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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>Open your Little Black Bag today. You won’t believe what’s inside. www.littleblackbag.com</description><title>Little Black Bag</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @lbbag)</generator><link>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>Lucky Bag Giveaway Update</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Lovely LBB Shoppers! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In order to keep our Lucky Bag Giveaways more exciting &amp;amp; to spice things up a bit, we have decided to start implementing some new changes to our usual Daily Giveaways. As most of you know, our giveaways all last 24 hours and there is a new one featured every day. Starting next week you may start to see some changes like longer giveaways with more than one winner or longer giveaways with bigger and better prize packages! As always your feedback is definitely welcome. We are excited to try something new! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Happy Trading!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- The LBB Team&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/50944563823</link><guid>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/50944563823</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:33:17 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>BIG NEWS! Starting This Week: LBB Will Release New Merchandise Wednesday Mornings! </title><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Everyone! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We are thrilled to announce that we have added a new time for merchandise releases. Starting this week we will be previewing items on Tuesday at 6 PM PST to be released on Wednesday at 10 AM PST. We will still have the usual Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday Exclusive Previews at 6 PM PST along with the Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday New Arrivals at 10 AM PST. Get excited for an additional day of new merchandise! We definitely are :)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;xx,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;LBB&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/49953032126</link><guid>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/49953032126</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 13:08:00 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Lucky Bag Giveaway Winners: May 2013</title><description>&lt;p&gt;5/1- LBB &amp;lt;3&amp;#8217;s Pixi: Farrah McDaniel&lt;a href="http://admin.littleblackbag.com/user/userDetails?id=563135" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5/2- White Out: Tammy Hung&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5/3- Nifty Neutral: Melinda Liu &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5/4- Dainty Darling: User Juliehuynh101 &lt;a href="http://admin.littleblackbag.com/user/userDetails?id=568845" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5/5- Splash of Summer: Samantha Nielsen&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5/6- Glorious Gold: Gayle Wison&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5/7- Midday in Manhattan: Yves Gene&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5/8- Playful Prints: Ana Romano&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5/9- Summer Ready: User Muylilsim &lt;a href="http://admin.littleblackbag.com/user/userDetails?id=578005" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5/10- On the Edge: User Chu95&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5/11- BCBGeneration: Carey Wong&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5/12- Double the Fun: Heather Beers&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5/13- Etched and Edgy: User Valie117&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5/14- Cool + Casual: Madeline Arcellana &lt;a href="http://admin.littleblackbag.com/user/userDetails?id=27558" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5/15- Everything&amp;#8217;s Beachy: User PoseyChick1996&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5/16- Beige Bliss: User Gabluvaj&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5/17- You Make Me Blush: Stacie Atkins &lt;a href="http://admin.littleblackbag.com/user/userDetails?id=586258" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5/18- Sunny Side Up: User Cjporterfield9&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5/19- Silver Soiree: &lt;a href="http://admin.littleblackbag.com/user/userDetails?id=561980" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5/20- Sand &amp;amp; Sun: &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/49797106540</link><guid>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/49797106540</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 13:45:00 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Profile: Introducing Our New Photographer, Stacy Gustin! </title><description>&lt;div class="im"&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/b55fd07f78d78415fdbb499ec48bb0f9/tumblr_inline_mm6zcfNEG11qz4rgp.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Little Black Bag is excited to introduce our FABULOUS new photographer Stacy Gustin! We are so thrilled to have her on the team! She the epitome of cool + creative- and takes crazy-amazing product shots. She took the time out of her busy schedule to answer a few questions. Read a bit about her below :)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;1. How did you get interested in Photography?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#8217;m not sure. There are pictures of me as a little kid taking photos of things so I guess I was always interested. In college and high school I took photography classes as my electives, and loved the darkroom black and white classes. Then one day while pursuing an B.S. in Psychology I decided to change my major, switch schools and become a photographer.    &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class="im"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2. What did you do before joining LBB?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Before joining LBB I worked both as a freelance and staff photographer for Revolve Clothing, Everlane, My Shape, and Kellwood corp which owns Baby Phat, Rebeca Taylor, Jolt Jeans, and a few others.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class="im"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3. What is your philosophy for fashion photography?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My philosophy on fashion photography is to keep it fun, creative, and to break the rules when ever I feel like it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class="im"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4. What are your favorite LBB brands?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I love love love L.A.M.B., Dolce Vita, BCBG, and Steve Madden. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class="im"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5. What kind of new photos can we expect from LBB?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Expect to see more life style photos since it&amp;#8217;s my favorite thing to shoot. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Feel free to ask any questions and leave comments below. We are so excited to have Stacy working with us! Get ready to catch some great product shots hitting the gallery soon! