Dear friends, We are starting to ship Spring goods this coming month and I want to make sure you are all equipped with marketing tools. We have great images to share with you for each brand we ship. They are for you, so please use ! You only need to email me back and tell …
I don’t like to feel regret. It is the worst feeling and there is nothing I can do about it. I tend to just suppress these feelings, ignore them and try to bury them but we all know this is not a good system. I visit a hospice patient every Wednesday after work and last …
Listen to these statistics announced pre-Thanksgiving…. Estimate sales for this coming holiday season will hit 1 Trillion dollars and 40% of it will be done on mobile devices!! I don’t even know how to write this number. And I always think that women my age and older prefer to work on a PC when shopping online. I am …
I was not aware of the phrase Friendsgiving until this year. Suddenly everyone is having one! Since I don’t have my biological family with me in NY I always celebrated with friends. On the day of, a week before, sometimes with turkey sometimes not. Living in NY for the last 27 years taught me how …
10 years ago I opened Rootchi, a retail store on the upper west side of Manhattan, the neighborhood where I live. I wanted to see what it meant to be a retailer. (And oh boy I saw!!) It was a good journey that ended last Thursday. As we finished out our 10 year lease. It …
It’s the end of October and we are closing another selling season. I wanted to take the time to say thank you and remind you all to place your orders if you have notes out. (Officially closing in 2 days, the 30th). We also want to hear back from you about our brands, what you need …
I used to hire professional help through friends or people that “fell in my lap” who spoke Hebrew and it was comfortable; or just because the price was right and laziness was on my side. How did it all work out? I ended up with an “out of status” visa situation and was not able …
I’m not a morning person. Mornings are always a bit grey and my first thoughts tend to revolve around life, death and dying. My sister suggested to try and change that as part of my mindful practice. So I started to add a small smile when I wake up. A forced little smile that I …
My son works for START, the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. He helps with organizing data on the targets of terrorist attacks around the world. I would get a daily report from him of where and how many attacks happened that day or that month in different countries. I …
In the past month I visited a few of our designers at their home towns and studios. Meeting them personally gives a new angle to our relationship and a reason to continue and develop our work together and sometimes a reason to stop. I learn about their morals and work ethics from close and they …