The Week of March 4th in Review

Posted on March 11, 2013 Written by Leave a Comment

By Paul Pannone

The week of March 4th deals with small businesses and their fight to stay alive. Vendors in every category find themselves in a fight for survival, including small, independent florists. But despite the tenacious nature of independent operators in every category an ongoing poll shows 76% of responses so-far feel they cannot win against big box operators (35%) while 41% say small operators need to start thinking like good business people– not good people in a business. eWedNewz continues our investigation into this story and welcomes your thoughts.

Similar poll result says manufacturers should not sell direct to the public , yet businesses continue to support those manufacturers that engage in direct sales to consumers via the Internet or by opening their own stores. eWedNewz continues to look at the disconnect between poll results and the actions of small businesses.

 

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The Week of October 8th in Review

Posted on October 13, 2012 Written by Leave a Comment

 

 

By Paul Pannone

Consumers looking online for wedding dresses drove up the story questioning how wedding dresses are marketed. According to insiders in the printed bridal magazine business brides are shown the sizzle and not the steak, hoping to get them to spend more money than the national average price of a wedding dress that hovers around $1,400 dollars.

The struggles of printed magazines are clear, as major companies including Conde’ Nast announce further cuts than originally planned. In breaking newZ Conde’ admitted to job cuts, after omitting them from earlier published reports.

Small, independent business owners find it increasingly difficult to compete against larger, well-run competitors. Meanwhile suppliers abandon the smaller stores in the interest of their own survival.

 

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The Week of July 16th in Review

Posted on July 23, 2012 Written by Leave a Comment

 

By Paul Pannone

 

Old, thought defunct and established websites needing a new image are getting re-vamped, as many are not able to be sold but still have value. Get Married gets a revamp but a current poll says advertisers are no longer interested in paying for third-party websites. But despite the move to change their ways the Taylor Corporation has a difficult road ahead, as most businesses invest and promote their own website and Social Networking campaigns instead of investing in third-party websites, according to an ongoing poll.

A move by the Barak Obama re-election campaign to get brides to fork over their wedding gifts has all but failed. In less than a month reports, supported by an ongoing eWedNewz poll, say the campaign is a bomb.

 

 

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The Week of June 4th in Review

Posted on June 9, 2012 Written by Leave a Comment

 

 

 

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A victim of Wedding Wire was the most-read eWedNewz story this week. Pat Kelly, a gown retailer in Oklahoma, was tossed from the website after collaborating with them about an appointment idea. The reason given by Wedding Wire said there is a conflict of interest.

Because of the incident, advocate, Samantha Goldberg, issued a statement against Wedding Wire and related people to the website. Goldberg continues to fight for the rights of vendors and brides who are getting hurt by inaccurate information that appears on the review site.

An addition to the story from people communicating with Wedding Wire say they’re getting responses like,

“wedding wire is an innovative community  and a market place and that they are not a service and therefore cannot be held responsible for the actions of others.”

The Wedding Wire story spills out beyond the wedding industry, as vendors take on other review formats, including YELP. A Philadelphia DJ company, Cutting Edge DJs, called out YELP after trying to enhance their listing.

eWedNewz watches new websites like Bitchless Bride anonymously fighting consumers that are never satisfied, no matter ho hard vendors try. This week she featured another unidentified blogger, the Tuxedo Mask, who ripped abusive consumers not respecting tuxedo rentals.

 

 

 

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The Week of May 7th in Review

Posted on May 13, 2012 Written by Leave a Comment

 

 

 

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Celebrity Planner, Samantha Goldberg, is not the only critic of Wedding Wire; not by a long-shot.  Growing concerns over the website’s rating system from vendors fill chat and message board forums. Behind the pleasantries of a recent event, eWedNewz has learned of countermeasures by vendors combining to bring greater awareness and changes at Wedding Wire. eWedNewz coverage of the current events lifted a 2011 story from the archives that became of interest to readers. Our investigation and coverage of the story continues.

Updates to style and fit helps a new generation rediscover suits and tuxedos. The changes are led by Men’s Wearhouse that owns a significant portion of the business.

 

 

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The Week of April 23rd in Review

Posted on April 29, 2012 Written by Leave a Comment

 

 

By Paul Pannone

 

Top newZ this week includes the ongoing recovery of the tuxedo business, aided by new launches this year by Vera Wang, Tony Bowls and the Situation.  Big-box stores create their own proprietary branded products and market them to the displeasure of independent businesses with opinionated owners. The opinions are sometimes the topic of hot discussion but in the end, opinions are like assholes with hemorrhoids; necessary but hard to deal with.

Wedding Experts and  Water Cooler women Christine Boulton and Sheryl Davies showed why their views are worth listening to. Both continue to build their brand and business with great information supported by data, reality of changes happening in the wedding business and the world.

 

 

 

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