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Disney Resorts Home Collection

With the launch of the new, beautifully-designed Disney Resorts Home Collection by Sobel Westex, it is now available exclusively on SobelatHome.com. Adult Disney fans and design mavens alike can now bring home the chic sophistication and whimsy of Disney Resorts – without hopping on a plane.

Sobel Westex brings carefully-crafted, luxurious yet affordable, hotel quality linenspillowsbedding, and towels to the home. Sobel Westex’s textiles are featured in over 8,500 hotels and 2 million hotel beds.

Disney Resorts Home includes 4 artfully designed 5-7-piece bedding collections with 4 corresponding throw blankets, each inspired by: The Grand FloridianThe ContemporaryThe Animal Kingdom Lodge and The Polynesian Village Disney Resorts.Each product in the collection comes in sleek, reusable cotton canvas packaging.

The Grand Floridian-Inspired Collection – Garden Trellis

Victorian elegance meets modern sophistication is the inspiration for the Disney Resort Home Collection for Grand Floridian – pulling treasured heritage design elements from this Victorian-style marvel and reinterpreting them into fresh “New Classics” for your home. 

This 7pc Garden Trellis Collection is inspired by the rich architectural traditions of Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort. The face of the comforter & 2” flanged shams boasts a soft, 300 thread count, 100% cotton satin with double blue appliqué banding. Showcased on the comforter and shams’ reverse is an exquisitely woven jacquard featuring a geometric Asian-inspired trellis. This pattern is mirrored on the 100% cotton euro shams in a textured “High-Low” jacquard weave in soft mid-tone blue, and well defined by a navy-blue piping.

This timeless Neo-Traditional story is continued in two decadently embroidered decorative pillows, also in luxe 300 thread count cotton satin. A 16” x 16” square decorative pillow with a dual diamond pattern of cool gray and navy blue and a 12” x 18” decorative pillow boasts a Greek key of blue satin ribbon outlined in embroidery. Both are finished with a well tailored navy blue piping. 

The Contemporary-Inspired Collection – Metropolitan

Born from the sentiment “if you can dream it – then you can do it,” the Disney Resort Home Collection for the Contemporary is designed to exemplify Walt Disney’s creative vision for an optimistic future. With designs inspired by the sleek monorails which slide effortlessly through its breathtaking atrium, to the bold and innovative architecture, this collection hopes to remind us of a world where anything is possible and to celebrate a timeless vision of the future.

The 7pc Metropolitan Collection is a modern study of light and linear elements. The face of the comforter and shams is a soft 300 thread count, 100% cotton yarn dyed jacquard. Monochromatic white triangles mirror the lines of the sleek atrium windows. This pattern repeats itself on the reverse in light shades of gray echoing the shadows seen as the sun shines through The Contemporary’s many windows. On the euros we feel the warm glow of yellow, white and gray behind windowpanes. The 16” x 16” dec. pillow features a light gray texture celebrating the concrete of the Resort’s stunning A-frame interior and exterior, boldly defined by daffodil piping. The second 12” x 18” dec. pillow radiates in the same warm shade, spotlighting the windowpane pattern with a clean subtle banding.

The Animal Kingdom Lodge-Inspired Collection – Zulu

The Disney Resort Home Collection for Animal Kingdom is designed to evoke the profound and epic adventure of Africa: its wildlife, ancient civilizations and vast landscapes. The Animal Kingdom Collection is an elegant journey into the wonders, romance and mystery inspired by a pristine African savanna, its untamed animals, gracious people and rich cultural traditions.

The stunning pattern on the 100% cotton comforter and shams is lifted from the exotic tribal shield chandeliers majestically hanging in the lodge lobby. It features a carefully crafted clip jacquard weave in bold black and white. The contrasting reverse warms the look in a deep earthy red clay textured solid. The euros echo the region’s textile artistry featuring banded squares of tribal patterns and brushed fringe. The round dec. pillow features handwoven jute surrounded by black pom poms. The 12” x 18” dec. pillow continues the mythic African story with geometric patterns woven in a clip jacquard style, warmed with the shades of a Savanna sunset and finished with a cord piping and four tassels in a rich red brown.

