The next time you find yourself bellyaching over your expanding monthly cable bill, don't blame your provider. Blame ESPN, the biggest offender when it comes to basic cable, setting distributors back $4.69 a month for every subscriber.
Some industry pundits wrote off the TV shopping format as passe when online shopping started to take off, but a funny thing happened on the way to the era of digital retail: QVC ended up being among the biggest winners in the shift. We talk to CEO Mike George about the future of shopping.
On Thursday night, New York City will transform into one big after-hours shopping party for Fashion's Night Out, a whirlwind of festive, quirky store events to kick off New York Fashion Week. But it's not all high-end specialty stores -- mass retailers are increasingly using FNO to assert their own fashion bona fides.
