Amazon Fashion Style

Amazon Fashion Style   

Amazon Fashion debuts its first TV commercial Monday, joining the growing ranks of startup e-commerce businesses (Fab.com, Warby Parker, One Kings Lane) to turn to TV to bring in new customers. The 30-second spot can be viewed on Amazon.com.

Amazon, of course, is no startup — but its Fashion division is a fledgling business of sorts. The retailer has had its foot in apparel and accessories sales since acquiring Shopbop in 2006, expanding its footprint, so to speak, with the acquisition of Zappos in 2009 and Gilt competitor MyHabit in 2011. (In late 2006 it launched its own shoes and accessories ecommerce venture, Endless.com, which closed last fall.) But it was only in mid-2012 that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said the company was ready to make a "significant" investment in the category under its own name, Amazon Fashion, signing a lease on a 40,000-square-foot space in Brooklyn to serve as a photo studio later in the year.

The spot is part of an awareness-building campaign that spans TV, print, outdoor and online display, Amazon Fashion President Cathy Beaudoin told WWD. (According to her PR agency, Beaudoin was unavailable for a phone interview with Mashable on Monday.) It was simply done: Three female models, adorned in a rotating ensemble of bright spring dresses paired with metallic heels, dance, skateboard and hula-hoop around Amazon's six letters alongside one well-tailored male model. It closes with the tagline "Amazon Fashion: Smart is Beautiful."

In an interview with The New York Times last May, Bezos said Amazon Fashion would sell clothes are prices that ensure that "the designer brands are happy." Indeed, the vast majority of spring dresses Amazon currently has on offer, including a $99 Anne Klein shirtdress in hot pink, and a $398 yellow floral number from Tracey Reese (both featured in the commercial), are being offered at no discount whatsoever.

Perhaps more competitive pricing will come later. For now, Amazon Fashion simply wants you to know it exists.

Anything that is really popular in city or country is actually fashion. Fashion trend and fashion wear is actually something which is very popular in your country.

A famous style, trend in dresses, jewellery, sandals, and hair wears etc…. This is all about fashion. Fashion trend and fashion wear completely depends on what actually suits you and not what you want to follow. It may be possible that a black color skirt will suit you more than green color top. But fashion trend is offering you green color so definitely you will go with green.

Actually this is wrong. Fashion is not actually what fashion trend is offering you but it is all about what suits you. You may become a matter of laughter for others in the case green color doesn’t suits you inspite of the fact fashion trend is of green color. But your fashion wear color is black because black suits you because you are slim, your height is 5+ and your complexion is good that goes well with black.

So here it would be a big mistake to go with the color that doesn’t even support your personality.

Similarly if you are going in a casual get together. Here you know that your personality type is not funky and you are very good observer of things around. So here you have to match up your fashion wear with your personality. You can wear normal jeans and shirt. If you are good than this is your current fashion and every simplest thing will suit you and automatically it will become your fashion wear.

Here, people will start getting inspiration from you. There is a famous saying “If your thoughts are good whatever you wear it will suits you”. By keeping this in mind you can easily decide your fashion wear which will automatically be right according to the fashion trend.

You summer wardrobe should be right according to the fashion wear. According to the fashion trend and fashion wear summer fashion trend is pretty light as compare to other season wears.

You need to stay cool with your fashion wear actually. There is no comparison of you and others actually and if you know this fact so here “You are above all”. And you can see the depth of fashion. You will unintentionally be creating your own fashion trend. People will start following you. Your fashion wear wardrobe would be simple and light according to the summer but you will be watching that people have started following you now.

There wardrobe is quite similar of what you wear actually in summer. This is the time you have conquered summer fashion market.

Imran Khan approves 25 PTI workers

Imran Khan approves 25 PTI workers to access main stage

SARGODHA (Dunya News) – Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan, today, has approved 25 names for the people who would have access to the central stage after which 25 passed have been issued for the stage.

Nobody would be allowed entry to the central stage without a pass. The people who have been allowed admittance include vice chairman PTI Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Saifullah Niazi, Ijaz Chaudhry, Mehmood ur Rasheed, Yasmeen Rasid, Andaleeb Abbas, Sheikh Rasheed, Attaullah Esakhelvi and Faisal Javed.

