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Fashion Merchandising Finding Popularity With Working Adults Returning To College By Shay Rosen The depiction of working adults returning to college to better their long term financial outlook while opening the door for better opportunities is accurate, though not all working adults view academic enrichment in those terms. Working adults are returning to school in record numbers, but many are doing so in order to find a career that affords a better lifestyle through a career that holds their interest.
One academic field of study that has seen increasing numbers of older students is merchandising, and surprisingly, many of those choosing to make a career change to the industry are men.
At one time, merchandising as an educational option was limited to specialty schools devoted to the field. Since merchandising entered the mainstream of academia in the early 1990’s, many colleges and universities now offer business based degree programs with a focus on the unique challenges inherent in the industry.
As for the industry itself, which is responsible for over 250 billion in worldwoide sales and growing steadily every year, the influx of interest is welcome. With all forms of media projecting the importance of consciousness through art and advertisements, shortages in number of qualified merchandising personnel are felt industry wide.
For many adults, the industry offers a welcome respite from career paths that provide little in the way of personal satisfaction. Some view as a lifelong interest while others would simply like to be a part of a lucrative industry that offers opportunities outside the office environment.
A degree in merchandising opens the door to a wide berth of opportunities, from buyer and visual merchandiser to public relations manager and director. In fact,
Love Luxury - eLUXURY Offers Gift Ideas for Everyone on Your List This holiday season, eLUXURY makes luxury gift giving a little easier! With new gift personas, shoppers can shop by personality, like World Traveler or Sophisticated Homebody, and purchase the perfect luxury gift for the style maven on their list. (PRWEB Dec 3, 2008)
]]> Home and Bedroom Furniture Adds Line of Bedding Michelle Obama Would Love On Inauguration Day, January 20, 2009, change will reign, both inside and outside the White House. When Barack and Michelle Obama assume their President and First Lady roles, they'll face a full agenda. Home and Bedroom Furniture hopes to make one of those tasks easier: giving the White House the Obama personal touch. The company also aims to help any American's Home feel like the White House with it's latest line of Lawrence Home Fashion bedding. (PRWEB Dec 3, 2008)
]]> The Conscious Snob Launches Online Lifestyle Magazine A "Think Conscious, Feel Stylish" approach to reinvent female lifestyles. Striking a balance between high-end style and sustainable habits, The Conscious Snob emphasizes that loving luxury doesn't mean selling your soul. The website takes a fun yet mindful approach to the way women live their lives by focusing on conscious choices that can be made in fashion, beauty, relationships and other lifestyle-improving topics. (PRWEB Dec 3, 2008)
]]> Boohoo.com 'Must-Have' Dress on iTV's This Morning Show Sparks Buying Frenzy for Online Retailer A LITTLE black dress from online fashion store boohoo.com set viewers' pulses racing after appearing on ITV1's This Morning on Tuesday the 18th November. The Kaori taffeta dress, priced at just £25, was showcased on the show as part of a feature on the best Little Black Dresses. And the dresses had to be under £50. Thousands of viewers flocked to boohoo.com to snap it up and within minutes it was sold out. As Ferne Britton and Philip Schofield looked on, This Morning's super stylist Helen Boyle raved about the boohoo.com dress - calling it 'fashion forward' and 'something like we see on the catwalk'. (PRWEB Dec 2, 2008)
]]> Hair Club Expands its West Palm Beach, FL Location If you suffer from hair loss, you're in for terrific news. Hair Club in West Palm Beach will bring additional convenience to its customers by offering hair transplant surgery. (PRWEB Dec 2, 2008)
]]> Footwear Plus Announces 2008 Plus Awards Nominees in Recognition of Design Excellence Footwear Plus magazine has announced the nominees for its 10th annual Plus Awards in recognition of design excellence in 2008. The Plus Awards are the footwear industry’s only awards determined by the votes of thousands of retailers nationwide. (PRWEB Dec 2, 2008)
]]> Crossman & Company Selected to Lease Shops at Stoneybrook Hills : 80,000 Square Foot, Publix-Anchored Neighborhood Shopping Center to Open in Fall 2009 Crossman & Company, the largest third party retail leasing and property management firm in Central Florida, has been selected to lease Shops at Stoneybrook Hills, an 80,000 square foot neighborhood shopping center under development in Mount Dora. Developed by WindCrest Development Group, the shopping center is and located at US 441 and Stoneybrook Hills Parkway, with an estimated opening date of fall 2009, and will be anchored by Publix. (PRWEB Dec 2, 2008)
