1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2010: Altitude Fasique

By guest author Praveen Kumar Altitude Fasique is an online designer apparel company that creates clothes exclusively for women who are over 5’9” (1.75 m). The company’s mission is to create contemporary and fashionable styles for tall women with designs that aim to make them feel confident and unique. Target clients are women seeking a

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1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2010: La Grande Dame

[Note: We’re launching The 1M/1M Incubation Radar with La Grande Dame today and will be featuring many more sub-$1 million revenue companies that we believe can reach the prized $1 million mark. We will be bringing the series to the attention of seed stage investors for those entrepreneurs looking for financing. And we hope it

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1Mby1M Deal Radar 2010: ShopForBags.com

ShopForBags (SFB) is a women-owned apparel and handbags distributor that targets small-town salons, boutiques, and retail outlets. It also has its own private label, Katydid. The company sells handbags, messenger bags, laptop bags, belts and wallets, and apparel for women, men, and children.

Gap’s Turnaround Strategy

Visualize the Banana Republic store. It has a few floors of merchandise. When you walk into this store, very little of this applies to you. You are a size 4 woman, dark haired, brown-eyed, olive-skinned. Your style is rather more professional and clean-cut, than much of the frills and laces that you look around and

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Online Clothing: No. 1 Retail Category

Sales of clothing have surpassed sales of computer hardware and software for the first time in the ten years of online retailing, according to a new report by Forrester Research for Shop.org. Online sales are forecast to increase 18% this year to $259 billion. In 2006, clothing and accessories, including shoes, totaled $18.3 billion against

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