Hina Manzoor, Sadaqat Abbasi, Mumtaz Akhter, Ansar Majeed, Ansar Iqbal Haral, Colonel (r) Ejaz Minhas, Hassan Paracha, Nazeer Ahmad Bhooli, Asghar Lehri, Iftikhar Gondal and Ali Asif Bagga are also among the workers who have been given the permit.

Imran Khan’s personal guard Ayub, Youth leader Ali Awan and Captain (r) Hassan have also been granted access to the central stage.

Participants, on the other hand, have started arriving for the rally organized.

Workers including women are coming to participate in the rally in large numbers whereas the security measures for the event are being handled by PTI workers including 100 PTI women activists.

Earlier, PTI had been all geared up to amp up the political heat through a massive showing in Sargodha on Friday.

The PTI will hold a mass political rally at a stadium in Sargodha even after tragedy of stampede occurred in Multan Stadium.

However, the administration is more careful for Friday show after Multan tragedy which left seven people dead and 40 others injured.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Thursday demolished the wall and ticket collection booth of Sargodha stadium for holding its public rally.

The reason for bringing down the wall and ticket collection booth of the stadium was said to be the small size of the gate through which the container for building the stage could not be brought inside the venue.

The above action caused a severe damage to 32 sq ft area of Sargodha stadium.

Sargodha Administration explained that the local leadership of PTI has assured to rebuild the demolished ticket collection booth and wall of the stadium after its rally.

It is not out of place to note that seven people had been killed and dozens others injured in PTI’s previous public rally in Multan following a stampede.

The PTI’s stage in Sargodha will be almost 40 feet high. The PTI activists are exerting their maximum to fill the stadium beyond its capacity. Imran Khan and other leaders would address to the gathering.

No show: Imran Khan skips resignation scrutiny

ISLAMABAD: 

As expected, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Monday did not appear before the National Assembly speaker for verification of his resignation from the lower house.

Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq had invited PTI lawmakers in small groups to verify whether or not they had submitted their resignations voluntarily.

The process of verification began on September 25 and is expected to end on October 15. However, none of the PTI members has appeared before the speaker so far as the party demands that the speaker should invite all its lawmakers on the same day.

On August 22, some 31 members of the PTI had submitted their resignations in the speaker’s office as a protest against alleged rigging in the May 2013 general elections.

Up to 26 resignations were found valid while five of them – submitted by Mujahid Ali, Colonel (retd) Ameer Marwat, Saleemur Rehman, Junaid Akbar and Qaiser Jamal – were declared invalid as they were addressed to the PTI chairman – rather than the NA speaker.

Three PTI members, including Gulzar Khan from NA-4 Peshawar, Nasir Khattak from NA-15 Karak and Musarrat Ahmedzeb on women’s reserved seat, had not submitted their resignations. The only resignation accepted so far is that of the party’s former president Javed Hashmi.

Talking to media at the Parliament House, Speaker Ayaz Sadiq said the PTI was trying to find excuses to delay the issue of resignations.  “My doors are open to them, even if they want to coming holding each other’s hand,” he said.

Imran’s address

Addressing his supporters at D-Chowk, Imran Khan said local government elections would soon be held in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), adding that it would be for the first time that people of villages would be empowered.

“We will also improve the sewerage system in the entire country. We will ask the youth to clean Pakistan and the government will clean rivers and plant new trees,” he added.

Talking about the recently held joint session of the parliament, he said no one had uttered a single word on the issues of the masses. He said there was no need for metro bus projects in Islamabad and the money could have been spent on welfare of the masses.

“Nawaz Sharif knows that the moment he resigns, his corruption will be exposed,” he said while calling into question the justification of the ongoing development projects.

Claiming that both Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan Peoples Party Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari had not disclosed their real assets, he said: “We will show you their declared assets [to the Election Commission of Pakistan] and the actual ones.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 14^th, 2014.

Dollar Falls as Report

Dollar Falls as Report Shows U.S. Jobs Growth Slowed

The dollar fell from a 14-month high after a report showed employers added the fewest jobs this year in August, damping speculation the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates sooner than anticipated.