The Polynesian Village-Inspired Collection – Island Palms

Drawing inspiration from enduring fantasies of the South Pacific, the Disney Resorts Home Collection for the Polynesian features designs inspired by this tropical heaven-on-earth. A combination of authentic resort details and mid-20th century Polynesian patterns pave the way to the feel of an island paradise. Take home the feeling of a tranquil South Seas getaway today.

Inspired by Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort, this bedding collection captures the exotic experience of the South Pacific. Where Tiki torches light the way to an island paradise, and soft breezes carry the sound of steel guitars through the rustic palms. Stretching over the 100% cotton comforter are large palm leaf silhouettes in a highly textured sheared jacquard, colored in the warm golden glow of an island sunset. It reverses to a crisp richly woven white jacquard pattern of turtles, hibiscus, ocean waves, and orchids designed in traditional Tiki style. This tranquil tropical pattern repeats on the 26” x 26” euro shams in soft cotton.

There are two decorative pillows. The 16” x 16” features a 1” flange and a playful multi-colored rendition of the lotus flower in warm shades of terracotta, sand and teal. The 12” x 18” pillow is a textured woven jacquard rich with floral motifs and soft sand hues, reminiscent of the dreamy south seas. Embellishing this rustic look are rustic trim details of piping and a delicate hand-woven jute fringe.

Legacy Throws

Designed to be the perfect finishing touch for each of the Disney Resorts Home Collections, these beautiful two-toned Piqué throws offer coordinated design and cozy comfort to complete your Disney-inspired bedroom. Piqué fabric is characterized by raised designs – cords, waffles, and patterns. Technically, piqué fabric is known as a double-cloth, with the unique texture achieved by weaving two layers of fabric, one above the other, on the same loom. The piqué weave creates more body and crispness than a plain weave.

This luxuriously soft Piqué throw is woven with two colors, creating a lighter interior and darker banding all around four sides. A cozy companion for any room in the house, this generously sized 50” x 60” throw will wrap you in quality comfort. Whether you’re in your favorite reading nook or bundled up with loved ones, this nicely weighted throw will quickly become your go-to favorite snuggle buddy.

About Sobel Westex

Sobel Westex brings carefully-crafted, luxurious yet affordable, and hotel quality linenspillowsbeddingtowels and more to the home, so anyone can enjoy the resort experience in their own abode. Sobel Westex’s textiles are featured in over 8,500 hotels and 2 million hotel beds. Sobel Westex has provided the hotel and resort industry with some of the world’s best-crafted hotel linens since 1982. With top quality mills around the world, the brand provides a selection of bed pillows to satisfy any sleeper, as well as a range of linen collections that add a touch of beauty and comfort to any decor. Travelers ask Sobel Westex all the time where they can find the bedding, pillows, towels and warm, luxurious bathrobes they enjoyed in their hotel rooms. Now, Sobel Westex has made these items available to anyone who wants to enjoy a resort experience in their own home. Sobel Westex is also the creator of the meticulously crafted Star Wars Home collection and the elevated & music-inspired Hard Rock Home collection. 

Chanel Iman at IMG NYFW OTR venue via 360 MAGAZINE.

CHANEL IMAN × OTR

Chanel Iman enjoyed an OTR Premium Cocktail between shows at NYFW: The Shows at Spring Studios, while Brooke Shields and daughter Grier Hammond sipped on Core Hydration® at NYFW: The Shows.

That evening, Ella Emhoff hosted NYFW: The Shows x Ella Emhoff “Ella Emhoff Likes to Knit” cocktail and pop-up preview at Spring Studios. Natalia Bryantamong others, attended the pop-up. 

Natalia Bryant during IMG Models New York Fashion Week via 360 MAGAZINE.
Natalia Bryant during IMG Models New York Fashion Week via 360 MAGAZINE.

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Quinta Brunson at Rodarte show during New York Fashion Week via 360 MAGAZINE.

RODARTE × NYFW

Yesterday in New York City, NYFW: The Shows and IMG Fashion Alliance designer Rodarte kicked off the season with a dinner at the newly opened Jac’s On Bond celebrating designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy on their Fall 2023 collection. Quinta Brunson, Molly Ringwald, Brie Larson, Lana Condor, Beanie Feldstein, Tavi Gevinson and Arrow De Wilde appeared at the party to celebrate Rodarte and NYFW: The Shows.

Later that evening, Jonathan Simkhai appeared at Jean’s for The Jonathan Simkhai Afterparty presented by NYFW: The Shows and TRESemmé.

