1 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:08,480 Speaker 1: Yea broadcasting live to New York, Bloomberg even to Washington, 2 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: d C, Bloomberg to Boston, Bluemberg, well Under to San Francisco, 3 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 1: Bloomberg to the country, Jo General, and around the globe 4 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:22,439 Speaker 1: the Bloomberg Radio plus DAP and Bloomberg got gone. This 5 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 1: is taking Stock, coming up on taking stock. Well, Kathleen, 6 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 1: where do you shop? Do you shop online? You know me, Pam, 7 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 1: I'm kind of old fashioned. I slept around, I look 8 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,160 Speaker 1: for the deals. I'd like to touch things, et cetera. 9 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:36,879 Speaker 1: My daughter does actually a little bit more than I do. 10 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: All right, well, maybe this will convince you. We're gonna 11 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:41,880 Speaker 1: be speaking with Victoria Cole, the chief executive of Designers 12 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,239 Speaker 1: on a Dime. They're based in Houston, but Victoria will 13 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: join us here in the studio to tell us all 14 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 1: about curated selections online. Well, if her jewelry and clothing 15 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: or any example, you can find some really cool stuff 16 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 1: on her website. I can hardly wait to hear all 17 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: about this, and I can hardly wait to hear from 18 00:00:57,840 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: Charlie Pett. He's in the Bloomberg news room with a 19 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 1: blue big business last and I thank you very much. 20 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:04,680 Speaker 1: Kathleen Hayes, thank you, pim Fox. Mixed picture for US 21 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 1: equities afternoon trading in New York. We've got the SMP 22 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: up a point now little change. Their stocks have been fluctuating, 23 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: with the SMP now at eighty four, up there by 24 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: point one percent now, Industrials down four to eighteen thousand, 25 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: five hundred sixty nine nastak op eight a gain there 26 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: of two tents of one percent. The nastak Compositive Index 27 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,319 Speaker 1: at fifty two thirty seven. I'm keeping an eye on 28 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 1: Oil West Texas Intermediate up two point nine percent, advancing 29 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 1: a dollar thirty four twelve right now on w t 30 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: I Brent Crew just crossing fifty one dollars of barrel 31 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:41,960 Speaker 1: fifty one oh one on Brent up by two point 32 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 1: three percent, the Tenure up five thirty seconds yield there 33 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: one point five three percent, and Gold up nine fifty 34 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:52,279 Speaker 1: ounce thirteen fifty four a game there of seven tenths 35 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: of one percent. T Mobile US shares there are up 36 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: seven tenths of one percent now to forty six sixty nine. 37 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: Team Mobile introducing a one under sixty a month unlimited 38 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: wireless plan for families of four as part of what 39 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 1: the carrier calls T Mobile one in an effort to 40 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: capture more data hungry consumers, and T Mobile CEO John 41 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 1: Ledgers spoke with Bloomberg Television this morning. Are eliminating forever 42 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: data plans. We're going all in on unlimited. It's a 43 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 1: monthly subscription to the Internet, unlimited calls, unlimited text, unlimited 44 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: high speed data, unlimited video streaming at standard definition. And 45 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:31,959 Speaker 1: a family of four gets that for forty dollars a line. 46 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 1: And frankly, you know, we are the only network that 47 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 1: can truly handle this. So that's what this is about. 48 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:41,359 Speaker 1: And again, shares up by seven tenths of one percent 49 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: to thirty two on Wall Street. Now the other stories 50 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 1: making news. Thank you, darily from the Bloomberg newsroom. I'm 51 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: Ramy in Essencio. Hillary Clinton says the nation needs to 52 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 1: work together to quote repair the bonds of trust and 53 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: respect between police officers and communities and not stoke more divisions. 54 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: Clinton met today in New York with law enforcement leaders. 55 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 1: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has begun reserving television airtime 56 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 1: for the first time in the general election. Trump's campaign 57 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 1: will spend roughly four point nine million dollars over the 58 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: next ten days on ads to air in Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, 59 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 1: and Pennsylvania. The Department of Justice has announced it plans 60 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 1: to end the use of private prisons. We get the 61 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: details from Bloomberg's Catherine Cowndry. The d o J concluded 62 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 1: that the facilities are both less safe and less effective 63 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: than prisons operated by the government, and they don't save 64 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,639 Speaker 1: on costs the Attorney General's Office as officials are instructed 65 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 1: to either not renew private prison contracts or substantially reduce 66 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: their scope, with the goal of ultimately ending the use 67 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: of privately operated prisons altogether. All contracts will be up 68 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: for renewal over the next five years. I'm Catherine Cowdery 69 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: Bloomberg Radio. 