Style Grid (American Apparel)
If you haven’t popped along to American Apparel (UK) for a while, check out their cool ‘Style Grid‘ on their site, or, if you are feeling active, go along to their London store on Beak Street (W1).
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Oddica February Sale
ODDICA 12 DAYS OF FEBRUARY CLEARANCE SALE Oddica have some new shirts coming on February 13, so they are clearing space with a good old-fashioned clearance sale. Two shirts are $28 ($14 each) and three or more are an insane $12 each!!! NEW STUFF FEB. 13 They have a bunch of new stuff planned two … Read more
Internet clothing sales surge by 44 per cent
The Independent are reporting today that on-line clothing sales are up: Internet sales of clothing have passed the £1bn-a-year mark, despite customers not being able to try things on before they buy. Mintel reported a five-fold rise in sales of clothing and footwear on-line since 2001 and a 44 per cent surge to £1.4bn last … Read more
New Consumer
Next Thursday sees the official launch of Newconsumer.com, the web’s newest and hottest ethical lifestyle magazine. Packed with daily news, views and interviews on everything green and Fairtrade, the site’s written by the UK’s top ethical journalists including The Guardian’s Lucy Siegle and Richard Hammond, Metro’s Bel Jacobs, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, plus many of the web’s … Read more
10/15 from Hanes
“10/15” is a new concept from US manufacturer Hanes and, despite the silly name (IMHO), is actually a very good idea. It stands for 10 colours / 15 styles, and was developed based on market research and views from leading distributors. 10 colours / 15 styles answers the increasing need to find the perfect colour … Read more
Merry Christmas
It is time to go home, turn off the lights, pick up all the bottles of wine and ‘Quality Street’ and juggle them on the train whilst dodging all the little kids that have come into work with ‘Daddy’ in the City, an old tradition around here. Just a quick reminder, we’ll be running a … Read more
Understand your clients when picking sizes
Image Source: Creating Passionate Users Kathy Sierra, over at the Creating Passionate Users blog, makes an excellent point which anyone buying t-shirts for an event should take notice of. In fact, if you don’t have time to read her post just check out her picture above which, as the platitude goes, speaks a thousand words. … Read more
American Apparel to be sold for $382 million US
American Apparel, the casual clothing chain whose socially conscious manufacturing, sexually charged advertising and snug-fitting T-shirts have generated a cultlike following, will be sold to a little-known investment firm for $382.5 million, according to people briefed on the matter. Source: The New York Times, 18 Dec 2006Â