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John Legend – Wonder Woman

Vevo, the world’s leading music video network, announces the release of John Legend‘s live performance of “Wonder Woman” off his latest album, LEGEND. “Wonder Woman” follows John Legend’s previous live performance of “I Don’t Love You Like I Used To.”

Multi-platinum artist John Legend has garnered twelve Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, and an Emmy Award, making Legend the first African American man to earn an EGOT. Legend has released seven celebrated albums over the course of his career, including, Get Lifted (2004), Once Again (2006), Evolver (2008), Love in the Future (2013), Darkness and Light (2016), A Legendary Christmas Deluxe (2019), Bigger Love (2020) and, most recently, LEGEND (2022).

Legend launched his critically acclaimed Las Vegas Residency entitled “Love In Las Vegas” in 2022 at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. “Love In Las Vegas” followed his starring role in NBC’s “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert” in 2018, which won him an Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special, and nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor (Limited Series). In 2019, Legend joined the Emmy-nominated show, The Voice for Season 16, and wrapped Season 21 as a coach.

John is also a partner in Get Lifted Film Co., serving as an Executive Producer for Giving Voice, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, Atlanta’s Missing And Murdered: The Lost Children, Sherman’s Showcase, And Sherman’s Showcase: Black History Month Spectacular, Rhythm + Flow  and La La Land. As a philanthropist, Legend initiated the #FREEAMERICA campaign in 2015 and founded the initiative, HUMANLEVEL, which is igniting systematic change and building racial equity across American cities and communities.

ABOUT VEVO:

Vevo is the world’s leading music video network, connecting an ever-growing global audience to high quality music video content for more than a decade. Founded by Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment in 2009, Vevo offers fans worldwide a vast array of premium content to choose from, showcasing official music videos alongside a constantly developing lineup of live performances and innovative original programming. From top superstars to rising new talents, Vevo brings incomparable cross-promotional support to artists across the musical spectrum, at every stage of their careers.

Vevo has consistently evolved over the past decade to lead within today’s ever-changing media landscape, embracing partnerships with a number of leading distribution platforms to deliver extraordinary content within ad-supported environments. With more than 25B views across television, desktop and mobile devices each month, Vevo brings music videos to the world – when, where, and how fans want them.

Vevo is available on YouTube, Samsung, Samsung TV Plus, Roku, Pluto TV, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Echo Show, Freevee, Apple TV, Comcast (Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Flex), VIZIO, Sky (NowTV and SkyQ), Foxxum, XITE, NetRange, Redbox, Virgin Media, Xumo, Telstra, Foxtel, Fetch, Rogers, Shaw, Local Now, Google TV, Android TV, Cox, ViX, Plex, Hulu, and Vewd.

ASHLEY GRAHAM × IMG NYFW

IMG Model, designer, author and entrepreneur Ashley GrahamMaxwell Osborne, Fashion designer and founder of Public School and anOnlyChild, and Leslie Russo, President of IMG Fashion Events and Properties participated in a ceremonial lighting of the Empire State Building to celebrate the kick-off of New York Fashion Week: The Shows.

Hi-res imagery can be downloaded here.

About IMG

IMG is the official organizer and operator of New York Fashion Week’s central event, New York Fashion Week (NYFW): The Shows. Throughout the event, IMG supports designers in various capacities, including runway and fashion presentations, content, programming and premium experiential hospitality. The official expanded programming schedule for NYFW: The Shows February 2023, which features more than 125 designer activations is live on NYFW.com/schedule. The digital destination of NYFW: The Shows is NYFW.com, the go-to destination for exclusive designer content, live streamed fashion shows, cultural programming, and commerce surrounding New York Fashion Week. Shows and presentations will also be presented on Runway360, CFDA’s centralized digital hub. Followers can also get a front row seat to Fashion Week by following @NYFW across TikTok, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

About Ashley Graham

Ashley Graham is an American supermodel, designer, author and entrepreneur whose influence has reshaped the fashion and media industries and redefined traditional beauty standards. Ashley has worked in numerous areas of the fashion industry including editorial, catalogue, runway, commercial, television and film. In February 2016, Ashley made history as the first size 14 model to ever be featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swim. In January 2018, she became a brand ambassador for Revlon, making her the first curvy model of her generation to receive a major beauty contract.

