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LIM Supports the Design Community

Thu, 16 Nov 2017 18:57:56 GMT

With the goal of giving emerging fashion designers access to professionals and insight on how to show their collections and develop their business models, the Philadelphia Fashion Incubator at Macy’s and the Fashion Group International of Philadelphia recently hosted Look + See, a panel discussion and line critique.

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webmaster@limcollege.edu (LIM College) — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 15:13:51 GMT

Written by Nancy Miller, M. Ed., Instructor of Fashion Merchandising; Associate Chair & Hilda Alfonso, Lecturer of Fashion Merchandising

Petra Perfect By Night And Day

Fred Steinberg, Adjunct Faculty in Marketing, Management & Finance — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 19:08:59 GMT

Petra, the awesome Arabian desert city carved into sheer rock, has been selected by Travel & Leisure magazine as one of its 2017 “25 Trips of a Lifetime.” Petra was built in the third century BC by the nomadic Nabataean tribe who made it their capital and created palaces, temples, tombs, various rooms and stables from the sandstone cliffs. It was from Petra that the Nabataeans dominated the trade routes where caravans carried spices, silk and slaves from Damascus to Arabia with links to China, India, Greece and Rome. Masters of iron production, copper refining, stone carving and hydraulic engineering, which provided sufficient water using a series of dams, conduits and cisterns, they built a spectacular city financed by taxes and protection money collected from passing caravans.

Accessorize; Fashion's Necessity and a Growth Industry

Professor Marie Driscoll, CFA — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 18:15:17 GMT

What is a LBD (“little black dress”) without a fabulous pair of earrings, or a statement necklace, a Spanish scarf (and fan please), or a rhinestone clutch? You know where I’m going. Coco Chanel made the LBD the must-have staple of a fashionable woman’s wardrobe; accessories make the LBD all the clothing she needed (almost).

Getting the Pulse of Retail with Quarterly Earnings Report

Professor Marie Driscoll, CFA — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 20:46:13 GMT

If it’s August, while many are spending the last weeks of summer on the beach and postponing thoughts of the Back-to-School season with its necessary apparel and supplies purchases, retail analysts are desk bound dissecting earnings reports and conference call notes, eyes wide open for an indication of retail and consumer strength as we head into the second half of the year when the bulk of retail earnings are registered.

Customer Lifetime Value “CLV” and why it matters

Professor Marie Driscoll, CFA — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 17:57:47 GMT

Customer Lifetime Value “CLV” and why it matters

Amazon's Latest Foray Into Beauty

Professor Marie Driscoll, CFA — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 17:40:02 GMT

The beauty business, like most retail categories in department stores, has been in a state of disruption for most of the 21^st century. As the department store channel consolidated and contracted, a process that began in the 1990s, beauty brands saw the writing on the wall and began opening branded storefronts. Estée Lauder’s distribution is a testament to the changing channels where cosmetic purchases occur. In 2000, the company had 240 company-operated stores and 21% of its total $4.4 billion in revenues were to Federated and The May Companies (today Macy’s). By 2016 more than 1260 stores were operating and Macy’s dropped to 9% of its $11.3 billion sales.

The Back-to-School Selling/Shopping Season Arrives

Professor Marie Driscoll, CFA — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 16:28:32 GMT

It's mid-July, it must be time to think about back-to-school purchases. Many retailers have been planning for this productive selling season, second only to the holiday selling season, since October 2016, though shoppers aren't earnestly in the back-to-school frame of mind until right about now (July 15).

Kidbox- Retailing 2020

Professor Marie Driscoll, CFA — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 15:28:44 GMT

Florence Duomo Baptistry

Laurel Lueders, Chair, Visual Merchandising — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 15:00:00 GMT

The Baptistery at the Florence Duomo is one of the oldest buildings in the city, constructed between 1059 and 1128. The Italian poet Dante and many other notable Renaissance figures, including members of the Medici family were baptized in this baptistry.