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Apparently, the couture furrier, who moonlights designing and selling ready-to-wear, faux furs on QVC, cares greatly about the proper handling and storage of his wares. All coats — at price points high and low — should be hung on custom hangers when put away for any length of time. For quick comings and goings they should be hung on a handy coat rack, and never slung over a piece of furniture. Got that? The New York Times Dec. 7, 2009
Beginning in the fall of next year, QVC will distribute Liz Claiborne’s New York brand of apparel, which is produced in collaboration with designer Isaac Misrahi. Dow Jones Newswires Oct. 8, 2009
Tags: Isaac Mizrahi, Lis Claiborne, QVCTo the history of brand-on-brand slug-fests must be added a couple of robe/blanket hybrids whose wearers can only consider sweatpants, hoodies and moo moos too fashion-forward for such salt-of-the-earth persons as themselves. Coke/Pepsi and Boeing/Airbus, move over. Company in the annals of marketing rivalries is coming in the blob-like forms of the Slanket and Snuggie. More »
Tags: Freedom Blanket, Slanket, SnuggieCedric’s Luxe Collection today issued a press release detailing November and December appearances on ShopNBC by designer Cedric Kirchner. The release also includes the company’s Top 5 Holiday Fur Accessories Trends, which manage to make fur seem like a remarkably sensible, versatile, outfit-stretching option. Cedric’s Luxe Collection Press Release on MarketWatch.com Nov. 25, 2008
Tags: Cedric's Luxe Collection, fur, ShopNBC
Chloe Dao poses with her models at Hotel Zaza, where she recently presented her fall collection
Houston-based clothing designer Chloe Dao attributes much of her success to the good fortune of appearances on Project Runway back in 2006. The publicity helped her land the QVC business, where her Simply Chloe Dao line sells some 10,000 units per item. Her ready-to-wear line, Dao by Chloe Dao, is stocked by boutiques in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, along with a showroom in New York City, and is also available on her website. When Lot 8, Dao’s boutique in Houston’s Rice Village, celebrated eight years in business recently, Houston mayor Bill White declared the day “Chloe Dao Day.” Houston Chronicle Oct 20, 2008
Tags: Chloe Dao, Lot 8, QVC, Simply Chloe DaoWal-Mart and the warehouse club stores were exceptions, but a majority of retailers reporting September sales reported declines compared with last year. In addition, “Thomson Reuters reported that 71% of the stores it tracks on its same-store sales index had failed to meet analysts’ expectations, and that retail growth dropped to 0.8% — the worst September performance since the company began collecting data in 2000.” Here is econo-speak from an executive in the particularly-hard-hit apparel segment, and it doesn’t auger well for the Holiday season. “Our disappointing September sales results reflect the deteriorating macro economic environment.” The Wall Street Journal Oct. 13, 2008 Paid subscription may be required.
Tags: economy, September same-store salesFor many of the world’s best-known luxury brands — jewelry makers, watch makers and high-end fashion houses — these have been very good times. Any softness in sales in the U.S., Europe and Japan has been more than made up for by emerging markets like China and Russia. But they think that’s going to change and they’re starting to retrench. The Wall Street Journal Oct. 8, 2008 Paid subscription may be required.
Tags: emerging markets, high-end retail, luxury storesThe tough-guy Teutul family of Orange County Choppers (OCC) fame will sell an exclusive new line of OCC merchandise on QVC, beginning tomorrow, Thursday, Oct. 9th, at 7 p.m. ET. Products will include apparel, collectibles, and an autographed book that comes with a bonus CD by the OCC band. (Its members are mechanics in the OCC garage.) The broadcast — featuring a performance by the band — will originate from the OCC garage in Newburgh, NY. (Handlebar cozies for your Harley, anyone?) QVC Press Release on MarketWatch.com Oct. 6, 2008
Tags: choppers, motorcycles, Orange County Choppers, QVC, Teutul