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"As a rule, fashionistas are fickle. So when merchants make trend-right buying decisions and the fashion-obsessed open their wallets for the season's must-haves, retailers score fast turns and fat margins. But when retailers get it wrong, stores are awash in markdowns and the bottom line takes a hit."

"As a rule, fashionistas are fickle. So when merchants make trend-right buying decisions and the fashion-obsessed open their wallets for the season's must-haves, retailers score fast turns and fat margins. But when retailers get it wrong, stores are awash in markdowns and the bottom line takes a hit."

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"While Amazon has had some success in fashion with Zappos.com, Endless.com, MyHabit.com and Shopbop, it has yet to achieve the level of dominance that it has in other product categories it has targeted."

In today's harried, fast-paced world, it is easy to think that we can ignore the small niceties in our every day encounters. However, it is especially because we live fast-paced, charged lives that we need to be mindful of issues of etiquette. Ignoring conventional rules of civility can have a negative impact on our workplace relationships. Here are a few tips to help you in this regard.

The rise of the social Web has led to a fundamental shift in the way businesses of all sizes engage with their customers. Rather than focusing on "touch points" during the marketing and sales process, they're using social technologies to form meaningful, ongoing relationships that involve frequent online interactions, oftentimes through social channels.  

"When you're new to someone's home, you conduct yourself in a respectable manner. If you see that people take their shoes off before going upstairs, you ask if you should take your shoes off (at least I do). You basically conduct yourself in a way that's respectful of the other person's space."