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Hi Again, Well, this weekend brought some excitement I must say.  I purchased a brand new laptop and this time I have switched over to the dark side...I went with a Mac.  Even though my new Macbook is so pretty and fun and overall fantastic that is not what I am here to talk about.  I am here to talk about the string of events that lead from purchasing my Macbook to purchasing my laptop case.  And believe it or not it involved our GHC blogs! Ok so I know I am an internet nerd, (like most people in their twenties), but I am now a retailing internet nerd!  I bought a new Macbook recently and was so excited about it, (now I can blog ...
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Social Networks taking over the Web!
 
Hi Everyone, Well, to start, what did everyone think of our June Newsletter on Trends?  If you haven't checked your email boxes yet, you might want to stop reading this right now and go check out the latest edition of GHC's Retail Insights to get all the latest on trends for the Summer markets!  Or if you aren't on our mailing list, you can check it out here. Now, for today's subject I thought I would discuss the great news that social networks are reigning supreme!  As we already know, sites like MySpace and Facebook are all wildly popular sites with millions of users, (and hopefully soon the beloved GHC will be in that category too).  Now, MySpace has a new aspiration, to take on ...
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Social Network Cautions
 
Judging by the weather in New York, I‘d think it safe to say it's officially Summer!  Well, almost.  The Summer Solstice is June 21st, which marks the first official day of Summer and the longest day of the year! And what comes with Summer?  The Summer Markets of course!  Hopefully everyone has found some great ways to prepare for the Markets here on the Channel.  If not, comment below and let me know what you've been searching for that you just can't seem to find.  I ‘m sure we can find something or start a new conversation here on the blogs and boards to help out before the Shows. In celebration of NaComleavMo month, has everyone been commenting? Well, if you're not participating in your ...
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Social Network Annoyances
 
Hello again everyone, I'm sure you might be confused by the title of today's post, as I am usually the peppy cheerleader for social networking here on the GHC, but I came across an interesting article the other day and I felt compelled to share it with the community. The pcworld.com article starts off with quite a provocative question, "The same question people used to ask about PCs can be asked of social networks: Were our lives easier or harder, better or worse, simpler or more complex, before they came around? The answer is yes." This really hit me and made me think...was my life easier before social networks existed?  Maybe simpler, but not nearly as much fun! Also, I didn't have nearly as many ...
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