Customizable Charity-Driven Accessories – C4 Belts

  C4 Belts is a fashion social enterprise founded by four American friends sharing a house in China. The C4 Belts line allows customization of the color of the belt itself and the buckle, and also allows the customer to choose a cause toward which the donation portion...

Gucci wins trademark case against Guess

  Gucci America has won a bitter trademark infringement case against Guess, with a New York court awarding the US arm of the Italian luxury goods group damages of $4.66m after a three-week trial. Gucci launched proceedings in 2009, claiming that Los Angeles-based...

Newspaper Couture

Mary Design Presents Interesting Headgear     When I think of newspaper hats, a three-cornered pre-school design comes to mind, but Mary Design at the Minas Trend Preview in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, replaced this association with sophisticated, intricate and...

(R)ETAIL (R)EVOLUTION

 etail is retail is etail..       Exactly as predicted by e-gurus 15 years ago, e-commerce is hotter than ever. Whether in mature markets, where consumer spending is shifting online, or in growth markets where rapid urbanization and increasing (mobile)...