 kt gold and diamond bracelet designed exclusively for Pink Ribbon by David Yurman, a Dolce & Gabbana pink fuchsia nappa handbag, and a pink suede Gucci handbag.
It's in theBag CHICAGO -
The cult of the handbag has reached new heights, literally. The hottest handbags are close to 2 feet tall and wider than a doorway - power bags large enough to hold a small bureau and topple a passerby with one swing of the shoulder. And the price tags are just as hefty at $1,500 and up. Chalk it up to the celebrity culture, women's rising economic clout and one undeniable, intoxicating fact: You don't have to be model thin to wear one. Observers of fashion and culture say It Bags are to women what sports cars are to men, a competitive status symbol that knows no rational limits. In a day when jeans and T-shirts are common and upper echelon executive women dress down to preserve authority, an outrageously expensive must-have It Bag, especially one so big it's hard to miss, announces its owner has arrived.
Vuitton, peers fight sale of fakes
Louis Vuitton's brown-and-gold entwined LV logo, one of the most widely duplicated, pops up on fake handbags and accessories sold on downtown Atlanta street corners and online. But luxury design companies, including David Yurman, Ermenegildo Zegna, Burberry and Tiffany & Co., are fighting vendors who sell blatant copies of their merchandise. .
Back from the land of pasta and purses
A three-week vacation in Tuscany: wonderful. Re-entry: not so great. But here I sit in my new leather jacket wading through e-mails, snail mail and voice mail, appreciating the concept of siesta. Even though I've been to Italy several times, I noticed something this trip that I hadn't noted before. Italians look at your shoes. Both men and women look at your face, then glance at your shoes. I understand that shoes are important to the economy of the country, but I found it interesting that even young people check out everyone's shoes. If they like your shoes, then you get the once-over. If not, their eyes go to the next person. I also noticed that while some Italian women will wear high heels regardless of how far they have to walk and on what surface they're walking, some (many, actually) have gone for comfortable slides, low-heeled pumps and flats.
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