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;xx,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;LBB&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/49520769077</link><guid>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/49520769077</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 09:57:00 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>The Contest Rules Glossi</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Please refer to the rules below for the contest rules that were sent out via email and were available on the Glossi contest page when the contest was live. There was a discrepancy between the written rules (3 finalists) and what was stated on the landing page (5 finalists). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING. MUST SUBMIT BY4/28/13 before 11:59 PM PDT TO BE CONSIDERED A VALID SUBMISSION. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Open to US residents only. All entrants and winners must be 18 years of age or older, unless otherwise stated and/or posted.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;No trade marked or copy written material may be used. We are DMCA compliant. If a violation is reported, we will act according U.S to law.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;********Must use Little Black Bag Branded Lifestyle photo in lookbook.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;********Lookbook must be a minimum of 5 pages. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1. Entering Contests and Choosing and Contacting Winners&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Entrants must Like Little Black Bag&amp;#8217;s Facebook fan page at &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/littleblackbag" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.facebook.com/littleblackbag&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Little Black Bag is not responsible for and will not consider incomplete or incorrect entries, or emails sent but not received by Little Black Bag for any reason, as potential contest winners.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Top 3 submissions as recognized by Little Black Bag panel of stylists will be put to a vote on 4/29/13 at 2&amp;#160;pm PST via the Little Black Bag Facebook Fanpage. Submission with the highest number of votes by 5/1 at 11:59 PM PST will be deemed the winner and announced on 5/2/13. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Winner of contest will be contacted at the &amp;amp;quot;sender&amp;amp;quot; email used to register for LittleBlackBag.com. The person receiving and replying to the winner announcement email will be considered the winner unless they specify another person within the reply email as the winner. Little Black Bag will email the contest prize to the email address supplied by the recipient of the winner announcement email.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Only one entry per email address used to register for the site will be considered for contest entry. No person may enter any contest more than once using multiple email addresses or multiple names.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Claiming of prizes requires redemption of unique gift code within 10 days of being notified of winning at the email used to enter. Failure to redeem the code on LittleBlackBag.com within 10 days shall mean that the winner forfeits the prize. Little Black Bag is not required to award elsewhere any prizes forfeited by the chosen winner(s).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2. Submission of photo, text or other content for Contests&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You acknowledge and agree that Little Black Bag shall have no obligation to post, display or otherwise make publicly available any photo or information submitted by you, and may, in its sole and unfettered discretion, remove, edit, modify or delete any photo or information that you submit to Little Black Bag;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Photos or information submitted by you to the Site shall be the property of Little Black Bag, and Little Black Bag shall have no obligation to preserve, return or otherwise make available to you or others any photos or information so submitted.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;By entering the contest the user is providing consent for Little Black Bag to use their submission and likeness for promotional purposes. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;No images of minors may be used in submissions and will be deleted and disqualified from review.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;3. Awarding Prizes&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Prize is valued at UP TO a $500 retail value (USD).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Each prize winner must supply Little Black Bag with his/her legal name, email address and shipping address to claim prize.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Winners may not request substitutions of prize winnings. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Neither Little Black Bag, Little Black Bag sponsors, nor employees of Little Black Bag or sponsors may be held liable for any warranty, costs, damage, injury, or any other claims incurred as a result of usage of any winners of a prize once possession has been taken of the product by winner. Little Black Bag is not liable for any loss arising out of or in connection with or resulting from any contest promoted by Little Black Bag.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If the specified prize becomes unavailable due to unforeseen circumstances, Little Black Bag may substitute a prize of like or equal value.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For contest winner name, mail a letter specifying the contest you are inquiring about and include a self-addressed and prepaid envelope to Little Black Bag, Attn: Winner List, 10951 West Pico Blvd, Suite 120, Los Angeles CA 90064.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Management, employees and families of Little Black Bag are prohibited from winning any prizes awarded by Little Black Bag.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/49229373874</link><guid>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/49229373874</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:27:00 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>CHECK OUT THIS LBB GLOSSI FROM IAMJG! 
Click to view The...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/25df98f567413e369609d104f513e8f3/tumblr_mm1qjaDT9D1r2hlwko1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;CHECK OUT THIS LBB GLOSSI FROM IAMJG! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://glossi.com/iamjg/15666-the-eccentric-eclectic-everyday-girl" target="_blank"&gt;Click to view &lt;strong&gt;The Eccentric, Eclectic Everyday Girl&lt;/strong&gt; on &lt;big&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GLOSSI.COM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/49228864082</link><guid>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/49228864082</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:21:09 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>CHECK OUT THIS GLOSSI FROM rariyavatkul
Click to view 2013 on...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/656d6e81296b92ff8fb4071c1c3a8505/tumblr_mm1qdu13m91r2hlwko1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;CHECK OUT THIS GLOSSI FROM rariyavatkul&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://glossi.com/rariyavatkul/16618-2013" target="_blank"&gt;Click to view &lt;strong&gt;2013&lt;/strong&gt; on &lt;big&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GLOSSI.COM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/49228574987</link><guid>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/49228574987</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:17:53 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>CHECK OUT THIS LBB GLOSSI FROM MINA CA! 
