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...Best & Co., she intends to make full use of her Web-savvy past. "Moving forward, if you can get something in our stores, you'll be able to get it online. It will all be channel agnostic." There are plans to expand retail locations as well, but Renfrew is reticent about specifics. Instead, her eyes widen with excitement as she addresses the importance of branding. "We have a real opportunity in the children's market to create the voice of authority and educate people and, I say this confidently, not condescendingly, help people with what they need for their children...
...decided to dive in and get myself some custom-made love. I made an appointment at Thomas Pink in Manhattan and was quickly ushered into a private alcove away from the prying eyes of mere retail shoppers. "We feel that the custom-made customer is making a commitment to us," said Alexander, my tailor, "and we want to reciprocate with special treatment." he then brought me a bottle of water and delivered a stirring monologue on the history of the shirt cuff?the French cuff was apparently born when Napoleon ordered extra-long sleeves so that his soldiers could wipe...
Oddly, there wasn't much measuring involved besides the basic sleeve and collar. That's because the tailors in Pink's Ireland shop start with their regular retail-base model and then build out with the customized choices. It's like Pimp My Shirt. But since I was interested in finding someone to make a garment that hugged my contours as well as satisfied my whims, I headed to Seize sur Vingt, a small men's boutique that promised to make me a shirt from scratch...
Sometimes the next big opportunity is continents away; at other times it's in the backyard. In Paris, word has it that the high-end children's-wear brand Bonpoint is in play. Several luxury purveyors?including the Pinault family, whose retail holdings include Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent?have expressed interest. Bonpoint, the quintessential Parisian brand, is known for meticulous detailing and classics with a fizz in sizes 0 to 16. The company is both desirable and underexposed, and the Pinaults are well placed to observe the little consumers-in-training?their family mansion near the Luxembourg Gardens overlooks...
...Today's retail websites encourage a communal shopping experience in which site visitors can share product information and opinions in increasingly innovative ways...