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The Maker’s Revolution or “Eff Yeah, Kickstarter!”

January 11, 2012 Re:sources
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It’s still early enough in the new year for pronouncements and predictions. A recent Kickstarter email blast entitled “2011: The Year in Kickstarter” shook us to our core with its rundown of accomplishments in 2011 for this Brooklyn-incubated, downtown Manhattan start-up. $99,344,382 pledged towards over 27,000 projects. That’s not a movement. That’s a revolution. We’d [...]

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Thank You, 8 Years Later

November 23, 2011 THE A & F STORY
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On the eve of what inevitably becomes a start to the mad dash finish of the holidays, we wanted to say thanks for an awesomely exciting adventure. We started this journey on November 23, 2003 — 8 years ago today. We loved markets. We loved stuff. But more importantly, we loved and longed for a [...]

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Williamsburg Waterfront Concerts: Long Live Rock

October 6, 2011 Re:sources
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When Fleet Foxes ended their sold-out show late last month at the Williamsburg Waterfront, so came a close to an amazing Summer music series at one of the best outdoor live event venues ever created. With breath-taking views of the Manhattan skyline, a creative use of East River State Park’s concrete ‘slab’ (sorry, kickballers) and [...]

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It’s Just as Important to Look Good as it is to Feel Good

September 22, 2011 Re:sources
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This is the intro to a 3-part series dedicated to merchandising make-overs for folks as they start to think about the Fall season and the inevitable onslaught of the Holidays that is a quick follow. Markets are all about change. Many of the world’s top flea markets are places where professionals (stylists, designers, decorators) and [...]

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Looking Good: Merchandising Matters

August 10, 2011 Re:sources
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When was it that online shopping killed the art of merchandising and gave rise to a generation of merchants who never had to pass the test of getting noticed by real life would-be customers? Selling online has its own challenges: attracting attention, optimizing search, inviting the eyeballs to come visit, play and shop, cultivating a [...]

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Brooklyn Food Artisans

July 27, 2011 Fabulous Finds
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On any given weekend, we’ve got a feast for all of your senses. Since the start of the Spring, we’ve steadily cultivated a nice crew of food folks – many of them Brooklyn-based – whose big dreams, outrageous palettes and roll-up-your-sleeves attitude are the foodie companion to the creative energy that has made the marketplace [...]

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Brooklyn Markets & the Creative Commerce Class

July 20, 2011 Re:sources
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The alt retail movement is getting another serious notch in its belt with the opening of Dekalb Market – brought to the Brooklyn borough by the heavy hitting Urban Space team, known for their international market prowess. There’s been quite a bit of press, hype and eager anticipation about the arrival of the market. And [...]

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Flea Markets, Pop-Up Shops & the Army of Gypsy Nation Purveyors

July 13, 2011 Re:sources
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The pop-up shop. That “limited time only” fortress of I-gotta-have-it-now retail therapy that seemed to gain more and more momentum these past couple of years until even big box retailers started doing it. Love it or hate it, pop ups are one of the greatest compromises in retail trends to emerge from the obnoxiously skyrocketing [...]

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Just Grillin’: 3 Burger Tips for Your 4th of July

July 1, 2011 What's New From Who
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A departure of sorts from our traditional Friday dispatch featuring newbies (this week’s include some colorful collections care of Albertini Addiction and ShanideCleo) in honor of the holiday weekend. We’re lucky to have grillmaster Dan Petersen whose That Burger Tent has graced us with his fine Pat LaFrieda blend of beef and killer portobello burgers since [...]

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Bird, the ‘Burg & Jen Mankins’ Brooklyn-based Bet

June 29, 2011 Re:sources
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This is the first of 5 feature pieces in our series on Retail Alchemy 101, a weekly Wednesday feature for the retail, indie fashion and entrepreneurial-marketing inspired set. So much has been said and written and video’d and blogged about Jen Mankins, the polite visionary behind Brooklyn-based Bird, a no-joke powerhouse purveyor of smart styles, fashion [...]

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Retail Alchemy 101

June 22, 2011 Re:sources
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What’s the recipe for retail success if you’re an independent retailer striking out on your own? There are at least a dozen variables – some that you can control, most that no one can really control. Location. Merch mix. Price point. Traffic. Density. Timing. Trends. The marketplace. And that elusive pixie dust that comes from [...]

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A Perfect 10 Williamsburg Weekend

June 22, 2011 Weekend in Images
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Fan-freakin’-tastic weekend all around the ‘Burg between the start of Northside Festival, CrestFest, Williamsburg Walks (just to name a few) and just a delightful weekend of back-to-back rocking weather days. Shout-out to Simon from Pigeon Be Pigeon for representing the whole family of artists and designers at A&F on Bedford Avenue for the Walks. We [...]

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