Kate Spade
Summary
Kate Spade (born Katherine Noel Brosnahan in Kansas City, Missouri; December 24, 1962) is the co-founder and namesake of the designer brand, Kate Spade New York.Spade graduated from St. Teresa's Academy, an all-girl Catholic high school in Kansas City, Missouri. She attended the University of Kansas and then transferred to and graduated from Arizona State where she majored in journalism and she also worked in a motorcycle bar, and is a member of the Omega chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.In 1986, Spade worked in the accessories department of Mademoiselle in Manhattan, where she was credited in the magazine's masthead as Katy Brosnahan.
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Retailers Pin Hopes on Christmas
With retailers ringing up unusually high sales using Pinterest—arguably the year’s biggest digital-platform sensation—marketers are getting ready to pin holiday gift ideas and seasonal content like glittering ornaments to a virtual Pinterest Christmas tree.
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Liz Claiborne officially become Fifth & Pacific
Liz Claiborne Inc. has officially changed its name to Fifth & Pacific Cos. , the clothing company said Tuesday. The company announced its name-change plans in January, a move it said was fitting after it sold the Liz Claiborne and Monet brands to J. C. Penney Co. in November. It plans to concentrate on its Juicy Couture, Lucky Brand and Kate Spade labels.
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Editor's Note End of the Everywoman
Once upon a time, there were two venerated queens. Each enjoyed a historic reign over her multimedia kingdom, ruling absolutely over her millions of adoring subjects who yearned to be just like these demigoddesses of house and home, body and soul. By obeying their every edict and staying on task, the rulers decreed, any woman could get whatever she wanted—as long as she just wanted it enough.
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How brands and publishers can use Pinterest for Content Marketing
If the murmurings on the interwebs are to be believed, middle-American basket-weavers’ favourite new blogging platform – yes, Pinterest - is driving more referral traffic than Google Plus, Linkedin and Youtube combined!.
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How Kate Spade Uses Pinterest For Marketing
Kate Spade, the bag and apparel designer, recently launched a Pinterest account. Like a lot of brands, the company realizes that Pinterest is suddenly big, particularly with women, and driving a huge amount of traffic.
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Innovate, Don’t Legislate
It’s an oft-repeated tale. An industry gets disrupted by upstarts with new technologies and business models. The incumbents act quickly – turning to their legal team for advice. Litigate and legislate and the typical responses that come back.
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Here's How Instagram Can Make A Ton Of Money, And Do It Better Than Twitter
The amount of people voluntarily following brands on Instagram proves that Instagram can make money, and soon.
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AOL Gets Legendary Artist Chuck Close For New Ad Campaign (AOL)
NEW YORK (AdAge. com) -- In nearly 40 years of creating large-scale iconic images, American artist Chuck Close had never taken a commission, or allowed his work to be used commercially. That will change this year when Mr. Close starts shooting an ad campaign for AOL.
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