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friends don’t let friends shop at Hollister
I hate Hollister for soooooOOOOOoooo many reasons, and some little evil part of me is excited to see that they keep living up to the epic-level doucheyness that I’ve come to expect from them. The latest is that Hollister just opened … Continue reading
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Tagged Abercrombie & Fitch, boycott, clothes, culture, douchebags, douchey, dumb models, Fashion, Hollister, Korea, korean, let's boycott, models, shopping, Twitter, Who A.U., wtf
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Buttocks Bras in Korea
When we were in Seoul last month, we came across a shop selling this amazing product — Buttocks Bra! It’s so weird and awesome that I wish I’d tried it (for, you know, research), but I didn’t think that was … Continue reading
Posted in something new i noticed, WTF
Tagged alignment, awesome, awesomeness, B-Man, bow-leggedness, bra, buttocks bra, clothes, confused, family, Fashion, Korea, korean, marketing, miracle, obesity, pelvis, Seoul, shopping, Spanx, underwear
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UCLA in Asia
I should start by assuring you that I have nothing against UCLA — the school. I always thought of it as a great institution with lots of smart folks. It actually has a very good MBA program, which is one … Continue reading
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Tagged academics, ashamed, Baidu, brand confusion, brand dilution, brand essence, brand extension, branding, branding 101, bruins, china, clothes, confused, core capability, fake Armani, fake Disney, Fashion, Google, Korea, mall, marketing, MBA, meaning map, revenues, shenzhen, shopping, UCLA, UCLA store, universities, wtf
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J.Crew prices: China vs. U.S.
It shouldn’t be a surprise that I logged onto jcrew.com two seconds after my last post. I got all excited about its promises of free shipping, free returns, duty free shopping to China, but they do charge a premium. I guess … Continue reading
humidity in shenzhen
Shenzhen is the most humid city I’ve ever lived in. It seems that 10 months out of the year, everything always feels sweaty: bodies, papers, clothes, candy, floors, walls. And I really do mean everything. The other day, we found a … Continue reading
Posted in Life in China, something new i noticed, something new we tried
Tagged bodies, charcoal, china, closet, clothes, damp, dealextreme.com, dehumidifier, floors, gross, humid, mold, papers, protect your clothes, shenzhen, shopping, sweat, sweaty, walls, wardrobe, wet
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doing laundry in China
I’ve never seen anyone use a clothes dryer in China. While most of us have washing machines in our apartment units (which is a pretty big luxury, actually), no one has a dryer. As far as I’m concerned, they do not exist … Continue reading
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Tagged air-dry, apartment, clothes, clothes dryer, consumer behavior, cultural differences, culture, dryer, hanging, Korea, korean, laundry, light, playground, sun, sunlight, washing machine
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the power of threadless
When I was at BU, we read a very interesting case about Threadless, an innovative company in Chicago that uses an online community of artists to create and vote on T-shirt designs. They call this kind of model crowdsourcing, and it’s pretty … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, awesome, awesomeness, business model, clothes, community, crowdsourcing, democratic, designers, Gap, gap.com, marketing, on-line community, on-line shopping, ownership, paralysis by awesomeness, partnership, selling, shopping, T-shirt, Threadless, Threadless.com
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