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Marketers Fail to Understand and Reach Professional Women

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Yesterday I spent some time reading a white paper by Ad Age and published by Meredith called, “The Reality of the Working Woman.” Let’s start with some interesting statistics The number of women in the workforce have exceeded the number of males in the workforce. Among working moms, 67% are breadwinners or co-breadwinners. Today only [...]

June 8, 2010 12 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Embrace “White Space” as a Young Professional

By, Nicole Crimaldi Last night my girlfriend Millie and I were shopping at Water Tower Place in Chicago. Millie had several things on her shopping list, so spending long amounts of time in each store pondering and chatting with sales associates wasn’t a priority. We went into the Coach store where Millie intended on purchasing [...]

November 5, 2009 3 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Start Planning for the Holidays Now to Avoid Debt!

By, Nicole Crimaldi As you put away your Halloween decorations for the year, it’s time to start thinking about the holiday season. I know you’re thinking, “Why?! It’s only November 2!” Exactly. Most Americans rack up tons of debt on holiday gifts because they fail to plan ahead. If you get paid bi-weekly that means [...]

November 4, 2009 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Healthy Holidays and How To Have ‘Em

By, Michelle Pfeninnghaus It’s like a scene from a movie: Snow gently falling, family and friends gather joyfully to sing songs and exchange good wishes. There’s good food, good fun, and – Wait a minute. Let’s pull back the curtain here. Often behind every holiday gathering there’s someone totally stressed out trying to clean the [...]

October 22, 2009 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Shop Your Closet!

By, Nicole Crimaldi In preparation for my spending boycott in the month of October, I summoned the absolutely fabulous Whitney Middleton of fauxshionable.com to come throw a party in my closet. I started a new job at the beginning of October, so the temptation was strong to go out and spend money on new work [...]

October 8, 2009 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Getting Ready for “Don’t Go Over in October”-5 Thoughts about Women and Spending

By, Nicole Crimaldi Hey Career Gals (and Guys)! The end of September is upon us, which means I have some planning (and spending) to do before the “Don’t go Over in October” challenge begins on October 1. Thanks, in part, to “Don’t go Over in October” participant and star-blogger Leah Pogliano’s awesome post, I decided [...]

September 21, 2009 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

The Story Behind Crescendo Apparel: Clothing for Pear-Shaped Women

After having forged a decade-long career as a successful financial analyst, Kathryn McKechnie traded in her spreadsheets for fashion spreads in 2008, when she launched Crescendo Apparel, her line of pants, skirts and wraps for pear-shaped women. As far back as she can remember–and certainly while she was analyzing data for the likes of Andersen [...]

May 13, 2009 3 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

The Real Cost of Crappy Clothes

As featured on womenco.com! Girls: Tell me the truth. What do you do Friday after work when you know you have a jam packed weekend ahead? What do you do after a recent breakup or terrible week? I hope you have a better answer than I do, because I go shopping (and occasionally dye my [...]

April 15, 2009 3 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Come to Chicago’s Crave Party Tomorrow!

Ladies, if you’re in Chicago and free tomorrow (12/9/08) after work please come to Chicago’s Crave party at the Chicago Cultural Center from 5.30-9.00.  A Crave Party is basically a shopping event full of local female vendors and entrepreneurs.   It will be a great place to get your shopping done in once place while getting glamed up [...]

December 8, 2008 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Shop thetiebar.com this Cyber Monday

I love online shopping because it is THE only way for me to shop like a guy-I go in, get what I need, and get out. When I go into a brick and mortar store, I usually come out with 10 extra items and forget what I originally went in for. Oops. This method is [...]

December 1, 2008 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →