The Gap is currently test marketing a new loyalty program entitled ‘Sprize in Vancouver, BC. Here’s how it works: Make a purchase at a participating Vancouver area Gap store. It’s easy. After 45 days, if the prices on the items you purchased have dropped, we will automatically credit the difference to your Sprize account. Come…
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Limelight Mall Opening Soon
The Limelight (Cirica Jan 2009) I guess the Page Six rumors were true, the new “Limelight Marketplace”, replete with a Brazilian waxing salon and a Grimaldi’s Pizzeria (among other things), will open to the public May 7, 2010. Check out the mall directory over at NYMag.com.
Matador Records 21st Anniversary Festival (Oct 1-3, Las Vegas, NV)
Matador Records 21st Anniversary (Oct 1-3, 2010) With the rise of events like XX Merge and Sub Pop 20, anniversary parties have become de rigueur in the indie label world, so I wasn’t surprised when I heard that Matador Records had decided to throw itself a little 21st Anniversary bash this year. The 3 day…
The Ticketmaster/Live Nation Merger And You
This weekend, there was a long piece in the New York Times about music industry macher Irving Azoff, chairman of the newly minted company Live Nation Entertainment (an amalgam of industry monoliths Live Nation and Ticketmaster). Though Azoff’s profit maximizing tactics as a manager were pretty eye-opening (the so-called “Irving Deal” which guaranteed his artists…
2010 Juno Awards: Pre-Broadcast Award Winners
2010 Juno Awards If you were a little preoccupied with today’s Record Store Day festivities, you might have missed the fact that 32 of this year’s Juno Awards (aka the Canadian Grammys) were handed out tonight (April 17) at a gala awards dinner in St. John’s, Newfoundland (that’s right folks, the Junos will start on…
Williamsburg Hipsters Too Cool Be Counted
88 BoaDrum at East River State Park (08/08/08) They may be divided over bike lanes, but when it comes to the census, both Hipsters and Hasids are apparently sticking to the road not taken. Many New York City residents aren’t returning their census forms. The return rate is only around 50 percent, but the lowest…