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April 18, 2008

GPS Sucks/JCG RULES: Here’s Why

Ok–so you know I ‘ve been hating on the Gap for  . . .well, forever. If I hear about this “turn around” one more time I will melt down. Check out why HERE

Filed by admin at April 18th, 2008 under JCG, GPS, teen retail, loathe it, fashion
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January 17, 2008

REAL LAME RETAILERS OF THE O.C.:PSUN

More news from the ICR CONF. in Laguna Beach: In PSUN presentation. Packed. Smart money dying to buy ANYTHING now. Problem is most of these names are trading at 10 bucks or less. So there’s no value proposition. Although CEO Sally Kasaks does bring some much needed cred to this broken retailer, I gotta tell […]

Filed by admin at January 17th, 2008 under PSUN, loathe it, Uncategorized
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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 25, 2007

TALBOTS Tanked: A Message to you T(RUDY)

A Message to Talbot’s: Stop the “Specials”, and listen to what you’re being told!
Ok bunnies, Talbot’s missed AGAIN, and told the STREET it will SUCK WIND for Fall and Christmas.  Of course, if you are a loyal Talented Blonde reader, then you knew this already! Trudy Sullivan, the recently installed new CEO from LIZ […]

Filed by admin at October 25th, 2007 under LULU, zumz, TLB, CROX, loathe it, Same Store Sales, 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 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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September 28, 2007

Desperate Housewives:Run, Don’t Walk From These Boomer Stocks

Ok-you know that The TALENTED BLONDE is negative on all boomer retail right now. That’s ANN, TLB, CWTR,CHS. You can see my video with the Fabulous Aaron Task on thestreet.com TV Look, there’s nothing new in fashion right now. If you look at ANN its all black and white. Yawn. Fashion trivia alert: Designers usually […]

Filed by admin at September 28th, 2007 under JCG, KSS, ANN, CWTR, TLB, loathe it, Same Store Sales, DENIM, fashion
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September 21, 2007

Just Do It . . .with the Talented Blonde

The Talented BLonde loves Nike!See my weekly earnings wrap -up video on thestreet.comTV.
PS-this week has been a ball buster. TB cant wait to get out of the Rotten Apple and have a cocktail . . .have a great weekend!
TB

Filed by admin at September 21st, 2007 under athletic apparel, CROX, Footwear, teen retail, love it, loathe it, 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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