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The Fashion Issue and More! Rise of the Ethical Fashion Brand Blogs’ Influence on Back-To-School Shopping Septmagazine_Layout 1 9/2/14 12:05 PM Page 1 TIPS FOR THE NEW LUXURY CONSUMER REVIVING BYGONE FASHION BRANDS PITCHING HISPANIC FASHION MEDIA BLOGS’ INFLUENCETHE ON BACK-TO-SCHOOL FASHION SHOPPING ISSUE RISE OF THE ETHICAL FASHION BRAND RANKINGS OF TOP BEAUTY & FASHION PR FIRMS AND MORE! September 2014 | www.odwyerpr.com Septmagazine_Layout 1 9/2/14 12:05 PM Page 2 Septmagazine_Layout 1 9/2/14 12:05 PM Page 3 Septmagazine_Layout 1 9/2/14 12:05 PM Page 4 Vol. 28, No. 9 September 2014 EDITORIAL HOW TO PITCH U.S. HISPANIC Local police departments could use FASHION MEDIA some help with their reputations. Hispanic fashion publications are 6 growing,15 and PR pros can take advantage of this ISRAEL, GAZA CONSUME powerful demographic by including Hispanic U.S. “FANTASY” NEWS media as part of their PR outreach. A report in the UK’s The Economist finds that both Israel and Gaza media 8pro- mote “fantasy” coverage of the latest PROFILES OF BEAUTY, FASHION conflict. 16 & LIFESTYLE PR FIRMS 14 BACK-TO-SCHOOL SHOPPING RANKINGS OF HOME SHAKEN UP BY INTERNET The tradition of back-to-school shop- FURNISHINGS PR FIRMS ping has been fundamentally changed9 by 22 the Internet and the ways consumers now use the Internet to share ideas and shop. RANKINGS OF TOP BEAUTY & FASHION PR FIRMS NEW ENGAGEMENT TIPS 23 FOR LUXURY CONSUMERS Fewer affluent Americans now RANKINGS OF TOP identify with a favorite fashion brand,10 and PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FIRMS 23 Cover and insert photos by these consumers are now more resource- 25 Michael O’Shea ful in their pre-purchasing research. WASHINGTON REPORT www.odwyerpr.comDaily, up-to-the-minute PR news THE ATLANTIC LOOKS AT WOMEN IN PR 28 The Atlantic’s Olga Khazan has penned a 3,700-word essay article11 that COLUMNS asks an important question: “Why are there so many women in PR?” PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PR CAN REVIVE, RELAUNCH 24 Fraser Seitel A FAMILIAR BRAND How PR can support an existing 12 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT sales strategy while helping a beauty or 26 Richard Goldstein fashion client relaunch one of its existing brands. OPINION Jack O’Dwyer ETHICAL FASHION MOVES 27 NEEDLE FOR CONSUMERS Placing a human rights campaign at the center of a fashion brand has14 gone PR BUYER’S GUIDE mainstream, but will this phenomenon cre- 30 ate widespread change in the industry? EDITORIAL CALENDAR 2014 January: Crisis Comms. / Buyer’s Guide May: PR Firm Rankings September: Beauty & Fashion February: Environmental & P.A. 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Septmagazine_Layout 1 9/2/14 12:05 PM Page 6 EDITORIAL Accountability, transparency needed from police he recent events in Ferguson, Missouri, where protests, looting, and vandalism followed EDITOR-IN-CHIEF the shooting death of unarmed teen Michael Brown, has raised serious questions regard- Jack O’Dwyer Ting the militarization of our local police departments, the shortcomings of a presumably [email protected] “post-racial” society, and the need for accountability from public servants whose routine use of lethal force against African American men is rarely delegated above an afterthought in the ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER national conversation. John O’Dwyer The public’s loss of trust in law enforcement has grown palpable. 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