Ashley has been featured on the covers of Vogue, British Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar UK, Cosmopolitan, SELF, New York Magazine, Maxim and many more. She has received numerous accolades for her work, including Forbes’ coveted “30 Under 30” list and cover feature; Glamour’s “Woman of the Year,” with Mattel simultaneously creating a one-of-a-kind Barbie in her likeness; People’s “25 Most Intriguing People of the Year”; Time’s “100 Most Influential People in the Word”; The Daily Front Row’s “Fashion Force of the Year,” and is the United Nations’ Women for Peace Association’s first “Women Empowerment Award” recipient.

About Maxwell Osborne

Founded in 2020 by Maxwell Osborne, anOnlyChild strives to represent the strength of an only child through his sustainable use of solely deadstock fabrics and creative incorporation of his Jamaican heritage. Osborne was the co-founder of Public School New York — winner of the 2013 CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund, 2014 CFDA Fashion Award for Menswear Designer of the Year, and 2015 International Woolmark Prize for Menswear— and formerly the co-creative director at DKNY. In 2022, anOnlyChild was named a grant recipient of the IMG Fashion Alliance: NYFW Small Business Grant in partnership with New York’s Empire State Development.

About the Empire State Building   
The Empire State Building, the “World’s Most Famous Building,” owned by Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (ESRT: NYSE), soars 1,454 feet above Midtown Manhattan from base to antenna. The $165 million reimagination of the Empire State Building Observatory Experience creates an all-new experience with a dedicated guest entrance, an interactive museum with nine galleries, and a redesigned 102 Floor Observatory with floor-to-ceiling windows. The journey to the world-famous 86 Floor Observatory, the only 360-degree, open-air observatory with views of New York and beyond, orients visitors for their entire New York City experience and covers everything from the building’s iconic history to its current place in pop-culture. Learn more at www.esbnyc.com. Declared “America’s Favorite Building” by the American Institute of Architects, the world’s most popular travel destination by Uber, the #1 Attraction in the United States in Tripadvisor’s 2022 Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best, and the #1 New York City attraction by Lonely Planet, it welcomes more than 4 million annual visitors from around the world.  

Since 2011, the building has been fully powered by renewable wind electricity, and its many floors primarily house a diverse array of office tenants such as LinkedIn and Shutterstock, as well as retail options like STATE Grill and Bar, Tacombi, and Starbucks. For more information and Observatory Experience tickets visit esbnyc.com or follow the building’s FacebookTwitterInstagramWeiboYouTube, or TikTok.  

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BTS: Yet To Come in Cinemas

21st century pop icons BTS continue to break records. BTS released their latest concert “BTS <Yet To Come> in BUSAN” in cinemas beginning on Feb. 1 as BTS: Yet To Come in Cinemas which now holds the record for the highest grossing worldwide event cinema release. Presented by HYBE, CJ 4DPlex, and Trafalgar Releasing for a limited run, BTS: Yet To Come in Cinemas achieved a global box office gross of $40m and boasted a footprint of more than 5,817 cinemas across 128 countries/territories, including a total of 617 coming from CJ 4DPlex’s 4DX and ScreenX locations.

From opening day Wednesday, Feb. 1 through Sunday, Feb. 5 in North America, the total gross was over $8m with a per-screen average of more than $7,080 across 1,127 movie theaters. In the 4DX and ScreenX premium formats, the film grossed more than $1.5m with a per screen average of $12,000, representing 19% of the North America box office on only 10% of the screens.

Internationally, BTS: Yet To Come in Cinemas generated $32m, scoring multiple top five positions for the weekend in territories including Japan, Korea, Italy, and Spain, plus the top ten in UK, Germany, Peru, and Australia. The project also reached number one in Mexico, Colombia, and the Philippines, plus the number one international release in India.

BTS: Yet To Come in Cinemas in ScreenX delivers a truly immersive experience that puts audiences in the front row. With a 270-degree field of view and exclusive imagery, audiences will feel like they are watching BTS live in concert. In multi-sensory 4DX, audiences are surrounded by unique motion and environmental effects that reproduce the atmosphere of a live concert. Complete with synchronized seats timed to BTS’ hit songs, 4DX transcends the BTS: Yet To Come in Cinemas experience.