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Global News twenty four 78 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 1: hours a day, powered by more than twenty undred journalists 79 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:27,720 Speaker 1: and analysts in more than one twenty countries. I'm Rami 80 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: and Essensio. This is Bloomberg, Charlie, and we thank you 81 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: and again recapping the SMP five hundred index, advancing a 82 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 1: point now to three, a gain there of less than 83 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:41,719 Speaker 1: one tenth of one percent. I'm Charlie Pellett and that's 84 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 1: a Bloomberg Business flash. Now on Bloomberg Radio, we take 85 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:50,920 Speaker 1: stock of small business. Small businesses want more streamlining and 86 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: less red page small businesses and they can even accept 87 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 1: the no. But maybe there's so many people that have 88 00:04:57,920 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: ideas and it has to be more than that. It 89 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:02,920 Speaker 1: had us to be making it real. Bloomberg taking stock 90 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:07,280 Speaker 1: small business in focus on Bloomberg Radio, Small Business all 91 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 1: small business and fashion. For example, if you're looking for 92 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 1: products from brands such as Donna, Karen Ascotta as well 93 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: as Uh well a variety of other famous brands including 94 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 1: Mark by Mark, Jacob's Well where can you go. I 95 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:23,720 Speaker 1: guess you can go to the stores, but you can 96 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: also go online, but in a particular way. And here 97 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 1: to tell us more as Victoria Cole, the chief executive 98 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 1: of Designers on a Dime. They are based in Houston, 99 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:35,599 Speaker 1: and Victoria joins us in the studio today. Thank you 100 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: very much for being here. How do you describe your 101 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: website as being different than other online e commerce retail sites. 102 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: Designers on a Dime is different because there are a 103 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,039 Speaker 1: lot of fashion e commerce companies, that's for sure. But 104 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 1: we're different in that we have fifty three platforms around 105 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: the globe where we are putting the merchandise and we 106 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:01,119 Speaker 1: rotate it approximately every thirty days to a different platform. 107 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: So people actually are shopping online in various parts of 108 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 1: the world looking at different items, and fashionist does always 109 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 1: want to see new items. So how do you get 110 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:13,719 Speaker 1: your items? And look at the website? Oh my goodness, 111 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 1: I just looked at shop and I just got brand names. 112 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:19,720 Speaker 1: I haven't even gotten to Designer Vintage yet. And there's 113 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 1: a very very long list of designer type brands, you know, 114 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 1: from load, you know load designer to very lux designer. 115 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 1: How do you get all this stuff. Well, we have 116 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:33,599 Speaker 1: seven buyers in major metropolitan cities in the US, and 117 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:36,600 Speaker 1: we look ahead, Kathleen, at about a year and a 118 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:38,719 Speaker 1: half to two years, to know what trends are coming, 119 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:42,280 Speaker 1: and then we formulate a plan and we get our 120 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 1: buyers to actually go out and curate all of those 121 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: types of items, so we have collections available for what's 122 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:53,599 Speaker 1: coming up. You've got the accessories obviously, beauty brand names, 123 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 1: clothing of vintage designers, shoes. How do you make sure 124 00:06:56,839 --> 00:07:00,480 Speaker 1: that the condition and the quality is at a level 125 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 1: that the customer will find acceptable. Everything comes in if 126 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:08,560 Speaker 1: it's clothing, everything gets drag cleaned in advance. Um, everything 127 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: gets checked by the warehouse when it's coming in. Buttons 128 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 1: are added if need be, and so on, zippers. Everything 129 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 1: is really scrutinized, and we have an authenticator to authenticate 130 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: designer brands. This is really critical and this is why 131 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 1: we have such a clamoring of followers around the globe. 