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index pared a weekly gain after Labor Department data showed
employment grew by 142,000 jobs, versus a Bloomberg survey forecast of 230,000. The yen gained from the weakest level in almost six years and the euro rose from almost a 14-month low. The currencies fell yesterday as the Bank of Japan maintained its unprecedented stimulus and the European Central Bank cut interest rates.

“The headline payrolls number wasn’t so strong, and I think you saw the dollar come off a bit on the back,” said Robert Lynch, a currency strategist at HSBC Holdings Plc in New York. For euro-dollar, “the ECB developments are still the more important factor.”

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index fell as much as 0.3 percent to 1,036.55 before trading at 1,038.18 at 5 p.m. in New York, down 0.1 percent. It advanced earlier to 1,041.58, the highest since July 2013. The gauge rose 0.9 percent this week.

The yen rose 0.2 percent to 105.09 per dollar after depreciating earlier to 105.71, the weakest since October 2008. The euro gained as much as 0.3 percent to $1.2988 before trading at $1.2951. It touched $1.2920 yesterday, the lowest level since July 2013.

Peso, Pound

The Chilean peso climbed the most among the U.S. dollar’s 31 major peers after data showed the nation’s economy grew more than forecast in July and wages rose at the fastest pace since 2009. The currency gained 1.2 percent to 586.40 per dollar.

Canada’s dollar weakened against most major counterparts after employment unexpectedly declined by 11,000 jobs in August. The currency slipped as much as 0.3 percent against the U.S. dollar to C$1.0903.

Sterling had the biggest weekly loss in more than a year before a vote on Scottish independence on Sept. 18. A win for nationalists seeking to leave the U.K. may prompt a pound selloff, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said this week. The currency dropped 1.6 percent from Aug. 29 to $1.6327. It was little changed on the day.

The euro fell yesterday when the ECB unexpectedly cut its main refinancing rate to a record and introduced additional stimulus. ECB President Mario Draghi is trying to stave off deflation as the euro region’s economy slumps.

Draghi pledged to “significantly steer” the central bank’s balance sheet back toward the 2.7 trillion euros ($3.5 billion) of early 2012 from 2 trillion euros. He announced a plan to buy securitized debt and covered bonds.

Net Shorts

Hedge funds and other large speculators increased bets on a decline in the euro against the dollar to the most since July 2012. The difference in the number of wagers on a drop compared with those on a gain -- so-called net shorts -- was 161,423 on Sept. 2, from 150,657 a week earlier, according to data from the Washington-based Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

The yen slid yesterday after the Bank of Japan kept its monetary stimulus unchanged. Japanese policy makers maintained their pledge to increase the monetary base at an annual pace of 60 trillion yen ($570 billion) to 70 trillion yen

Japan’s currency fell 1 percent in the past month in a basket of 10 developed-nation currencies tracked by Bloomberg Correlation-Weighted Indexes. The euro dropped 1.9 percent, the worst performer after the pound, while the dollar strengthened 1.7 percent.

Lower Participation

U.S. payrolls growth was weaker than the lowest estimate in a Bloomberg survey and followed a revised 212,000-job gain in July, Labor Department figures showed in Washington. The labor-force participation rate, the share of Americans employed or looking for work, slipped to 62.8 percent in August from 62.9 percent a month earlier.

The unemployment rate fell to 6.1 percent from 6.2 percent in July, reflecting a drop in joblessness among teenagers.

Fed policy makers led by Chair Janet Yellen raised the possibility at a meeting in July that they might increase the benchmark interest-rate target sooner than they anticipated if labor-market gains quicken, according to minutes released on Aug. 20. The U.S. central bank meets Sept. 16-17.

The employment report “will probably come up for conversation at the next Fed meeting, but I can’t see this changing Yellen’s view in any way,” Douglas Borthwick, the head of foreign exchange at New York brokerage Chapdelaine & Co., said by phone. “The Fed continues to have this thought that they’ll be raising rates sooner than other countries.”

