July 2010

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Thu 29 Jul 2010

Macy’s Launches Madonna/Lourdes Clothing Line

Posted by louv under Music
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News Item: Macy’s Launches Madonna/Lourdes Clothing Line at 200 Stores

Macy’s has got it going on.

  • Macy’s ’own’s Thanksgiving (parade) to Christmas (Miracle on 34th Street and the place to sit on Santa’s lap, even though most of the time these days this is done in a central place in a mall) — the most important months of year for retailers, when they make 75 percent of all their dough. 
  • Macy’s ‘owns’ Fourth of July (fireworks in NYC broadcast nationally).
  • Macy’s has high quality merchandise,
  • Macy’s has great stores,
  • Macy’s has great logo (red star),
  • Macy’s has great shopping bags (the white with red star or red with white star), and
  • Macy’s has a great reputation – when you buy someone a gift from Macy’s, the person receiving gift knows you thought well of them (even if they know you may have gotten it on sale); and it’s returnable.

Macy’s is ‘IT’ for retailers (unlike JC Penney’s, Sears, Walmart, etc - for which none of the above is true. Buy a gift for someone from Sears or JC Penney they think you’re a cheap skate).  

That said, I hope everyone remembers who Madonna is. It’s a bit of a gamble because who wants to look like a 53 or 54 year old skinny egotistical creepy-looking white woman who is known for working out too much to the point where she is all ugly bone? She is yesterday’s news. Maybe Lourdes can bring up the brand; the mother/daughter thing. 

Hope it works but they’d have been better off with Lady Gaga from Great Kills Staten Island.

Reference story: http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/fashion/strike_pose_ZYVjsLiGA7Pt5WqVOud2vK

 

Sat 3 Jul 2010

Ray Williams Is Now Living in a Buick Roadmaster

Posted by louv under Sports
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According to Boston Globe, Ray Williams — great Knick basketball player of the late seventies — is now homeless and living in his 1992 Buick. http://tinyurl.com/3ys6lje.

Spotted his car immediately, since I drive the same car — mine a 1995 Buick Roadmaster. Falling apart at the seams; just commented today it is one of the worst designed cars in history; a big floating hulk of metal. The pieces constantly fall off of GM cars — the chrome pieces on the exterior, interior pieces, mirrors, etc. The engine leaks oil; the gas tank had to be replaced and I still always smell gas; the fender’s falling off. God damn engine though — Northstar V8 — is magnificent. Most powerful engine I’ve ever had in a car. Phenomenal power.

I loved watching Ray Williams play in his prime and I hope that he can get a job with the Knicks. Seems like there should be a way, with a franchise that makes so much money, to have Ray Williams work for them in some way..