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January 20, 2020 Shabby Chic Tries Clothing
Liliput & Co., which does business as Shabby Chic, the home goods brand known for its rustic furniture and ruffled drapery and bedding, is aiming for another area of the house — the closet. “I’ve been dressing people’s houses for all these years, and I felt that now’s the time to bring that same philosophy […]
ELECTRONICS October 29, 2016 Google tries new approach with voice on Pixel phone
The Assistant is always at the ready on the Pixel phone and can be summoned by pressing the home button or saying the words ‘OK Google.’ Photo: Reuters About six months ago, people working on hardware and the voice-activated Google Assistant for the Pixel phone started sitting next to each other at the company’s Mountain […]
CLOTHING October 5, 2016 Yahoo Tries to Get More Fashionable With Polyvore Purchase
Yahoo Tries to Get More Fashionable With Polyvore Purchase Yahoo is buying style-tip specialist Polyvore in its latest attempt to become a more fashionable place to advertise. Financial terms of the deal announced Friday aren’t being disclosed, signaling the price of the acquisition isn’t considered to be significant. Polyvore is an 8-year-old startup that specializes […]
CLOTHING June 13, 2016 Taylor quick tries to Trademark phrases ‘1989’, ‘Swiftmas’
TAYLOR swift HAS REPORTEDLY FILED TRADEMARK programs FOR 5 phrases, which will DEBARpeople FROM the usage of THE terms IN PERFORMANCES, ON garb, merchandise, STATIONERY AND IN BOOKS AND courses FREELY. those phrases ARE “SWIFTMAS,” “blank area,” “AND i’ll WRITE YOURname,” “A female NAMED female” AND “1989” Singer Taylor quick has reportedly filed trademark packages […]
CLOTHING 
February 25, 2016 Amazon has quietly launched its own clothing lines, as it tries to take over fashion retail
Already in the midst of a massive growth spurt, Amazon is looking to fashion to keep fueling its expansion. For months there have been clues that the e-commerce giant was developing its own in-house clothing brands, and just last week, job postings from the company (paywall) hinted it was actively moving toward a launch. But […]