Jong Ryul Kim, CEO of CJ 4DPLEX said, “With our collaboration with BTS, HYBE and Trafalgar Releasing – we created a truly historic moment in event cinema. The ScreenX Studio production team focused on providing a totally different experience for moviegoers by shooting the film with fourteen cinematography cameras, which were not used in the live streaming event, and were re-edited for the ScreenX presentation.”

“We’re thrilled to see such a strong response from audiences across the globe,” Marc Allenby, CEO of Trafalgar Releasing said. “BTS have a massive and dedicated following, and we’re honored to help them achieve another record-breaking result.”

BTS: Yet To Come in Cinemas features a special cinematic cut of “BTS <Yet To Come> in BUSAN,” re-edited and remixed for the big screen, with new close-up angles and a whole new view of the entire concert. Recorded in front of a massive sold-out crowd in Busan, South Korea, in October 2022, cinema audiences watched the group’s RMJinSUGAj-hopeJiminV, and Jung Kook perform career-spanning hits. In addition to the standard screenings beginning on Feb. 1, showings on Feb. 4 were dedicated to “Light Stick Screenings,” where audiences celebrated using the band’s signature light sticks.

The event was HYBE and Trafalgar Releasing’s fifth global title with the pop icons, including 2018’s BURN THE STAGE: THE MOVIE, 2019’s BRING THE SOUL: THE MOVIE, 2020’s BREAK THE SILENCE: THE MOVIE, and 2022’s “BTS PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE – SEOUL: LIVE VIEWING.

*BTS: Yet To Come in Cinemas is distributed worldwide by Trafalgar Releasing except in South Korea and Japan where it is exclusively distributed by CJ 4DPLEX. The event film will extend its run with additional encore shows this weekend totaling 2,100 locations worldwide. Details for all new screenings can be found at www.btsyettocomeincinemas.com.

About BTS

BTS, an acronym of Bangtan Sonyeondan or “Beyond the Scene,” are a GRAMMY-nominated South Korean boyband that has been capturing the hearts of millions of fans globally since their debut in June 2013. The members of BTS are RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook. Gaining recognition for their authentic and self-produced music, top-notch performances, and the way they interact with their fans, the band has established themselves as 21st century pop icons breaking countless world records. While imparting a positive influence through activities such as the LOVE MYSELF campaign and the UN ‘Speak Yourself’ speech, the band has mobilized millions of fans across the world (named ARMY), collected six No.1 Billboard Hot 100 singles in a span of a year and just over a month, and performed multiple sold-out stadium shows across the world. They were also named TIME’s Entertainer of the Year 2020. BTS are 5-time GRAMMY nominees (63rd to 65th GRAMMY Awards) and have been recognized with numerous prestigious awards like the Billboard Music Awards, American Music Awards (Artist of the Year 2021) and MTV Video Music Awards.

About HYBE

HYBE, rebranded from Big Hit Entertainment in March 2021, is a global entertainment lifestyle platform company that seeks boundless expansion in order to innovate the music industry. Ever since, HYBE has been expanding its multi label system including BIGHIT MUSIC, BELIFT LAB, SOURCE MUSIC, PLEDIS Entertainment, KOZ ENTERTAINMENT, ADOR, HYBE LABELS JAPAN, while HYBE AMERICA also manages its affiliate labels including Big Machine Label Group. In addition to the label business, HYBE established an integrated structure with its solution business that creates concert, video content, game, original story and retail, as well as a platform business through Weverse, a global fandom platform. Composed of its three headquarters based in Korea, Japan and the US, the company works towards bringing innovative change throughout the global music industry. 

About Trafalgar Releasing

Trafalgar Releasing, the global leader in event cinema distribution, harnesses the power of cinema to bring fans together in more than 13,000 locations in 132 countries worldwide.  A subsidiary of Trafalgar Entertainment, Trafalgar Releasing’s worldwide operations include production, acquisition, marketing, and distribution of live or pre-recorded content to cinemas led by an international team of specialists. Featuring live concerts, music documentaries, world-class opera, award-winning theatre, and more from the leading names in entertainment such as BTS, Metallica, Oasis, Coldplay, Billy Joel, George Michael, Twenty One Pilots, the Royal Opera House and more. More information about Trafalgar Releasing can be found at www.trafalgar-releasing.com.

