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by temerityb » Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:31 am
After watching a little of the ShopNBC presentations from this past weekend, I can only guess that Renato isn't going to be around much longer at those price points. WIS know the score (made in China, "hand made" on the face, etc), they'll be too expensive for TV viewers, and boom, epic fail. It's not going to work; everything with Renato is stop/start (we have a website & blog, oops, no we don't; we're streaming, oops, no we aren't; we are making tourbillons, oops, no we can't).
Frankly, they should be catering to the women's market - after all, they were semi-endorsed in Oprah's magazine at one point, and there's pictures of her actually wearing one - but they never knew what to do with such a plaudit. In my experience, women love their designs in smaller case sizes a hell of a lot more than men gravitate to them, so what does Renato do? Come out with a big "new" line of men's stuff in bigger sizes than ever, and only two women's models.
A matter of months and you'll find their stuff at markdown stores like T.J. Maxx. I'd bet the ranch on it.
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