When it comes to shopping at fancy pants boutiques, the customer is never right. In fact, they’re often treated as a nuisance that is just there to distract the clerks from drinking lattes and playing with their iPhone behind the counter all day. Read more »
This morning, the Observer posted about Spencer’s Gifts moving into Soho. They blamed everyone’s least favorite neighbors, NYU, for the store’s Broadway debut. But what’s the point of having a Spencer’s Gifts in NYC? Isn’t that what Ricky’s is for? Was walking to St. Marks to get trashy jewelry and backlight posters of Bob Marley too far of a walk for y’all? Spencer’s Gifts can’t survive in the sea of random crap stores that New York already has. It’s a long time mall favorite and seeing the whoopee cushions again will be nice, but get us a fucking Orange Julius already.
The Columbus Dispatch of Ohio (land of NYC’s hyper-defensive sixth borough) has reported on New York City’s brand-new Hollister store on 5th Avenue, which tells you something about what’s going on in Ohio. Read more »
Urban Outfitters, one of the leading retailers of plagiarized t-shirts and clothing designs, is now selling color customized fixed gear bikes. Partnering with Florida-based online bike store Republic Bike, the new retail chain’s website offers customers an online interface to easily choose a garish combination of colors for their $399 ride. The new 24-pound bikes are then pieced together on a first-come first-served basis and shipped out. But so far, the Urban Outfitters Bicycle Shop hasn’t exactly won the support of the biking community. Their take below. Read more »
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