I don’t think I’ve ever weighed in one way or the other on Shinola, the somewhat controversial Detroit-based marketer of expensive watches, bicycles and notebooks. As I recall, I may have once noted how incredibly douchey I found the spectacle of four economic development professionals, at some point during a public forum on the future […]
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Telling shit from Shinola… It’s not as easy as you might think
Posted in Art and Culture, Detroit, Uncategorized Also tagged authenticity, Bedrock Manufacturin, bicycles, bougie crap, cultural appropriation, Fossil, gentrification, handmade, manufacturing, marketing, Rebekah Modrak, Shinola, Tom Kartsotis, watches 92 Comments
Use of food stamps, sale of luxury goods – on the rise
I read some terrible news today. According to new data released by the IRS, it looks like the incomes of non-wealthy Americans fell dramatically in 2009, “with total income down 15.2 percent in real terms since 2007.” It wasn’t all bad news today, though. It was also reported that the sale of high-end luxury goods […]
Posted in Economics, Media, Rants, Uncategorized Also tagged Al Jazeera, American aristocracy, class warfare, David Yurman, Ermenegildo Zegna, Gilt Groupe, Goyard, income disparity, income inequality, Jersey Shore, Plutocracy, Retail, rich get richer, tax the rich, the growing gap between rich and poor, Wal-Mart 18 Comments