by fli on January 8, 2012
More than 1000 people protested in front of Dolce & Gabbana’s flagship store in Hong Kong on Sunday Jan 8, 2012 after the Italian clothing store allegedly stopping people from taking pictures in front of their front displays.
The protesters demand apology from the store but as of now D&G still refused to issue any public apology statement.
Timeline of the incidents:
12/2011
A post on forum claimed that he was stopped by the Harbor City’s security from taking picture of his girlfriend in front of D&G store.
4/1/2012
A Apple Daily reporter tried to take pictures outside of DOLCE & GABBANA store and camera was blocked by Harbor City’s security, claiming that tourist from China can take pictures here but others need to take the pictures from across the street.
5/1/2012
Newspaper Apple Daily reported the incident and the online community started a “Million people to take pictures” page. Apple Daily reporter went to DOLCE & GABBANA store again to take picture and security threaten to break reporter’s camera.
6/1/2012
Over hundred of people stopped in front of the DOLCE & GABBANA store. Close to the evening, two who suspected to be DOLCE & GABBANA’s management personnels arrived to the store and illegally parked their high profile cars in front of the store.
7/1/2012
A group started to organize a protest on Sunday Jan 8, 2012. The Facebook page for the protest was “liked” by over 10K people. DOLCE & GABBANA still refused to give out apology.
8/1/2012
Thousands of people were gathered outside of DOLCE& GABBANA store taking pictures. Store was once closed due to the protest.
by admin on January 24, 2011
Not a retail online boutique but a boutique where you can showcase your fashion inspiration. Do you think you have unique taste in fashion? Do you like watching those reality designer show and like to make a lot of comments about their design? Then Boutique.com is where you can express you one of a kind fashion.
To start, users are asked to setup their profiles by choosing a series of style preferences. Built on the sophisticated machine learning and visual recognition technology by Like.com, a company that was acquired by Google back in August 2011, the site analyze your style and lists out relevant appeal content.
Currently the site is built on collections from celebrities, fashion designer, fashion blogger, etc. You can go to Boutique.com and follow boutiques that of your fashion styles. Of course, you can build your own and let your fashion inspiration share among your friends and others. Check out the TipsOff boutique site and see if that’s the style you like too.
by admin on September 29, 2010
Women love shopping, that’s just part of nature, and there are more and more creative ways to do that. Recently we found a site with great promotions and definitely draws great attention from women. Brand name designer items on sale with as much as 90% discount.
Wow! How does that work? The answer is you bid.
However, unlike eBay, you are required to buy your bids. 99 cents per bid. Doesn’t look like much. And each bid raises the price of the item by only $0.02. That’s how the end prices stay so low.
The catch is, also unlike eBay, you can’t wait until the last second to win the item.
If you are an eBay user, you probably know the trick to get your item is to watch it until the last second and submit your last bid. At Oohilove, each bid extends the auction for 10 seconds. There is also a “bid assistant” you can set that helps you continue bidding when your bid gets outbidded.
What does this all mean? You may be getting the Louis Vuitton for $50, but that actually translates into 2500 bids involved and you maybe paying hundreds of dollars buying your bids instead. Therefore getting the item is a deal or not depends on your luck. If you have other users who are as interested in the item as you, this can turn into a bidding war where everyone’s paying more and more for the bids, while not raising the price of the item much as shown on the website. What Oohilove gets is the 2500 $0.99 worth of bids plus the $50 you pay for the handbag.
What a great business idea!
