We’re all crying purple tears today as the news spread over the sudden and tragic death of musician Prince at the tender age of 57. A quick web search for jewelry to honor the fallen rocker turned up two items that caught our eye. First, Black Heart Creatives‘ interpretation of the iconic ‘Prince’ during his […]

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While it’s common to call Amazon the 800-pound gorilla of the e-commerce world, if anything that underemphasizes its scale, reach, and power. But while analysts agree that Amazon is a mighty Goliath, it is also a beatable one. First, the stats. According to Slice Intelligence, Amazon accounted for 40% of all e-commerce sales last holiday, […]

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Henri Bendel held its editor preview today to show off what’s coming for Fall 2016. In recent years, Bendel’s had shifted from a multi-branded formula to an all Henri Bendel accessories model. And while we were sad to see our favorite designer accessories brands leave the Fifth Avenue Flagship, we have to say, the HB […]

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Announced last November, the much anticipated REED apparel and handbag collection by acclaimed designer Reed Krakoff is making news again as it rolls into Kohl’s stores and kohls.com today with a 100 piece collection. To create buzz, Kohl’s surprised 100 women commuting through New York City’s Grand Central Terminal with a “personalized style experience” that […]

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Even women’s accessories have to aesthetically “grow up” somehow—and this is a business strategy that Kipling has in mind recently. The Belgian brand best known for its quirky, youthful bags is exploring a “more sophisticated” creative direction for many of its future merchandise, according to Christine Lee, the new U.S. design director for Kipling. “It’s […]

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Macy’s Inc. received some good news from the Harris Poll’s 28th annual EquiTrend Study, which reveals the strongest brands in nearly 100 categories across the media, travel, financial, automotive, Entertainment, retail, restaurants and household industries, based on consumer response. The department store giant not only made the poll’s top 100 list, but it was the […]

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As retailers aim to set themselves apart with in-house private brands, Bloomingdale’s has taken that concept to a whole new level with 100% Bloomingdale’s–an ambitious program whereby 1,000 exclusives (created by over 100 designers) are presented each season. At today’s Fall 2016 preview press event, Bloomingdale’s showed the media how it works closely with accessories […]

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Accessories chatted up two lawyers who practice media, advertising and marketing law– Deborah Adler and Joanna Summerscales from Davis Wright Tremaine LLP–to answer your questions about image usage and copyright. Get ready for some tough love. Question: I can’t afford to buy images off of a photo licensing site and these celeb photos are everywhere […]

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For anyone who has ever lost a pair of their favorite sunglasses at the bottom of the (pick one) lake, ocean, bay, river… this post’s for you. Lacoste sunglasses, manufactured by Marchon Eyewear, has just announced something genius: the unveiling of its “floating” sunglasses. These innovative sunnies utilize a new technique of injection molding that […]

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For this Retailer of the Year profile, Accessories shows how all the departments bring their sharp points of view and coordinate together to create a whole that is even greater than the sum of all the parts. Founded in 1861 by brothers Joseph and Lyman Bloomingdale, the store has certainly come a long way into the 21st Century.

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