132 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 1: So tell us a little bit about you. I don't 133 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: know where to start. You're an angel investor. You've mentored 134 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 1: startups and midsize companies and you've taken people the next 135 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 1: level all of the country. You worked as general manager 136 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: for quite a holding company or philanthropist. How did you 137 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: get here? Man? I love fashion. I've always had a 138 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: passion for fashion, and so I decided to I started 139 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 1: out with an eed Bays store years ago, in two 140 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: thousand and five, and it grew from there. So did 141 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 1: you do your what job were you doing then? Were 142 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 1: you doing something else and saying, oh, just for fun, 143 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna sell stuff on my exactly? That's exactly how 144 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: I start, and I think there's a lot of other 145 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: people that start that way as well. Now eBay is 146 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 1: still something that we maintain, but we're it's not one 147 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 1: of our major I mean, we have a lot of 148 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 1: different platforms across the US as well. How did your 149 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 1: finance this? I financed it myself, yourself, No outside. That's 150 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 1: privately held. And as far as the financing goes, have 151 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 1: you gotten offers to sell the company? Not yet? Not yet? 152 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: The kind of volume are you doing? Can you tell us? Well, 153 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 1: because it's privately held, of course, we have experienced exponential 154 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 1: growth recently, and I think it's part of that is 155 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:42,079 Speaker 1: you know, when Macy's makes their statement we're going to 156 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 1: close a hundred stores, people pay attention and the reason 157 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: they're closing a hundred stores is because people are going 158 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: to shopping online. So when when you have that kind 159 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: of publicity, it just fuels it even more. And people 160 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 1: like to be able to shop in five seconds. You 161 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 1: go on your cell phone and be in our store 162 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 1: in five seconds literally, and purchase an item in five 163 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:08,319 Speaker 1: more seconds. So if I want to buy something, it's 164 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 1: really easy. I can go to designers on a dime. 165 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 1: I can see all the pictures. What if I want 166 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 1: to sell you something, Well, it's funny you would mention that. 167 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: Because we are going to start in January of next year, 168 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: we're going to start a fashion road show and we 169 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 1: are going to be going to ten major metropolitan cities, 170 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 1: starting in California. We're going to go to l A 171 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 1: and San Francisco first, and we are going to meet 172 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:34,960 Speaker 1: up close and personal with our clients, and we're trying 173 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: to discover some holy grails, if you will, of fashion 174 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:41,960 Speaker 1: treasures that people have in their closets. I also note 175 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 1: that on your website you put together entire outfits for people. 176 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 1: So if you're Adultera and Gabana person, you can buy everything, shirts, skirts, 177 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 1: flip flops. Uh is that a very popular aspect of 178 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:58,440 Speaker 1: your presentation. It is a popular part and you know 179 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 1: we have We just did a back a school with 180 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 1: showing Ralph Lauren fashions all under twenty five dollars and 181 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 1: so the moms just loved that. To save money, I'm 182 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:11,840 Speaker 1: back to school fashion with Ralph Lauren. I just got 183 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 1: ask you really quickly, how do you know what's coming next? 184 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 1: You said, you guys start a year and app how 185 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 1: do you know what's coming next? Victoria? We have a 186 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 1: fashion Snopes and we have our ears on the ground 187 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:24,079 Speaker 1: in all kinds of areas all across the globe, and 188 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:28,439 Speaker 1: we know, well, it's a it's a cool site. Uh pm, 189 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 1: I I think I might have got my appetite a 190 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: little more wedded for a little online shopping. I thought 191 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:36,679 Speaker 1: you just talked yourself into it already. Victoria call, thank 192 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: you so very much for joining us. Thank you so 193 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: much for having me founder CEO Designers on a Dime. 194 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 1: She's based in Houston, Texas, joining us today on taking 195 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 1: stock in our New York studio. Check it out Designers 196 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,840 Speaker 1: on a dime dot com. It's pretty easy. I'm Kathleen 197 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:54,840 Speaker 1: Hayes along with PM Fox This is taking Stock on 198 00:10:54,920 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: Bloomberg Radio, and of course this is Bloomberg coming up 199 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:06,960 Speaker 1: on taking Stock. The Conference Board's leading economic index ticked 200 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 1: up again in July. Moderate economic growth. What does the 201 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 1: future hold? We've got more details next