Mercedes Benz Fashion Week is in full swing in New York City, and, as usual, there are as many head-turning outfits off the runways as on them. This revealing suit from Bagir is "clearly" a standout. The suit was designed and constructed by Bagir's creative director Richard Lowe to draw attention to their new Ecogir collection, and the event was dreamed up...

Okay, so I've never been much of one for New Year's Resolutions, but how about "New Season's Resolutions"? Yes, Jonathan, I have been a horrible blogger the last few months. In today's Internet age, certainly as a journalist, I've been reprehensible. So, just as I, coincidentally, started a brand new notebook on Friday just in time for Saturday's opening of...

Happy belated Earth Day. Sorry...I was busy sorting my recyclables and lost track of time since my previous “eco-blog” post. Then I was watching a really depressing episode of Frontline about the polluted Chesapeake Bay and really didn't feel much like celebrating.

But I am excited to see that more and more people in our industry are trying to make a...

It’s April 1st. Are our thoughts still lingering on yesterday’s fulfillment of March’s “In like a lion, out like a lamb” adage (at least it was true in New York City)? Or are we fiendishly plotting “April Fool’s” pranks (or their revenge)? Perhaps your focus is on the impending April 15th IRS deadline. Or getting ready for a Passover Seder. Or packing...

“Think outside the box.”

The maxim is probably one of modern business’s most over-used clichés, yet it’s used even more as industry experts, consultants and, yes, editors, talk about what is needed to rescue ailing retailers, quailing vendors and our failing economy.

We encourage stores to rethink merchandise mixes, to question whether buys are about...