Technology
Cyber Sales Set to Soar
NEW YORK — Industry consulting and research firm comScore Networks is predicting online holiday shopping sales to swell to $15 billion this year, an increase of about 24 percent over last year.
The firm, which monitors consumer behavioral...
— Nov 11, 2004
“Portraits” Mix Art, Tech
The meaning of clothing in contemporary culture is at the heart of “Dressing Ourselves,” an art exhibition curated by Italian architect and designer Alessandro Guerriero. Do clothes really represent our way of thinking and our lifestyle?...
— Nov 10, 2004
Retailers Trip On “Coral”
The technology departments of retailers and manufacturers face common obstacles that can torpedo the bottom line.
A major problem chief information officers face is “coralized” agendas. “That’s ‘coral’ as in...
— Nov 10, 2004
Gap’s Global Tech Strategy Is Slave To Fashion, Service
For anyone who’s ever tried on — and fallen in love with — the stretch jeans, the cropped jacket or printed bag but couldn’t bear to stand in a mile-long, Saturday afternoon line at the checkout, Gap has the answer.
The...
— Nov 10, 2004
VF’s Tech Agenda: Cut Costs, Streamline Ops, Unite Brands
At first blush, Boyd Rogers isn’t whom one might expect to find occupying the top technology executive position at a $5.21 billion company.
“I’m not a systems guy at all,” he said in a phone interview. “I...
— Nov 10, 2004
How Star Retailers Turn Fast
Any woman who regularly shops specialty retailers like Gap, Abercrombie & Fitch, H&M or PacSun can tell you that clothes, just like first-run movies, don’t have the shelf life they used to. Partly inspired by the example of H&M and...
— Nov 10, 2004
Bits & Bytes: Thump This ... To Each His Own ... Paparazzi Scene ...
THUMP THIS
Think the iPod is convenient? How about a pair of sunglasses that plays tunes? Oakley Inc.’s Thump incorporates a digital audio player and earphones, and the whole thing weighs less than 2 oz. The $395 version stores 60...
— Nov 10, 2004
