Liz Claiborne Hits Best Buy With Laptop Bags
Though the corporate entity Liz Claiborne recently lost its namesake to a long battle with cancer, the company continues on. One of their first moves includes a partnership with Best Buy to sell a line of electronics accessories. The products include cases for cell phones, iPods, and laptops, like the $79 black case pictured here with a faux-croc exterior. Other choices include a red leatherette Nano case, a leopard-print cell phone carrier (perfect to prevent blinding others with your crystal-encrusted mobile while not in use), and a red leather briefcase that seems to be the only product made out of honest-to-gosh animal hide. These Claiborne products are already available on the Best Buy Web site and in some stores. A full rollout to 250 locations is planned for October.
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janette williams @ Aug 19th 2007 8:32PM
i never shop at best buy
pam @ Aug 19th 2007 9:13PM
You notice this comes after the death of Liz because Best Buy doesn't exactly fit the Liz imagine.
Jim @ Aug 19th 2007 9:29PM
This isn't news-this is a press release. Wake up, AOL-there's a whole world of real news out there.
Clarence @ Aug 19th 2007 9:57PM
Liz Claiborne is a horrible, desperate company. It will be gone within a year. Liz, herself has had nothing to do with the company for years and it shows.
Willow @ Aug 19th 2007 10:23PM
Best Buy has to be the most over-priced, over-rated and at times slimy company ever to exist. I used to purchase many things at Best Buy but one time I wanted to take my Toyota stereo system out of my corolla and buy a Sony am/fm stereo with a CD player. That's what I was really buying it for, was for the CD player. I dropped my car off for a few hours and when I got back, the stereo was put in the car great, but the guy whom worked on the car (and had already left), failed to give me back my Toyota stereo. I kept calling all week, but just kept getting the response of: "Sorry, the guy thought he put it in the trunk of your car." "He's not here right now." blah, blah, blah... They used every excuse in the book, but the truth of the matter is that an EMPLOYEE from BEST BUY STOLE MY TOYOTA STEREO SYSTEM, as he switched stereos, to install the new system I just bought. It appears that he slipped the Toyota into his car, probably to sell for money or whatever. BEST BUY DID NOTHING REGARDING THIS SITUATION, and that really got me upset at the time. Now, 4 years later, all I can do is just steer clear of Best Buy and anything else to do with it. I wouldn't even shop at best buy online!!
Barbara @ Aug 20th 2007 4:58AM
AOL is getting almost 100% of its income through advertising, so it throws advertisements in your face at every turn, including these 'news' stories. I read less and less 'news' on AOL because of this. Read any AOL 'article' on education and eventually you'll find a mention of Phoenix University. No coincidence. As for Liz Clairborne products - they were well-made and fashionable back in the 80s. The quality went in the dumper pretty quickly in the 90's and I quit buying that brand 15 years or so. Just cheap junk.
Sheri @ Aug 20th 2007 5:49AM
Best Buy is one of the leading retailers out there today! They have moved up and built so many stores, it's amazing! The Geek Squad is the best and I love shopping at the store! As far as Liz Claiborne.........lots of times while shopping I find something I really like and it inevitably turns out to be a Liz Claiborne product! Loved her line for years! Sorry for her demise. Keep the Legend living!
Carolyn @ Aug 20th 2007 6:40AM
To Willow and others, I just sent a comment out about your Toyota sterio system being stolen but, because it's only 5:45 AM and I'm still half asleep,I made a mistake in my email addresss and I'm very sorry. Carolyn
RSVP
Carolyn @ Aug 20th 2007 6:59AM
Dear Willow,
The employee at Best Buy that stole your entire Toyota system was just ONE person. I am not an employee of Best Buy and do not know anybody that works there but I do enjoy shopping there.
I am sorry that your system was stolen and I wish you the best of luck no matter where you shop but I do think that it's kind of silly to stop shopping at Best Buy because of one man and maybe an accomplice. Good luck always. Carolyn
Barbara @ Aug 20th 2007 4:20PM
Carolyn: Yes, it was one person who stole from Willow, but the way the company responded to his report says volumes. Best Buy did nothing to compensate for their employee's theft. What kind of business behaves that way? Not one I'd want to shop at!
My Best Buy story isn't as dramatic, but still illustrates their lack of customer concern. My husband bought me a small tv for Christmas a couple of years ago. The one he bought was too big (I wanted a 5-9" TV), so we returned the TV, unopened, to Best Buy. After waiting seemingly forever in the post-Christmas return line, they tried to charge us a restocking fee of 10-20% (can't remember exact percentage). I told them I wasn't paying a restocking fee since the box was unopened, but they insisted. It wasn't until I told them that I planned to contest the entire purchase on my credit card that they relented. I don't shop there anymore.
Petiteprincess @ Sep 4th 2007 9:20PM
I have a very expensive pink liz claiborne purse that goes nicely with anything pink. I am not going to speak against liz.