June 5, 2008

Random Acts of Fashion Podcast 3

Filed by TR at June 5th, 2008 under AAPL, GES, APP, Random Acts of Fashion, JCG, American Apparel, ANF, teen retail, Same Store Sales, fashion
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December 24, 2007

Spies Like Us-Part Deux:The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Talented Blonde was out at the Mall today, getting a read on last minute holiday shopping. Will it be enough to move the needle? Um. In a word: scary. Although the parking lot appeared full, I witnessed a lot of wandering shoppers with no bags in hand. Again, the same two themes I have […]

Filed by admin at December 24th, 2007 under ANN, JCG, AAPL, NOK, WSM, Macy's, CWTR, TLB, ANF, loathe it, teen retail, Same Store Sales, GPS, love it
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October 16, 2007

LULU-Limbering Up for Profits

TB LOOOOOOOOVES THE LULU (LULULEMON FOR YOU NEWBIES) The company raised thier comps est. today from 20 to 30%! Woo hoo! Check out my videofor more details on a stock you MUST have in your portfolio!
-TB

Filed by admin at October 16th, 2007 under ANF, athletic apparel, abercombie, love it, fashion, Uncategorized
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October 11, 2007

THE TALENTED BLONDE HANDICAPS COMPS

Good Morning! Happy Comps day! Check out my comps preview video with my buddy Aaron Task on www.thestret.com TVWith $82 Oil,wacky weather in the BIG ROTTEN APPLE and a shaky consumer today is gonna be rough. I’m obsessed with: ANF, KSS. A caveat: TJX–if PE rumors are unfounded then look for them to beat their […]

Filed by admin at October 11th, 2007 under DENIM, KSS, Same Store Sales, teen retail, abercombie, ANF, fashion
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October 10, 2007

PETM-In the Chateau Bow-Wow

In the land of the finite “wallet”, even Fido gets put in the dog house.
OK - your Talented Blonde has gone ON and ON about the difficulty the shopping mom has had in the last two months. It’s BRUTAL prioritizing the spend, when there are soooo many fires to put out in the house! […]

Filed by admin at October 10th, 2007 under Tech, AAPL, WSM, PETM, Same Store Sales, Footwear, loathe it, abercombie, ANF, teen retail, fashion
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Desperate Housewives-Part Deux (Or Why PLCE Tanked)

Hand-me-down Shoes (and tops, and bottoms and coats) . . .
Children’s Place’s preannouncement had the stock down
over 5% at the close yesterday. The softness in comp store sales and the build in inventories begs the question - what
happened? The answer is in the closets, attics and basements of
America, for all to see.
It is […]

Filed by admin at October 10th, 2007 under CROX, GPS, PLCE, ZUMX, Same Store Sales, Footwear, loathe it, abercombie, ANF, fashion
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October 6, 2007

Menage a Jobs-A 3-way look at the Jobs Numbers

Check my latest video with the FABULOUS Farnoosh Torabi and Aaron Task on the Jobs Data at thestreet.comTV
-TB

Filed by admin at October 6th, 2007 under TLB, CWTR, ANN, Macy's, Same Store Sales, teen retail, fashion, abercombie, ANF, Uncategorized
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October 5, 2007

THE OTHER “HALO” Effect

“The other “halo” effect: Daddy knows, Mommy has an inkling, and as
usual, the kids are clueless.
Ok kids - THE TALENTED BLONDE was at the mall (again), and this startling realization
jumped off the page: Daddy just met with his accountant for the Oct
10 quarterly tax filing. He knows that $$$ is tight, and getting
tighter. […]

Filed by admin at October 5th, 2007 under ANN, AAPL, HALO, TLB, teen retail, loathe it, ANF, fashion
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August 25, 2007

TALENTED BLONDE LOVES SIN CITY!

Ok TB readers: this week I will be reporting to you LIVE from VEGAS from the MAGIC apparel conference. http://show.magiconline.com/magic/v42/index.cvn What’s MAGIC you say? Only the biggest retail apparel conference of the year. EVERYONE is there: from PVH to ANF to TRLG,and I will be there to give you the skinny on all that’s […]

Filed by admin at August 25th, 2007 under Plus Size, Footwear, Same Store Sales, athletic apparel, teen retail, ANF, love it, loathe it, hot topic, abercombie, fashion
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July 11, 2007

Talented Blonde’s Picks for June Comps:The Summer That Never Happened

Ok–here we are again, comps day is upon us. DEVASTATING. This is going to be painful to watch, but don’t tell me I didn’t warn you, June same store sales are going to blow. I don’t have to tell you that the consumer is hurting: Gas, Sub Prime, Equity Extraction,SHLD, HD, PLCE, and on it […]

Filed by admin at July 11th, 2007 under teen retail, Same Store Sales, ANF, abercombie, love it, loathe it, fashion
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