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Monday April 29th, 2013

Why Trying to Find Pink Jeans Online Made Me Rethink My Love of E-Commerce
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Why Trying to Find Pink Jeans Online Made Me Rethink My Love of E-Commerce

I do 85% of my shopping online. Mostly because I sit at a computer all day and it’s a convenient procrastination tool. But also because I know exactly what I’m getting. I can visit a website and find the exact item in the exact color in the exact size and order it instantly.

At least that’s how I felt a few weeks ago, when I started searching for a pair of not-too-pricey pale pink jeans. However, the experience made me realize that sometimes, getting off your butt and visiting the mall is just easier—and that there needs to be more of a connection between online and offline retail.

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Published at 4:45 PM

Thursday April 25th, 2013

Joe’s Jeans Designer Launches Ambitious New Multifaceted Resale Site
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Joe’s Jeans Designer Launches Ambitious New Multifaceted Resale Site

Ambre Dahan, the French-born, L.A.-based design director of Joe’s Jeans (and wife of Joe’s Jeans founder Joe Dahan), knows that the online resale space is competitive. And crowded. After all, 2012 was filled with launch-after-launch: The Real Real, Vaunte, Shop Hers, and Material Wrld, to name a few.

But Dahan believes that her self-funded site, Walk In My Closet, which launches today, is unique enough to make a real impression on the market. And she may be right.

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Wednesday August 24th, 2011

Flash Sales Site Ideeli Ranked #1 Fastest-Growing Company of 2011
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Flash Sales Site Ideeli Ranked #1 Fastest-Growing Company of 2011

Inc. magazine just released their annual Inc. 500, a list of the country’s 500 fastest-growing private businesses. Proving that members-only flash sales business model are still sound, online retailer Ideeli scored the number one spot on the list with a three-year sales growth of 40,882% and revenue of $77.7 million.

The New York-based company launched in 2007 and specializes in limited-time sales with a variety of designers and was one of the first to adopt this type of business model in the U.S., shortly after Gilt Groupe. And we knew Ideeli was a major player in the online flash sale site game. These ecommerce sites were one of the only retail platforms to benefit from the recession–brands had excess inventory they needed to move and shoppers wanted deals. Paul Hurley, the founder of Ideeli, told Inc., “The day after Lehman failed, which was a spectacular day for us, you could fire a gun in Saks and not hit anybody.”

Still, we didn’t know it was this big. Currently, ideeli boasts over 4.5 million members and 1,000 brand partners. Here are 10 more interesting facts about this year’s fastest-growing company that you may not have known from Inc.‘s profile:

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Published at 6:21 PM

Wednesday August 17th, 2011

Elie Tahari on the Relaunch of His Website, Which Celebs He’d Like To Feature On It, and Why He Starts Each Day By Saying ‘Don’t F*** With Me’
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Elie Tahari on the Relaunch of His Website, Which Celebs He’d Like To Feature On It, and Why He Starts Each Day By Saying ‘Don’t F*** With Me’

Elie Tahari has seen success in the fashion biz for over 40 years. So to ensure his success for the next 40, this week he’s relaunched his website, elietahari.com. The revamped site features an enhanced e-commerce experience, a “social media” component, and a bulked up editorial component that sees Elie himself interviewing celebrities and curating pages.

We chatted with the Israeli-born fashion mogul about his new editorial role, the celebrity interviews he’d like to score, and the point of view he’ll bring to his new site. We can only hope it’s as honest, charming, and hilarious as Elie is in conversation.

Fashionista: We read this quote from you that we kind of love, that says you greet each day with a “Don’t you fuck with me today.” Can we look forward to that kind of attitude and editorial voice on your new site and in your new webzine, ETC?
Elie Tahari: [Laughs] Why not?

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Published at 12:45 PM

Tuesday June 28th, 2011

Online Sales Site 1 band 1 brand Brings Emerging Fashion and Emerging Music Together On the Internet
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Online Sales Site 1 band 1 brand Brings Emerging Fashion and Emerging Music Together On the Internet

Over the past few decades, there have been innumerable instances of fashion and music coming together (or using each other, depending on how you look at it). From designers outfitting musicians for tours (which happens even more often than is publicized) to bands performing at fashion shows and after parties, the relationship between musicians and fashion brands has long been a mutually beneficial one.

New internet start up 1 band 1 brand is, for perhaps the first time, bringing that relationship to an online platform that features a new emerging brand and a new emerging designer each week, with a shopping component and the goal of making it easier for people to discover the next big thing amongst both industries. Basically, they offer pay-your-own-price music from a band alongside an exclusive discount for a cool clothing brand (for men and women). They’ve already featured several cool brands including Billy Reid, Smith & Butler, Bed Stu, Ever and others. We thought this sounded like an interesting and unusual concept (unlike the many of the internet startup/sale sites we hear about every day), so we spoke to Brady Sadler, one of the founders of 1 band 1 brand, to find out exactly what it is, how it came about, and the very strong response it’s gotten from both the fashion and music industries.

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Published at 6:12 PM

Thursday May 12th, 2011

Breaking: American Express Teams Up With Vente-Privee (AKA The First Flash Sales Site Ever)
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Breaking: American Express Teams Up With Vente-Privee (AKA The First Flash Sales Site Ever)

Maybe you’ve never heard of Vente-Privee, but if you’ve ever visited Gilt Groupe, HauteLook, Rue La La, etc., you know what they do. The French company launched a designer flash sales site back in 2001 (that’s six years before Gilt Groupe and HauteLook) and inspired the launch of Gilt. The firm is a huge player in Europe–they currently boast 13 million users and about $1 billion in yearly sales–but they’ve steered clear of the US. Until now.

This morning, American Express announced a joint partnership with Vente-Privee to launch an American site later on this year. (Each company owns 50% of the venture. And this is VP’s first foray into a non-European market.)

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Published at 11:00 AM

Friday April 8th, 2011

Katie Grand Wears Miu Miu on Safari, and Other Things We Learned From Visiting Miu Miu’s New E-Shop
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Katie Grand Wears Miu Miu on Safari, and Other Things We Learned From Visiting Miu Miu’s New E-Shop

Lately, all my favorite brands have been hitting the net with e-commerce, from Suno to Mary Kate and Ashley, and today Miu Miu.

Miu Miu is definitely late to join the web game (at least among major brands), but that doesn’t mean it won’t come in handy for fashion fanatics who are too busy traveling to pop into a brick and mortar store. Among said fanatics may be Love editor Katie Grand, who took her trusted Miu Miu frock on safari with her in Kenya. (Which I only know thanks to my twitter stalking of @THELOVEMAGAZINE) Don’t worry, you can get the same dress here for $2,420.

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Thursday February 10th, 2011

Alexa Chung Covers Net-a-Porter’s New Print Magazine
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Alexa Chung Covers Net-a-Porter’s New Print Magazine

Alexa Chung looks ravishing in red Erdem on the cover of Net-a-Porter‘s new print magazine. According to a post on the Fashion Spot, the glossy will be available to purchase on Net-a-Porter.com beginning next week.

Net-a-Porter was pretty much the first site to successfully incorporate editorial into their e-commerce platform. (Although they’ve scaled back on the amount of editorial over the years.) What do you think of this reverse strategy?

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Published at 2:27 PM

Monday January 31st, 2011