Coolspotters: Celebrity Brand Tracking

The Death of the Fashion Designer - Long Live the Celeb Designer
Why buy an ordinary perfume when you can buy a celebrity fragrance? Why buy a designer coat when you can buy a celebrity designer coat? In fact, why buy anything that’s not ce...

The Art Of Microfame
In recent years, we've witnessed many examples of internet fueled fame. From Corey Kennedy to Perez Hilton, Tila Tequila, to Ze Frank, they all jumped from obscurity to a kind of...

CBS Buys Gossip Blog For $10m
CBS has bought the celebrity gossip blog Dotspotter for $10 million. The site is just 10 months old. The site ranks as 334 on the Technorati blog chart. Commenting, Rafat Ali s...

Blogosphere Doubles In 5.5 Months
As of the end of July 2005, Technorati was tracking over 14.2 Million weblogs, and over 1.3 billion links, Technorati main man David Sifry reports."Interestingly, this is ju...

Harvey Weinstein Brings Back Fashion Ghosts
Producer Harvey Weinstein purchased the Halston brand last March.  Now, he plans to resurrect the label by opening a Manhattan storefront and dressing his actors up in the...

BAA Finally Trialling RFID Luggage Tracking
With even meat suppliers getting in on the RFID action, the BAA have finally decided to trial the same technology for tracking luggage coming in and out of London's Heathrow Airp...