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Apple + Frank Shopping EventAppel & Frank: Babes & Babies 9.25.11

Register now to get your Goodie Bag!
Use my discount code “LESLIE”
to receive 2 for $5 tickets (instead of 2 for $8) when you purchase in advance at www.appelandfrank.com

Only 200 Goodie Bags!
Get there early to snag your bag filled with samples and products. A few highlights are:
COMP passes to Peekadoodle Kidsclub, Recess Urban Recreation, Habitot Children’s Museum, Baby Boot Camp,
Coloring Books, Baby Food, Baby/Toddler socks…

First 50 guests to spend $50. will receive a pajama set from the Tea Collection.

Contact me if you want your product to be included in the goodie bag. Reference “Leslie Lum” for a 10% discount off the participation fee.
Call or text # 415.505.8421

BABES & BABIES designer invitation

Appel & Frank is hosting a Babes & Babies shopping event for hundreds of new and expecting moms in San Francisco on Sunday, September 25th.
The event will be held from 9:30am-2:00pm, at the Jewish Community Center in San Francisco (3200 California Street at Presidio).

The Babes & Babies event will feature over 55 companies who create unique items and/or offer services specifically for hundreds of trend-setting moms in the Bay Area!  There will also be seminars & speakers, gift bags, activities for kids and a raffle.

Appel & Frank has been hosting ‘Babes & Babies’ events since 2007 and was voted “Best Mom-and-Tot Shopping” by 7×7 Magazine.

Please see below for details on selling your work and/or promoting your company.

DESIGNER PARTICIPATION:  FEE = $200
Includes a 6 x 2.5 ft. table, chair, and features your company information on our website.

If ALL items on your table are sold for less than $10 or you aren’t selling anything at the event, the fee is $150.

If you would like to purchase an END SPACE with extra room for a rack or display, the fee is an additional $75.

Goodie Bag
Participation Fee: $150.
Includes # 200 pieces into bag.
Website link in email blast to 25,000

APPLY:
If you are interested in participating in this event, please go to the APPLY page at appelandfrank.com and fill out a designer application.

Please be sure to note you have been referred by Leslie Lum in your product description.

After your application has been received, you will receive an invitation from Appel & Frank with all the details if your merchandise/company is a good fit.

Karen Appel
Appel & Frank
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How to Get Started – Choosing the Best Market Niches, What to Expect and How to Get it Funded

This seminar will discuss:
What are the opportunities, the funding available to small businesses and the road blocks to be aware of?

Presenters:
Frances Harder – Founder/President Fashion Business Inc.,
Michel Ottolia – VEDC Senior Business Development Officer
Teri Watts – CEO Shoppista.com
Leslie Lum – Director of Marketing, Shoppista.com

Date: Monday, August 29th, 2011
Time: 6:30 P.M. – 8:30 P.M.
Location: NextSpace 28 Second St, 2nd Floor, SF
Event Fee: Members $10 | Non-Members $25
Presented By: FBI, VEDC and Shoppista.com

Registration: www.fashionbizinc.org
6903-0

 

Photo:
Left – Frances Harder, FBI
2nd Left – Mary Kincaid, Shoppista
2nd Right – Teri Watts, Shoppista
Right – Leslie Lum, Shoppista

SF Style Council

Event: SF Style Council
Date:       Wed, August 24, 2011
Time:       6:30-8:30 pm
Location:  Bloomingdales, SF Centre
Media Sponsor: 7×7 magazine

Fashion Show presentation with cool music DJLOnline.com
Refreshing libations and nibbles… Magnolia: fun photo booth ; )

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PeopleWearSF members help create fashion incubator at Macy’s Union Square, to open in March, 2012

PeopleWearSF member Amy Williams, Fashion Design Chair at the California College of the Arts, and Diane Green, Fashion Department Chair at SF Community College (whose college is also a PeopleWear SF member) are on the Board of Directors of this innovative approach to encouraging fashion designers to create their vision in San Francisco. PeopleWear SF can provide manufacturing support when needed, particularly as the designers plan small lot manufacturing. We applaud this new non-profit, “Fashionincubator San Francisco”, at Macy’s Union Square, for their effort to encourage new designers by providing workshop space and business operations training. Here are the contacts to learn more about this valuable contribution to the new fashion industry in SF:

Financial contribution:  dconaghan@sfced.org, Dennis Conaghan, Board President, and Executive Director for SF Center for Economic Development
Business training: amywilliams@cca.edu, Board Member
Other questions/contributions:  Betsy.Nelson@macys.com, Board Vice President, VP, Media Relations & Cause Marketing for Macy’s Northwest & Southwest Regions, Macy’s, Inc.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/07/10/LVP61K4HLH.DTL

Designer applications, for the first group of six designers, are being accepted in September, 2011, for a year-long training beginning 1st quarter, 2012.

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Thinking about selling your products online?

Build Store WorkshopShoppista is a cutting-edge ecommerce platform that enables you to build & maintain an online storefron and promote your brand through social networks: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Blogs. Bring your laptop, your logo, some product photos and you can leave with a working online storefront by the end of this workshop.

Date: August 2nd (Tues) 2011
Time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Place: Next Space @ 28 Second St., SF (Just off of Market St.)
Workshop limited to 6 brands
Cost: $20.00 FBI & SF PeopleWear Member | $40.00 Non-Members
Register at: www.shoppista.com/shoppista

For more information, contact us at: info@shoppista.com

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