About CJ 4DPlex

CJ 4DPLEX is a leading, next-generation cinema technology company, headquartered in Seoul with international offices in Los Angeles and Beijing. The company has created innovative film technologies for theaters worldwide that include ‘ScreenX’, ‘4DX’, and ‘4DX Screen’ for consumers to experience films in ways that were never before possible.

CJ 4DPLEX is a part of the CJ Group conglomerate that also includes entertainment powerhouses CJ CGV, the fifth largest theater chain in the world, and CJ ENM (CJ Entertainment & Media), who produced the Academy Award®, Golden Globe® and SAG Awards winning film, “Parasite”. CJ 4DPLEX was named Most Innovative Company of 2017 and 2019 in Live Events by Fast Company, and the technology has been recognized with Silver at the Edison Awards in the Media and Visual Communications-Entertainment category in 2015 and 2018.

ScreenX is the world’s first multi-projection cinema with an immersive 270 degree field of view. By expanding the image beyond the frame and onto the walls of the theatre, ScreenX draws you into the story on the main screen and immerses you in a virtual reality like setting with cinema quality resolution. To date, there are over 354 ScreenX auditoriums around the world in 38 countries.

4DX provides moviegoers with a multi-sensory cinema-going experience, allowing audiences to connect with movies through motion, vibration, water, wind, snow, lightning, scents, and other special effects that enhance the visuals on-screen. Each 4DX auditorium incorporates motion-based seating synchronized with more than 21 different effects and optimized by a team of skilled editors. To date, there are over 787 4DX auditoriums around the world, spanning over 69 countries.

4DXScreen is a powerful combination of our super premium immersive theatre technologies of ScreenX and 4DX in one auditorium, creating a never-before-seen experience for cinemagoers. To date, there are 46 4DXScreens installed around the globe.

MUZICSWIPE

Bridging the gap between artists and music lovers, MuzicSwipe is a music discovery app, platform, and community focused on rising artists. 

With the lack of female enterprisers on the C-suite level, CEO Jackie Dalius fills a void in the industry. 360 MAGAZINE had an opportunity to have an intimate chat with Jackie. Here’s what she had to say.

What inspired you to develop MuzicSwipe?

I grew up just loving music and artists so much, which led me wanting to pursue a career in this industry. Following graduating from USC in 2019, I shortly began managing an indie-rock band in Los Angeles, where I learned so much more about the behind-the-scenes of being a rising artist. I saw so many missing pieces that I ended up incorporating in MuzicSwipe to give rising artists a home to gain so much more exposure in an organic way. 

Is there a difference between MuzicSwipe and what’s currently already offered on the market (i.e., ReverbNation, Sonicbids)?

Of course! MuzicSwipe is a place for rising artists and fans that love being the “first” to discover new music and talent. We offer swiping technology, where our users swipe right if they like the anonymous 15-second music clip or swipe left if they don’t like it. Users can match with artists to unlock their exclusive profiles that offer group chats with the matched artist and their community of fans. MuzicSwipe is the place for music lovers, where users are actively going to discover new music and artists. 

Will your app extend paid opportunities for its subscribers?

Yes! We currently have many different features for our users, whether you’re an artist or a fan to help smooth your discovery process, such as Clip Boosting for artists to elevate their music to a wider audience to be discovered faster. 

What advice would you offer another woman trying to establish their footing in the tech field?

My advice is to just continue being you and stick to your vision. There will be many different opinions in your ear all the time. However, you should always stay as close as possible to your vision, which will evolve over time. Especially since I mostly find myself in a room filled with men during my meetings, which at first can be intimidating, but if you keep your head up and speak with confidence, then you will conquer the room. 

Are you or the app aligned with any philanthropic efforts?

We are always happy to support any philanthropic efforts, especially going into 2023, I definitely want to make that one of the priorities this year! 

What can we expect in 2023 from MuzicSwipe?

People can expect MuzicSwipe in 2023 to be out of Beta and fully launched! We have been in Beta since January 31, 2022, while fully developing along the way new features for our users. We will continue our lifestyle side of our brand through events and experiences powered by MuzicSwipe. We did some awesome events last year, such as an artist weekend in Miami featuring artists like Fetty Wap, Thuy, Destiny Rogers, and Tone Stith as well as a holiday party at the Peppermint Club in West Hollywood featuring our top performers on our app. In addition to being launched to the public and our lifestyle events, we will be announcing fun new partnerships with brands that align with our mission. 

