{"id":6347,"date":"2013-12-09T15:20:13","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T19:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/?p=6347"},"modified":"2020-01-21T18:56:14","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T22:56:14","slug":"thanksgiving-to-personal-shopping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/2013\/12\/09\/thanksgiving-to-personal-shopping\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving to Personal Shopping"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jove: The Biz Buzz<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Aha weekly tidbits for the HT Insider<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ok, so what are they saying?\u00a0 The Friday after Thanksgiving is no longer black, its charcoal grey? Or is it barely black and now starts at 8 pm on the day before. Wasn\u2019t grey the new black this year, anyway?<\/p>\n

According to the WSJ<\/span>, Tuesday 11\/26 black Friday is a retail illusion.\u00a0 I guess the market expression, \u201cMark it up to mark it down.\u201d finally traveled from 7th Ave. to Wall St. Article- http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/news\/articles\/SB10001424052702304281004579222370781619390<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n

In case you missed the NYT, <\/span>Sunday 11\/21 article \u201cIt Takes a Lot of Money to Look This Good\u201d both Emma Sosa and Joan Volpe (FIT Center for Professional Studies) were quoted. The article validates personal shopping as a service and career opportunity.\u00a0 Kind of reminds me of the old clich\u00e9 \u201cDoes Macy\u2019s tell Gimbel\u2019s?” since the WSJ<\/span> ran \u201cReally Personal Shopping\u201d on 12\/4 underscoring the same theme.\u00a0\u00a0 Of course we knew the value of the personal shopper\u00a0 already since Image Consulting is the longest running Professional Development certificate program. But it is so nice to see top media thinking like us. Article- http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/12\/01\/fashion\/Personal-Shoppers-Still-Busy.html?smid=pl-share<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

At the Retail Marketing Society luncheon on Tuesday 12\/4 (absolutely one of the best networking and learning experiences in the market, www.retailmarketingsociety.org<\/a>) the always profound Robin Lewis told it like it is in retail today \u201cThe Retail Future: Landscape or Landmines\u201d. According to Robin the faster retailers embrace an Omni-Channel strategy the better their chances of survival. Pure players will not grow and Amazon is already opening stores.\u00a0 Robin says the market desperately needs talent who understand Omni-Channel and can adapt decisions and merchandising to multi-formats.\u00a0 Head\u2019s up all of you taking courses in the Omni-Channel certificate.<\/p>\n

Have you noticed? Students in the Color certificate program develop a trend forecast in SXC 260 and try to predict the hottest color for the coming season which is then used for the next Hot Topics catalog.<\/p>\n

Guess what color Spring 2014 HT will be???<\/p>\n

\u201cLove it or Hate it, a new Pink is coming\u201d the WSJ, Thursday, 12\/5 as well as Gawker and several other media sources.\u00a0 Just remember we\u2019ve known about that color for weeks – it\u2019s a Hot Topic! Article- http:\/\/gawker.com\/the-2014-color-of-the-year-assaults-eyeballs-everywhere-1477259786<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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