Blackberry Storms: 2 for $100 via Verizon
How’s this for innovative spending during a recession? Get a new Blackberry Storm for you and someone special at $50 each. In New Medici’s Marketplace section, we look forward to bringing you innovative buys and items of interest. The original story (@ $100/per Storm) was gleaned from Silicon Alley Insider, re buy a Blackberry Storm, get one free, with a 2-year commitment for $200, i.e., one Storm for $100. In need of upgrading two Blackberry 8830s to Storms, once the NYTimes David Pogue article fracas cleared, I would recommend this newer offer. Details after the jump… Read more >>
Gilt (without the “Guilt”) Groupe
As stealth luxury becomes more and more vogue, i.e., brown (or black) bag shopping at high-end stores to mask purchases; so, too, will there be more online buying. Discrete shopping with north of 50% discounting. Gilt Groupe with $5M in funding from Matrix Partners, a new CEO in Susan Lyne from Martha Stewart Omnimedia, and a partnership with the Council of Fashion Designers of America, looks poised to weather the retail storm with its online, invitation-only sample sales. Read more >>