Beautiful things are arriving for spring. We are starting to get excited over some of our most recent arrivals. That excitement is needed during these February days. We ordered for spring way back in October, so sometimes you forget exactly what is coming. We take lots of pictures and make notes, but you still forget. SO, now it really [...]
Archive for February, 2007
Beautiful things
Posted in Good to know on February 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Cruise
Posted in Good to know on February 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Right about now you’ll start seeing all the spring wear in the stores. First it will be cruise. So, we’ll talk about that first for everyone going to Mexico, the Bahamas, the Caribbean. Now, not that we’re not glad you’re going, we are, it’s just, well, it’s cold here and we’re a little jealous. Anyway, [...]
Sale, sale, sale….
Posted in Retail on February 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The thing in retail is to sell something you’ve purchased at cost x for price y. A lot of people think that the difference in the two numbers is pure profit, or they might realize there are costs involved to selling the item, the item cost notwithstanding. That “profit” pays rent, electric, heat, air conditioning, bags [...]
Inspiration…
Posted in Inspiration on February 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, Abbey and I watched The Devil wears Prada, the plot of the movie was your basic not so stylish girl transforming herself into someone else, only to find out that she lost herself in the process. Those movies always disappoint me in that their message is, “be true to yourself and wear ugly clothes.” [...]