MR’s associate publisher Michelle Brown writes about a circuitous online shopping experience that took her through four retailers and many markdowns.

My Most Recent Online Shopping Experience

By Michelle Brown

At a Bar Mitzvah a week ago Saturday night, the women at my table eyed a dress worn by one of the other guests. My husband chatted her up at the...

MR publisher Stu Nifoussi is our guest blogger this week, covering Randa Accessories 100th anniversary event in Chicago on Monday, April 26.

I was fortunate to be present this week at the celebration of Randa Accessories’ 100th anniversary, which took place at the company’s annual managers meeting in the Trump Tower and Hotel in Chicago with very few...

Last week I embarked on another 2-½ week tour of the Midwest. But before I get started, just a quick question: WHO STOLE ALL THE WAFFLE HOUSES? You’d think somebody’d have the decency to open one. Not a single location in OH, MI, WI, or IL.

I arrived late Tuesday night in Cleveland, checked into room 213 at the Clarion Hotel, and immediately ordered a...

We sent Justin Shane Burgos, one of our new editorial assistants, to cover tradeshows during New York market week. Here, Justin offers his first impressions.

On January 17th I attended my first tradeshows—the Designer Forum at the Warwick Hotel and ENK New York. Both shows were unique and interesting in their own way.

Left: Justin Shane Burgos with MR's...

Why does Japan always get the cool stuff first? Despite the country’s documented love of Americana, from where I’m sitting it looks like they’re the trendsetters.

Quick Response, or QR code was created in 1994 as a way to track vehicle parts during the manufacturing process. Fast forward 15 years and the “two dimensional” barcodes, which hold hundreds of...