I should have guessed a event like Leap Day wouldn’t go unnoticed by the Retailers! Afterall, it’s an extra day in the year to promote retail sales that only happens once every 4 years. My mailbox is full of deals today! Some promotions are only for today, and others are good through Sunday. The most …

The recent of announcement of Gymboree’s Spring Baby Sale (“for a limited time only”) reminded me that most children’s clothing stores offer at least two “Baby Sales” per year. Just like you can expect to see the competing White Sales roll around about twice a year, so can you expect to see the Baby Sales. …

It is difficult to imagine any other single, on-line marketplace becoming a serious contender for eBay. At Powersellersunite.com, the listings for 20 active auction sites are tracked hourly. Earlier today, eBay had 13,406,204 active listings. The collective total across the 19 other sites together was only 7,689,423 listings. However, not included in the list are …

Who would have ever imagined today’s unrest in the eBay Seller community? After all, without the eBay frontier where would these Sellers be now? Years ago, many heard of “gold in them thar hills” and invested the time and commitment to find it. In the modern-day eBay gold rush, many made it, and many others …

I’m not sure if President’s Day is a holiday honoring all the U.S. Presidents, just George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, or some other combination. There seems to be a lack of clarity…which I find incredibly interesting given this election year. One thing is for certain, however, and that is the annual capitalization on the holiday …

I happen to love Valentine’s Day, and have always managed to sparingly slip a couple of items into my children’s wardrobes, yet stay within my philosophy of trying to dress my kids for almost free. In general, the smaller the size, the better your resale value. Valentine clothing is more popular for babies, toddlers, and …

I was surprised to hear the announcement from Talbots last month that it will be closing its 66 Talbots Kids stores and discontinuing its Talbots Kids line of clothing (Bloomberg). After all, they were one of the originals in today’s enormous market of children’s clothing brands. The Talbots Kids brand was established in 1989, at …

Hello! This is my first post. So what do Loobalee and Howard Schultz, chairman and CEO of Starbucks, have in common? Not much, except that my passion for Loobalee is similar to my passion for Starbucks coffee. That and the fact that my vision of the Loobalee marketplace for gently used, designer children’s clothing came …