April 2010
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Ebay Doing Flash Sales
Wallstreet Journal- 3/29/10
EBay Inc. will launch “flash sales” of high-end fashion brands Monday in its latest bid to revive its giant online marketplace.
On a portion of its Web site dubbed Fashion Vault, the company will offer discounts starting at 50% off retail for a limited time, beginning with offerings from French Connection Group PLC.
The business model, which follows a...
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WatchThe NEW Adventures of the OLD The City Crew
For those who care to watch— of course we can’t help ourselves. Especially since Kell On Earth is finito as of Monday, this will help ease the pain. The new show airs April 27.
Oh- and don’t mind the mayonnaise commercial.. Advertisers(!!)
posted by: Francine
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The latest from ALT on Twitter
Yesterday:
Easter is around the corner. Wouldn’t it be great to get invited to an Easter party organized by Martha Stewart. Or your best friend! 1:37 AM Mar 21st via web
Did you know Diane von Furstenberg and I went to the Obama Inaugural together. It was a very Special Moment in our history as friends! ALT 1:33 AM Mar 21st via web
PS HAS ANYONE NOTICED THAT...
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“2010 landmark year as online ad spending overtakes print..”
– From BizReport.com
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50 Best Bags of All Time →
Our West Coast correspondent, Natasha McCoy brought the most genius article from the LA Times to our attention recently. Trying think how many of these masterpieces have graced our halls.. um almost ALL of them!! If anyone has a line on Shiro Kuramata, ThreeAsFour and/or a Gaultier Glove Bag we might be able to check every single box.
Although, we might contest a few- and add a few to the list...
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Richemont Luxury Group to Acquire Net-a-Porter
LONDON (Reuters) - Swiss luxury goods group Richemont (CFR.VX) has bid to acquire Net-a-Porter in a deal which values the UK online fashion retailer at about 350 million pounds ($531 million), newspapers said on Sunday.
Richemont already owns a 29 percent stake in Net-a-Porter and is looking to acquire the remainder of the company from other shareholders including founder Natalie Massenet, said...
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“Celine, Stella, Givenchy and Lanvin crushed it.. the retailers are all buzzing...”
– FASHION SPY from Paris, talking about the shows this week
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“Word on the street is that [She] consults, or did consult, for the Italian...”
– Fashionista.com’s Britt Aboutaleb, on why French Vogue Editor, Carine Roitfeld was blacklisted from Balenciaga’s show this season.. shame, shame!!
ALT's tweets are getting better..
Sunday: “Oscar placement? Who did the seating? Why is all of Precious lumped in a corner? If I don’t say ,who will. Wrong! So wrong!”
-Stay with it Andre.. we’re proud.
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Not to pick on ALT but..
Apparently he started using his Twitter account the day after we (and probably the rest of the world) made fun of his comments about social media, specifically Facebook and Twitter.
So we are now following him to see what the Twitter Newbie’s been up to.. Today he apparently picked out some nice glassware for Ivanka Trump at Bergdorf, and yesterday he tweeted that trees were his friends....
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