]]> Just in Time for Winter Fashion and Holiday Gifts: New and Exclusive Boots at shopLeChameau.com With winter-ready boots making their way out of closets everywhere, shopLeChameau.com makes keeping on top of the trends easy with exclusive and new styles of hand-made Le Chameau rubber boots. The premier source for French Le Chameau boots, shopLeChameau.com provides boot styles spotted on both royalty and the fashion elite. Le Chameau boots make the perfect Holiday gift, and with free shipping, $1 return shipping, and 90-day returns, shopping has never been easier. (PRWEB Dec 2, 2008)
]]> SkinnyAndTheCity.com Top Experts Create the Ultimate Lifestyle Guide SkinnyAndTheCity.com launches as the definitive online resource for women who want to look fabulous and feel their best. Renowned nutritionist Tanya Zuckerbrot, M.S., R.D., has assembled the most credited team of experts in the fields of nutrition, fashion, beauty and lifestyle and brought them all together on one website to offer the most on-trend, up-to-the minute, relevant information on the market today - all at no cost and no calories to the consumer. (PRWEB Dec 2, 2008)
]]> Sablier Launches Online Boutique Exclusively for Well-Endowed Women in Perth, Western Australia The brainchild of Managing Director Kristy Weston, Sablier (sah-blee-yay) is a boutique retailer offering Australia's well-endowed women a unique range of glamorous European apparel, from elegant lingerie, everyday underwear and sleepwear to fitted shirts, sportswear and swimwear, all designed exclusively for full-busted women. (PRWEB Dec 2, 2008)
]]> One Deal at A Time (ODAT) for Fashion Lovers - Truly Networks Announces Launch of RedTagCrazy.com Truly Networks, a next-gen online retail development firm, today announced its launch of the first "One Deal at A Time" (ODAT) shopping site for women who enjoy high-end fashion apparel and accessories, RedTagCrazy.com. The social shopping model, pioneered by Woot.com and Steepandcheap.com, has been known to create enormous buzz by combining top brands with huge markdowns, limited quantities, and a very limited time to purchase. (PRWEB Dec 1, 2008)
]]> Wall Street to Fashion Avenue - Banker Turns Neckwear Designer Former Wall Street banker and senior executive, Robert Valdes-Rodriguez left the financial markets in June 2007 to start a luxury men's neckwear company, RVR. Valdes-Rodriguez partnered with an exclusive silk mill in Italy and designed a new collection of hand-tailored ties. RVR ties maintain traditional styles with vibrant color combinations. The RVR Fall /WInter 2009 collection will debut at the The Haberdashery Group's Show in New York, January 17-20, 2009. (PRWEB Dec 1, 2008)
]]> Lovepeaceyoga.com Announces Its World Yoga Resource Connection and Global Yoga Forum Lovepeaceyoga.com proudly opened its online doors and Facebook page, LP Yoga last month to resounding praise and positive feedback. Customers can custom design Yoga Sling TM Mat Bags and Totes, selecting from hip, retro limited run fabrics. Now, to expand on the Global exploration of Yoga, lovepeaceyoga.com has added a Global Connections resource page and World Yoga Forum to its website. (PRWEB Dec 1, 2008)
]]> Calling All Aspiring Models! Southpole® Clothing Launches Their First Online Model Search Leading apparel company, Southpole®, has teamed up with social media advertising network, Brickfish®, to launch its first ever online model competition in search of male and female models to star in their 2009 advertising campaign. The ‘Southpole National Model Search’ campaign, located at http://www.brickfish.com/spole, gives aspiring models the opportunity to compete and become the new face of Southpole Juniors and Young Mens collections. The search began on November 13 and will run for approximately seven weeks. Within this period, contestants will submit photos, which will be posted online, where fans of the brand, friends and family will have the chance to vote for their favorites. The top 250 female and the top 250 male contestants will then be reviewed by Southpole executives and America’s Next Top Model winner Jaslene Gonzalez, to determine the final winners. (PRWEB Dec 1, 2008)
]]> Penelope Poet Jewelry Featured in 7x7 San Francisco Magazine 7x7 San Francisco Magazine's 2008 Holiday Gift Guide includes locally owned online retailer PenelopePoet.com. The guide touts PenelopePoet.com's Nashelle Cherished Necklace as a gift that makes a lasting impression. The necklace is designed by Nashelle with three hand hammered bars made of recycled gold or sterling silver and accommodates an inscription of up to twelve characters. (PRWEB Dec 1, 2008)
from the manufactuing arm of the industry to the retail outlets that sell products to the masses, the number of career paths is virtually limitless.
