Murphy Brown puts baby boomers back in prime time

Lynda Davis
October 1, 2018
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It's been a long time since we watched Murphy Brown who personified what so many working boomer women aspired to be. We loved and admired her intelligence, her tenacity and her integrity. We all wished we had her wardrobe and empathized when she couldn't get a date. She made sure people listened to what she had to say and helped raise awareness of what women were trying to say that was being ignored. The Globe and Mail's John Doyle nailed what the new and improved version of Murphy Brown will…

What is disposable fashion?

Lynda Davis
August 20, 2018
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Are you sitting down? Burberry recently incinerated $37 million worth of their luxury brand merchandise that didn't sell. Rather than dilute the cachet of their brand by offering it at discounted prices to the great unwashed masses (like us), they torched it. It must be lovely to have a business with such generous markups and profit margins that you can afford to just set fire to $37 million. That act of destruction reminded me of how casually we treat our possessions regardless of the cost. Not only are fashions from…

A retailer who actually listens to customers. Glory hallelujah!

Lynda Davis
June 20, 2018
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Monday morning's Globe and Mail featured an article by Marina Strauss on the front page of Report on Business entitled Holt Renfrew resizes strategy to focus on core markets, brands that immediately had me high-five'ing the air above my newspaper. Holt Renfrew (for my non-Canadian readers, it's our answer to Neiman-Marcus) wanted to improve business so they finally did something I've been suggesting to The Hudson's Bay Company in letters, emails and blog posts for years, which they've categorically ignored. Holt Renfrew (are you sitting down?) actually asked their customers…