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...little too much money,” Meminger says. But this ticking clock only amps up the Web site’s allure. “I usually check out Gilt every day,” Katerina P. Stavreva ’10 says. “I shop everywhere, but Gilt is pretty much my favorite one.” Stavreva’s recent purchases include a pair of Sergio Rossi high heels. “They’re amazing,” she adds...
After graduation, two took off in separate directions—to separate coasts, in fact. They met in New York, sometimes, to shop special sample sales. The sample sale, according to Maybank, is an invite-only sale hosted by luxury brands during the day. Maybank explains that the sales take place at slightly out-of-the-way locations...
...wanted to take that idea and take it online to a national audience, but have that same sense of event-based shopping, urgency, people dropping everything to be there.” All they needed was a name.“We chose the name Gilt because it had some double meaning,” Wilson says. “So obviously you feel guilty when you shop, but Gilt also implies being covered in gold and sort of luxurious items like that...
...while studying for a Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Chicago.) They do not cook in bulk or cut corners, so each dish has a distinct array of flavors. Idukki pork (named after a district of Kerala) is fork-tender and bathed in coconut gravy, while the toddy-shop fish (another dish native to Kerala, made with lots of chili and tomato) is dense with flavor. The semiya payasam - often a bland, milky pudding - is creamy, toothsome and studded with cashews...
...Horn of Africa. Energy-rich Russia has suffered from tanking oil and natural gas prices, while China has managed thus far to weather the global economic downturn thanks to $586 billion in government stimulus spending. China has taken advantage of more than $2 trillion in foreign-exchange reserves to shop for energy and mineral reserves abroad. (See pictures of Chinese investment in Africa...