This much is certain. There are select industries whose related products or services are virtually immune to economic fluctuation, and the industry is undoubtedly one of them. For working adults seeking a career with an exciting working environment that also offers above average financial compensation, few other options seem quite as fashionable.
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Love Luxury - eLUXURY Offers Gift Ideas for Everyone on Your List This holiday season, eLUXURY makes luxury gift giving a little easier! With new gift personas, shoppers can shop by personality, like World Traveler or Sophisticated Homebody, and purchase the perfect luxury gift for the style maven on their list. (PRWEB Dec 3, 2008)
]]> Home and Bedroom Furniture Adds Line of Bedding Michelle Obama Would Love On Inauguration Day, January 20, 2009, change will reign, both inside and outside the White House. When Barack and Michelle Obama assume their President and First Lady roles, they'll face a full agenda. Home and Bedroom Furniture hopes to make one of those tasks easier: giving the White House the Obama personal touch. The company also aims to help any American's Home feel like the White House with it's latest line of Lawrence Home Fashion bedding. (PRWEB Dec 3, 2008)
]]> The Conscious Snob Launches Online Lifestyle Magazine A "Think Conscious, Feel Stylish" approach to reinvent female lifestyles. Striking a balance between high-end style and sustainable habits, The Conscious Snob emphasizes that loving luxury doesn't mean selling your soul. The website takes a fun yet mindful approach to the way women live their lives by focusing on conscious choices that can be made in fashion, beauty, relationships and other lifestyle-improving topics. (PRWEB Dec 3, 2008)
]]> Boohoo.com 'Must-Have' Dress on iTV's This Morning Show Sparks Buying Frenzy for Online Retailer A LITTLE black dress from online fashion store boohoo.com set viewers' pulses racing after appearing on ITV1's This Morning on Tuesday the 18th November. The Kaori taffeta dress, priced at just £25, was showcased on the show as part of a feature on the best Little Black Dresses. And the dresses had to be under £50. Thousands of viewers flocked to boohoo.com to snap it up and within minutes it was sold out. As Ferne Britton and Philip Schofield looked on, This Morning's super stylist Helen Boyle raved about the boohoo.com dress - calling it 'fashion forward' and 'something like we see on the catwalk'. (PRWEB Dec 2, 2008)
]]> Hair Club Expands its West Palm Beach, FL Location If you suffer from hair loss, you're in for terrific news. Hair Club in West Palm Beach will bring additional convenience to its customers by offering hair transplant surgery. (PRWEB Dec 2, 2008)
]]> Footwear Plus Announces 2008 Plus Awards Nominees in Recognition of Design Excellence Footwear Plus magazine has announced the nominees for its 10th annual Plus Awards in recognition of design excellence in 2008. The Plus Awards are the footwear industry’s only awards determined by the votes of thousands of retailers nationwide. (PRWEB Dec 2, 2008)
]]> Crossman & Company Selected to Lease Shops at Stoneybrook Hills : 80,000 Square Foot, Publix-Anchored Neighborhood Shopping Center to Open in Fall 2009 Crossman & Company, the largest third party retail leasing and property management firm in Central Florida, has been selected to lease Shops at Stoneybrook Hills, an 80,000 square foot neighborhood shopping center under development in Mount Dora. Developed by WindCrest Development Group, the shopping center is and located at US 441 and Stoneybrook Hills Parkway, with an estimated opening date of fall 2009, and will be anchored by Publix. (PRWEB Dec 2, 2008)
]]> Just in Time for Winter Fashion and Holiday Gifts: New and Exclusive Boots at shopLeChameau.com With winter-ready boots making their way out of closets everywhere, shopLeChameau.com makes keeping on top of the trends easy with exclusive and new styles of hand-made Le Chameau rubber boots. The premier source for French Le Chameau boots, shopLeChameau.com provides boot styles spotted on both royalty and the fashion elite. Le Chameau boots make the perfect Holiday gift, and with free shipping, $1 return shipping, and 90-day returns, shopping has never been easier. (PRWEB Dec 2, 2008)
]]> SkinnyAndTheCity.com Top Experts Create the Ultimate Lifestyle Guide SkinnyAndTheCity.com launches as the definitive online resource for women who want to look fabulous and feel their best. Renowned nutritionist Tanya Zuckerbrot, M.S., R.D., has assembled the most credited team of experts in the fields of nutrition, fashion, beauty and lifestyle and brought them all together on one website to offer the most on-trend, up-to-the minute, relevant information on the market today - all at no cost and no calories to the consumer. (PRWEB Dec 2, 2008)