Is there anything you wish to speak about that we haven’t already mentioned?

I am so thankful for the users and future users of MuzicSwipe, and I can not wait for the future surprises we have up our sleeves to be announced and launched. 2023 will be such a great year for us! 

Mikel Lindsaar, CEO of StoreConnect, curates an eCommerce article via 360 MAGAZINE.

Even the Great Resignation has a silver lining 

Market commentators are fond of their buzzwords, and none has been more popular in recent years than the GREAT RESIGNATION. So-called, because workers have been abandoning their jobs in the highest numbers since the Great Suffragette Movement of the early 1900s. 

Power to the people is good, but how can small businesses buck the trend and keep their people happy and engaged? How can they find good people to fill the rapidly rising vacancies, especially in a period of super-low unemployment? 

With existing technology or E-Commerce 2.0 as it is often called, small business is wasting the time of their people and their customers. In frustrating back and forth looking for the right data to serve customers. It costs money and eventually will cost you good talent as people leave in search of less frustrating and more rewarding roles.  

But there is a second benefit and that is efficiency and effectiveness. With E-Commerce 3.0 you’ll be able to deploy your people to more valuable customer facing roles and let technology and integrated systems shoulder a lot more of the load.  

Data is easier to find, you own it, and you can therefore service customers more easily and even forecast their needs ahead of time. All whilst your team finds it much easier to answer queries, handle orders, and deliver.  

An E-Commerce 3.0 solution is one that integrates all the elements of e-commerce and CRM together in a seamless and single source of truth. 

The last thing a small business owner wants to do is roll out a tech solution that then requires them to pay people to get one computer to talk to another. This is the main criticism of old-school, e-comm 2.0 systems – they don’t integrate and in fact can often override or seek to correct each other’s data, resulting in confusion and wasted time trying to get true data.  

E-Commerce 3.0 systems are integrated: 

  • there is a single source of truth as all data sits in the same platform with website, POS and e-commerce all integrated 
  • employees will spend less time finding data 
  • follow up messages or order updates can be automated saving valuable employee time 
  • surveys can be automated 
  • customers can be categorized and can get products at their ‘price’ without having to speak to a staff member 
  • customers will get better service as the small business will have the latest information at hand 
  • all parts of the business from sales to operations to customer service to delivery will all be working from the same songbook on a customer

E-Commerce 3.0 solutions are also a smart move for anyone investing in a business because they will improve profit and short and long-term returns as well as make a business more valuable to any purchaser. 

Being a customer of an E-Commerce 3.0 business is a vastly more positive experience and the customer will see better more accurate and faster service. Doing business will be easier and this will attract customers to do more business with that organization. It is a positive reinforcement cycle. 

Of course, most of the above discussion is about the business and its current customers, but let’s also make mention that all this data and the availability of bulk email and mail merge systems allows onboarding and marketing to new customers and prospects simple, targeted, and powerful. 

In summary, E-Commerce 3.0 offers value to small businesses in streamlining systems, but it also offers a great solution to closing any organizational gaps in terms of employees by increasing the productivity per employee and the time spent on needless administrative work. 

This can lead to increased employee retention as they find more value in their daily work, and the value of the small business will boom when that silver lining is found. 

Author’s Bio 

Mikel Lindsaar, CEO and founder of StoreConnect, is an experienced technology entrepreneur whose mission is to infuse small and medium-sized businesses with the power to be successful in eCommerce 3.0 and scale to meet growing demand. Small businesses can’t waste time setting up their business on a platform only to repeat the process by changing platforms when they want to scale, nor do they want to waste time figuring out how to integrate multiple platforms. StoreConnect (built on the World’s Number 1 CRM, Salesforce) gives clients a complete, powerful, configurable eCommerce and CRM solution where they can manage their website, online and in-store sales, provide amazing customer service, run all their digital marketing campaigns, and have up-to-date detailed metrics, reporting and full understanding of their customer. They were awarded Salesforce’s 2021 International Partner Innovation Award of the year for the Retail sector and are changing the ease with which small businesses are run ─ with a manageable price tag. StoreConnect is Time. Well spent.

Visit getStoreConnect.com

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