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  • The free service combines a bunch of those sample-sale sites you frequent already.

    Ysolt Usigan: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things (on MyNines) Ysolt Usigan 2011

  • As the angels pecked away on their BlackBerrys, the CEO of an online sample-sale aggregator explained how revenue could grow from zero to $90 million in three years; another explained why America needs a national network of wedding DJs.

    What Angels Do for Fun Anne Kadet 2010

  • The free service combines a bunch of those sample-sale sites you frequent already.

    Ysolt Usigan: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things (on MyNines) Ysolt Usigan 2011

  • Due to a surge in sample-sale websites like Gilt Groupe, the cachet once associated with owning a name-brand designer has been significantly diluted; getting your hands on a Marc Jacobs bag is easier than it's ever been.

    Way Off the Runway Alexis Swerdloff 2011

  • Beyond the Rack, is the new, up and coming sample-sale site that everyone is talking about.

    The Shopping Diet Phillip Bloch 2010

  • The site gives users a look into the goings-on of the “fashion elite,” including photos, party coverage, press launches, and sample-sale alerts.

    The Shopping Diet Phillip Bloch 2010

  • You may be known as the office fashionista, but save your sample-sale shout-outs for the weekend or your lunch hour.

    Nicole Williams: 7 Facebook Status Updates Not to Make at Work 2009

  • To that end, Gilt Groupe and Yoox specialize in selling new designer goods at sample-sale prices.

    Keeping Up Appearances 2009

  • And at noon each day, hundreds of thousands of women (and men) here log on to members-only Gilt Groupe, a designer sample-sale Web site at gilt. com, and begin clicking madly in hopes of snagging items like a $108 silk jacquard ruched dress ($385 retail) by Adam Lippes, or a $2,398 strapless black silk cascade gown ($7,950 at retail) by Oscar de la Renta.

    Ladies, Grab Your Mouses: Online Shopping Now a Competitive Sport 2009

  • You can find big discounts on designer duds on sample-sale Web sites like www. gilt.com, www. hautelook.com, and www. ruelala.com.

    Best recession bargains now: Part 3 2009

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