]]> Sablier Launches Online Boutique Exclusively for Well-Endowed Women in Perth, Western Australia The brainchild of Managing Director Kristy Weston, Sablier (sah-blee-yay) is a boutique retailer offering Australia's well-endowed women a unique range of glamorous European apparel, from elegant lingerie, everyday underwear and sleepwear to fitted shirts, sportswear and swimwear, all designed exclusively for full-busted women. (PRWEB Dec 2, 2008)
]]> One Deal at A Time (ODAT) for Fashion Lovers - Truly Networks Announces Launch of RedTagCrazy.com Truly Networks, a next-gen online retail development firm, today announced its launch of the first "One Deal at A Time" (ODAT) shopping site for women who enjoy high-end fashion apparel and accessories, RedTagCrazy.com. The social shopping model, pioneered by Woot.com and Steepandcheap.com, has been known to create enormous buzz by combining top brands with huge markdowns, limited quantities, and a very limited time to purchase. (PRWEB Dec 1, 2008)
]]> Wall Street to Fashion Avenue - Banker Turns Neckwear Designer Former Wall Street banker and senior executive, Robert Valdes-Rodriguez left the financial markets in June 2007 to start a luxury men's neckwear company, RVR. Valdes-Rodriguez partnered with an exclusive silk mill in Italy and designed a new collection of hand-tailored ties. RVR ties maintain traditional styles with vibrant color combinations. The RVR Fall /WInter 2009 collection will debut at the The Haberdashery Group's Show in New York, January 17-20, 2009. (PRWEB Dec 1, 2008)
]]> Lovepeaceyoga.com Announces Its World Yoga Resource Connection and Global Yoga Forum Lovepeaceyoga.com proudly opened its online doors and Facebook page, LP Yoga last month to resounding praise and positive feedback. Customers can custom design Yoga Sling TM Mat Bags and Totes, selecting from hip, retro limited run fabrics. Now, to expand on the Global exploration of Yoga, lovepeaceyoga.com has added a Global Connections resource page and World Yoga Forum to its website. (PRWEB Dec 1, 2008)
]]> Calling All Aspiring Models! Southpole® Clothing Launches Their First Online Model Search Leading apparel company, Southpole®, has teamed up with social media advertising network, Brickfish®, to launch its first ever online model competition in search of male and female models to star in their 2009 advertising campaign. The ‘Southpole National Model Search’ campaign, located at http://www.brickfish.com/spole, gives aspiring models the opportunity to compete and become the new face of Southpole Juniors and Young Mens collections. The search began on November 13 and will run for approximately seven weeks. Within this period, contestants will submit photos, which will be posted online, where fans of the brand, friends and family will have the chance to vote for their favorites. The top 250 female and the top 250 male contestants will then be reviewed by Southpole executives and America’s Next Top Model winner Jaslene Gonzalez, to determine the final winners. (PRWEB Dec 1, 2008)
]]> Penelope Poet Jewelry Featured in 7x7 San Francisco Magazine 7x7 San Francisco Magazine's 2008 Holiday Gift Guide includes locally owned online retailer PenelopePoet.com. The guide touts PenelopePoet.com's Nashelle Cherished Necklace as a gift that makes a lasting impression. The necklace is designed by Nashelle with three hand hammered bars made of recycled gold or sterling silver and accommodates an inscription of up to twelve characters. (PRWEB Dec 1, 2008)
Trina Turk Dress Designs And Collections By venkatbabu Today, quality designers who have the right mix of creativity and innovativeness are rare. In the last few years alone, there have been several designers who have come to the scene with a huge bang Read more...
Fall Fashion By Ron E. Porter It’s that time of year again – football season is in full swing, the leaves on the trees are turning red, orange, and yellow. Little goblins are fantasying about the pile of candy they will bag on Read more...
How To Buy A Designer Prom Dress Online By Robin OBrien Every girl wants Prom Night to be special and wearing something that's unique and beautiful will make any girl feel confident on the night. A designer prom dress is most girls' dream but a local Read more...
Fall Fashion By Ron E. Porter It’s that time of year again – football season is in full swing, the leaves on the trees are turning red, orange, and yellow. Little goblins are fantasying about the pile of candy they will bag on Read more...
