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August 31, 2009

Talented Blonde’s Mall Crawl Redux: “Less Bad” Doesn’t Mean Better

Talented Blonde’s Mall Redux: “Less Bad Doesn’t Mean Better”If you are a frequent reader of Talented Blonde, then you know that I am extremely bearish on the consumer right now. Although I am considered by many as a stocks commentator, I believe I separate myself from a lot of other media pundits, in […]

Filed by admin at August 31st, 2009 under Kristin Bentz, Wal-mart, Talented Blonde, Yahoo!, Recession, Abercrombie & Fitch, BKE, Fox News, WMT, Top retail picks, UNIQLO, H&M, Mickey Drexler, Retail, Yahoo! Tech Ticker, Aeropostale, I-phone, American Eagle, Joe's Jeans, Specialty Denim, True Religion, Apple, JCrew, talentedblonde.com, Economy, Twilight, Vampire, buckle, DLIA, AEO, TLB, GPS, CWTR, JCG, Tech, ANN, TRLG, DENIM, hot topic, love it, ANF, teen retail, Same Store Sales, AAPL, RIMM, LTD, APP, Luxury, HOTT, ARO, URBN, PSUN, Conjecture, NOK, zumz, TGT, Shameless Self-Promotion, fashion
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August 16, 2009

Why Abercrombie Sucks and Other Musings

Ok–Those of you who follow The Talented Blonde know that she doesn’t mince words when it comes to retail and um . . .those stocks or concepts or managements who suck. $ANF Abercrombie & Fitch is one of those retail names who has lost its way due to the hubris (read laziness?) of its management […]

Filed by admin at August 16th, 2009 under Twitter, Dov Charney, BKE, H&M, WMT, AEO, DECK, Kristin Bentz, Talented Blonde, Abercrombie & Fitch, Recession, Retail, Aaron Task, Henry Blodget, Yahoo!, Yaho Tech Ticker, ARO, Video, DENIM, TRLG, American Apparel, Same Store Sales, teen retail, loathe it, ANF, JCG, KSS, GES, URBN, APP, Shameless Self-Promotion, Conjecture, Tech, Macy's, fashion
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March 27, 2009

Geraldo Rivera & Talented Blonde Talk Credit on Fox Business

In case you missed it, here’s the interview with yours truly and Sigma Nu’s finest, Geraldo Rivera.He’s a hell of a guy–even if he DID go to Arizona. (Go devils!) And, that Alexis Glick, we know she’s easy on the eyes-but she has an exceptional intellect to boot! (Um, no wonder she’s the VP of […]

Filed by admin at March 27th, 2009 under Gossip Girl, H&M, Alexis Glick, Fox News, Fox Business News, SKS, love it, DENIM, GPS, Uncategorized
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January 14, 2009

ICR XChange-Talented Blonde Goes Behind the Orange Curtain

Ah . . .it’s good to be back in Orange County. Weather like this always makes me wonder why in the hell I left in the first place. Oh yeah, Wall Street. Hmph. . . anywho I will be blogging and tweeting live during the mother of all retail conferences, the ICR XCHANGE January 14 […]

Filed by admin at January 14th, 2009 under GOLF, ULTA, APP, UA, GES, HOTT, AEO, Top retail picks, WWW, UGGS, DECK, PSUN, zumz, TRLG, DENIM, teen retail, ANF, CROX, American Apparel, LULU, Pvt Equity, JCG, CWTR, love it
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January 6, 2009

BIG IN JAPAN: Fast Retailing Hits It Big In December

So,  The Talented Blonde hates victory laps . . . but, you can’t deny that Japanese phenom FAST RETAILING kicked major retail ass-ets this December–a Herculean task in the global recession we are all in. Go with me BEHIND the brand, as I interview Shin Odake,  the COO of UNIQLO, their hottest concept and new SOHO […]

Filed by admin at January 6th, 2009 under Top retail picks, ARO, Video, Random Acts of Fashion, Esprit, UNIQLO, Inditex, H&M, Japanese Fashion, Fast Retailing, APP, Outdoor Lifestyle, Same Store Sales, teen retail, ANF, love it, athletic apparel, DENIM, GES, Shameless Self-Promotion, GPS, American Apparel, fashion
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January 2, 2009

A Retail Concept That’s Winning: Japan’s UNIQLO

The Talented Blonde just loves a good bargain-whether its a stock or a pair of Jimmy Choo boots I just snapped up. (Fabulous btw). Anywho-You have to take a look at the hottest retail concept out of Japan: UNIQLO. This brand, owned by the publicly- held Fast Retailing (TYO: 9983) is on freaking FIRE. You […]

Filed by admin at January 2nd, 2009 under Fast Retailing, UNIQLO, Top retail picks, Video, Japanese Fashion, H&M, ITX, Inditex, Zara, HMB, Random Acts of Fashion, APP, teen retail, ANF, love it, fashion, Same Store Sales, DENIM, GES, Shameless Self-Promotion, American Apparel, Uncategorized
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Talented BLonde Still Loves Esprit!

Talented will tell you all–along with the FABULOUS Brittany Umar! Oh yes–Esprit is a global brand sweet heart, and here’s the latest deets on the stock: XO-Talented

Filed by admin at January 2nd, 2009 under Random Acts of Fashion, Luxury, AEO, Esprit, GES, Shameless Self-Promotion, love it, ANF, DENIM, Macy's, fashion
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December 26, 2008

Even Santa Needs A Bailout!!

A handful of retailers opted to buck the promo trend this holiday season and sell their product at full price! But is that enough to bail out the “fat man”? Check out the video here: 
And Happy Holidays TB readers!
xxoo
-Talented

Filed by admin at December 26th, 2008 under BBW, Video, Random Acts of Fashion, APP, HOTT, AEO, UGGS, DECK, DLIA, DDS, Shameless Self-Promotion, TLB, teen retail, ANF, hot topic, loathe it, Footwear, Same Store Sales, American Apparel, TRLG, DENIM, fashion
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December 5, 2008

Retailers Race to ZERO to Win-ANF ARO AEO

So , alot has been said about all the deep discounting, and what has to be done to draw in the consumer this holiday season. As we saw on Black Friday, it is definitely a buyers market-and heavy promotions abound. Aeropostale was one of the few teen retailers that was winning the battle using a […]

Filed by admin at December 5th, 2008 under GES, Shameless Self-Promotion, Random Acts of Fashion, Video, AEO, ARO, TGT, Macy's, ANF, love it, teen retail, Same Store Sales, GPS, DENIM, fashion
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APP’s Dov Charney Part 3: RED STATE RETAIL IS DEAD

Ok ya’ll-here is part three of my interview with American Apparel’s CEO Dov Charney.

Filed by admin at December 5th, 2008 under TGT, Burberry, BRBY, Macy's, Shameless Self-Promotion, GES, Video, Random Acts of Fashion, APP, AAPL, ANN, teen retail, ANF, love it, Same Store Sales, athletic apparel, GPS, American Apparel, DENIM, fashion
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