Interest Rates

The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against 10 major counterparts, has rallied 3.5 percent this quarter as the Fed considers when to raise interest rates for the first time since 2006. The rate has been held in a range of zero to 0.25 percent since December 2008 to support the economy.

Futures trading showed a 52 percent likelihood of an increase to at least 0.5 percent by July 2015, versus a 56 percent chance yesterday.

“Things continue to be worse abroad -- in the euro zone, in Japan, in China, in much of the industrialized world,” Omer Esiner, chief market analyst at currency brokerage Commonwealth Foreign Exchange Inc. in Washington, said in a phone interview. “The U.S. appears to be the strongest of that group, and as such I think the dollar should continue longer-term to appreciate.”

To contact the reporter on this story: Rachel Evans in New York at revans43@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Dave Liedtka at dliedtka@bloomberg.net Greg Storey

Islamabad News | Islamabad Clashes

Three killed, over 560 injured in Islamabad clashes

ISLAMABAD: The federal capital remains tense after violence broke out on Saturday night when supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri tried to storm PM House using crane’s to remove barricades.

Clashes between police and protesters in which three people were killed and over 560 injured continued on Sunday. 77 of those injured were security officials deployed in the Red Zone.

Protesters several of whom were armed with batons and slingshots started removing containers used as barricades which lead to the police using tear gas to force the crowds back. Authorities said they had no choice but to use force.

Shipping containers were set ablaze, several vehicles stood torched, and hundreds of tear gas canisters lay strewn on the ground on Islamabad's normally pristine Constitution Avenue. Protesters also attacked the Geo News office in Islamabad and a satellite van of the channel.

Scores of protesters carrying hammers and iron rods also broke down a fence outside of parliament late Saturday, enabling hundreds of people to enter the lawns and parking area. Acting IGP Islamabad Khalid Khattak said the protesters were armed with large hammers, wire cutters, axes and even a crane.

Police also beat local journalists covering the protests with batons, injuring some, Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafiq said. Rafique said he intervened to stop the police assault and he would ask the government to investigate the officers' conduct.

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Protests began with a march from Lahore on August 14 and reached Islamabad the next day. Despite calls by Khan and Qadri for millions to join, crowds never exceeding the tens of thousands. Both Khan and Qadri stayed overnight at the protests, spending most of their time in the containers.

 

The decision to march to the PM House was taken after talks between the government, PTI and PAT failed to end the deadlock over the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. PTI chairman Imran Khan has said that an independent probe of rigging in the 2013 general elections cannot be held if Nawaz Sharif remains prime minister. Khan has called for Nawaz Sharif to step down until the proposed judicial commission completes its probe. Government and the majority of opposition parties have dismissed Khan’s demand for the prime minister’s removal.

Joint session of Parliament on Tuesday
 

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chaired a high-level meeting on Sunday during which it was decided that a joint session of Parliament would held on Tuesday. According to sources the meeting also took the decision to re-engage the PTI and PAT in talks.

 

Differences emerge in PTI

Following clashes in Islamabad, differences have emerged within the PTI. The party’s elected president Javed Hashmi said Imran Khan’s decision to march to the PM House was not that of the party’s. He claimed Imran had been prompted to take this decision after receiving a message from Sheikh Rasheed and Saifullah Niazi. Hashmi said Imran Khan would be to blame if democracy was derailed.

In response to Hashmi, Khan dismissed the elected PTI president announcing that ‘from today he had parted ways with him.’ The PTI chairman also announced that three party MNAs who had not submitted their resignations had also been expelled.

 

Army stresses political resolution to crisis

The Corps Commanders conference chaired by Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif ended with the decision that “further use of force will only aggravate the problem”. The conference was originally planned to take place on Monday but due to the security situation in the Capital and the unrest in the country the meeting was held on Sunday.

 

According to a press release from the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) wing of the Pakistan Army, the conference “reviewed with serious concern, the existing political crisis and the violent turn it has taken, resulting in large scale injuries and loss of lives.” The meeting once again reiterated that the “situation should be resolved politically without wasting any time and without recourse to violent means.”

The ISPR statement ended on the note that the “army remains committed to playing its part in ensuring security of the state and will never fall short of meeting national aspirations.”