Posts Tagged ‘Shopping’

Imelda 2.0 says: high heeled strappy sandals and platforms are just the thing for late summer and early fall. Can’t afford Max Mara or Sportmax: check out Max&Co.

I wrote an article for NBCBayarea.com about Rickshaw Bagworks, a San Francisco-based company that makes chic laptop and messenger bags inspired by the city’s urban cycling culture.  Go to: Geek Chic: Laptop bags from Rickshaw Bagworks

If you pick up any of the financial papers like the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times this week, you will see articles such as “Late Spending Spree Helps Europe’s Retailers” and “Retail Rush Appears to Fall Short”. Shopping, especially during the holiday season, is the barometer for how well we are doing. If [...]

The New York Times has a funny article about shopdropping, the opposite of shoplifting, where people put products in shops: Anti-consumerist artists slip replica products packaged with political messages onto shelves while religious proselytizers insert pamphlets between the pages of gay-and-lesbian readings at book stores. I can’t imagine it’s fun for the personnel of the [...]

Stylefeeder.com is the latest personal online shopping site that allows you to bookmark items you like (an iPhone, Gucci shoes, Dior bag), find “style twins” (people who share your taste), get product recommendations specific to your taste and solicit advice from others in the community about items you are thinking of buying. It’s a social [...]