Gilt
With a New Redesign, Gilt Continues to Broaden Its Scope Beyond the Flash Sale
The company took customer feedback into consideration for the reboot.
Hudson's Bay Company Cutting 2,000 Jobs Including Senior Management
The layoffs affect employees at Saks Fifth Avenue, Lord & Taylor and Gilt.
Hudson's Bay Is Buying Gilt for $250 Million
The company plans to integrate the flash sales site with Saks Off 5th.
Report: Hudson's Bay Is in Talks to Buy Gilt for $250 Million
The deal could still fall through at this point, though.
Gilt Opens a Showroom for Offline Shopping
It's called "Gilt by Appointment" and New York City customers can visit next month.
3 Startups Vying to Become the 'Uber for Beauty'
It's really rough doing this kind of research.
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Gilt Co-Founder To Head Up Beauty On-Demand Service Glamsquad
Alexandra Wilkis Wilson has a new baby.
Here's the Smartwatch Michael Bastian Designed for Gilt
Gilt. Hewlett-Packard. Michael Bastian. Design dream team?
Miranda Kerr Confirms She Won't Walk in the Victoria's Secret Show This Year
Rumors have been circulating for a while that Victoria's Secret was cutting ties with one of its most famous Angels, Miranda Kerr. As recently as last month, reports surfaced that she'd been dropped from the upcoming Victoria's Secret Fashion Show for being "difficult." Well, at last night's launch of Stuart Weitzman's line of 50/50 boots for Gilt, the Australian supermodel confirmed that she won't make this year's runway--but definitely not because she wasn't asked.
Rihanna Goes Granny Gray, Crocs Get a Little Cooler, and the Latest ANTM Contestant Mugshot Is a Doozy
Gray is the new black... so says Rihanna, who has just given her hair an allover granny makeover. {Daily Mail} My-Wardrobe founder Sarah Curran opens up about stepping down from the company and shares what "fashion projects" she's working on next. {Vogue UK} French Connection brings new meaning to the concept of a nude sketch for the brand's latest inventive fall campaign, shot by the iconic Rankin. {Grazia} If you think you're getting anxiety from waiting for the royal baby, then you haven't read these tweets from desperate journalists who stand waiting for news on the tarmac of Kate Middleton's hospital parking lot. {The Cut}
Tom Ford's Fall Ads Drop, Miranda Kerr Goes Topless for Vogue, and Gilt Sets Up Shop in Kentucky
Erin Heatherton is breaking up with her agency. The model (and former Leo DiCaprio flame) is leaving Marilyn for IMG. {WWD} If ever there were a high fashion comic book, it would probably look a lot like Tom Ford's F/W 2013 ads. {Style.com} Miranda Kerr is topless and wearing granny panties on the cover of Vogue Korea's July 2013 issue. So, it's actually one of her more-covered up shoots. {Fashion Gone Rogue}
Why Groupon Is In Trouble and Flash Sale Sites Aren't Going Anywhere
You better start using those Groupons you picked up (or else start buying more) because the company is in some trouble. As of yesterday, the company's stock was down 54.9% since November, which is when it went public, according to WWD. While it seems like everyone I talk to is always crowing about the amazing Groupon deal they got, it turns out that the model is not so great for retailers. And in the long-term, flash sales sites--which have also faced issues--will have better longevity in the long haul because of their benefit to both retailers and shoppers. Here are the issues in a nutshell:
More Brands are Tapping Into Pinterest's Power--But Will it Actually Drive Sales?
By now, we've all heard (almost ad nauseum) how Pinterest is the fastest-growing website and how more and more brands are scrambling to monetize on the exploding social media platform. But will Pinterest actually drive sales? Sure, the platform's got millions of users and boatloads of products are being pinned and re-pinned by the minute--but is any of that actually leading to an increase in sales profits? For now, it's probably too early to tell but The Telegraph's Julian Green argues that Pinterest's current structure, which allows pinners to curate their own boards in a way that makes sense to them but not necessarily a marketing exec, will be a huge hurdle. "For Pinterest to be successful in encouraging buying, they would need to connect the collection of images to the catalogue of products," he writes. "This is hard to do."