Click to view Little...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/39bf47fbcec6201a6849810f240c1159/tumblr_mm1pw1h6k51r2hlwko1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;CHECK OUT THIS LBB GLOSSI FROM MINA CA! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://glossi.com/Mina/15542-little-black-bag-lookbook" target="_blank"&gt;Click to view &lt;strong&gt;Little Black Bag lookbook&lt;/strong&gt; on &lt;big&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GLOSSI.COM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/49227634832</link><guid>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/49227634832</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:07:12 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>TAKE A LOOK AT THIS GLOSSI CREATED BY FINALIST ALEX...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9e615fbf8864643c2a23a4d09df3e1f0/tumblr_mm18m1L4rz1r2hlwko1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;TAKE A LOOK AT THIS GLOSSI CREATED BY FINALIST ALEX BARFUSS! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://glossi.com/alshay7/15499-the-quick-change-artist-a-shoe-and-accessory-lookb" target="_blank"&gt;Click to view &lt;strong&gt;THE QUICK CHANGE ARTIST: A shoe and accessory lookbook&lt;/strong&gt; on &lt;big&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GLOSSI.COM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/49197239672</link><guid>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/49197239672</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:53:59 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>CHECK OUT THIS LBB GLOSSI FROM ONE OF OUR FINALISTS KIMBERLY...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/da1da495ac9f62c2404bb3705dc6492e/tumblr_mm18j3uvu81r2hlwko1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CHECK OUT THIS LBB GLOSSI FROM ONE OF OUR FINALISTS KIMBERLY VOLENEC! &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://glossi.com/kimvolenec/17553-day-night-with-lbb" target="_blank"&gt;Click to view &lt;strong&gt;Day &amp; Night with LBB&lt;/strong&gt; on &lt;big&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GLOSSI.COM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/49197110119</link><guid>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/49197110119</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:52:14 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>CHECK OUT THIS GLOSSI CREATED BY LBB FINALIST DANYA...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/00fb2b2f7e9a6a2818b727f7001a1235/tumblr_mm18gpR9o41r2hlwko1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CHECK OUT THIS GLOSSI CREATED BY LBB FINALIST DANYA SHAIKH! &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://glossi.com/DanyaS/15764-me-myself-my-little-black-bag" target="_blank"&gt;Click to view &lt;strong&gt;Me, myself &amp; my little black bag&lt;/strong&gt; on &lt;big&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GLOSSI.COM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/49197008203</link><guid>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/49197008203</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:50:48 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Exchange Gallery Update</title><description>&lt;p&gt;A few customers that were trying to select an Exchange Item noticed that the Exchange Gallery was not showing all of the available items that matched the rules for the Exchange Gallery (as described in our other blog post about the Exchange Gallery.)  We checked this issue out and found a small issue that was improperly excluding a handful number of products from the Exchange Gallery. The excluded products were no more than a $5 difference in retail value from the Exchange Item and it only affected a small number of products.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This issue was fixed on 4/25, 2PM PST.  If you Exchanged an item from the Exchange Gallery between 4/22, 12:01 AM PST and 4/25, 1:59PM, you will be receiving an email from customer service with a coupon code for a free extra item worth up to $20 in your next bag.  We apologize for this inconvenience and hope that the extra item will more than make up for this issue.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Little Black Bag Customer Service Team&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/48879735838</link><guid>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/48879735838</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:49:00 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>A Note on Merchandise Releases</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi everyone,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Some of you noticed that we released a few Jewelry items as Stylist Picks last night that were supposed to release at 10AM PST this morning.  Sometimes during high sales days we may release a few items as Stylist Picks to make sure that we have enough variety in new bags, rather than keep giving you the same stylist picks. We make sure to only release a few units so that we&amp;#8217;ve got plenty in stock to release at 10AM.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The LBB Merchandising Team &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/48708237395</link><guid>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/48708237395</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:55:27 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>The SHOE HANDBAG Sale</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/318b8328eae89bf8e6c9f541c61491e7/tumblr_inline_mln6k8dS7A1qz4rgp.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To celebrate the launch of the New Exchange Policy, we are thrilled to announce the SHOE HANDBAG Sale!  Buy ANY pair of shoes and get a free extra handbag as a stylist pick.  The extra handbag is in addition to the stylist picks that you will normally receive.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The SHOE HANDBAG Sale ends on 4/24 @ 10AM PST.  Happy Trading!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Check out the sale: &lt;a href="http://www.littleblackbag.com/gallery" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.littleblackbag.com/gallery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please let us know what you think of the sale in the comments below!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/48625294164</link><guid>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/48625294164</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:21:00 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Shop with Even More Confidence: Improving Quality</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/c4e8d2b363fdba6a6e44a72f5e5a8a73/tumblr_inline_mlimrfe8c91qz4rgp.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In conjunction with the new Exchange Policy we are launching on April 22, we are also rolling out two new merchandise quality improvements to help you shop with even more CONFIDENCE!  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1) Improved Merchandise Quality Contro&lt;/strong&gt;l:  we will be implementing a new set of processes at our warehouse to ensure that the quality of products goes up and damages go down.  These processes will be invisible to you as they will happen directly at our warehouse but the net result is that you should see an increase in product quality arriving at your doorstep. This doesn&amp;#8217;t mean that we can eliminate all damages but there should certainly be an improvement in quality.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We have monitored our damage rates since launch and they have always been lower than industry standard for eCommerce companies.  An &amp;#8220;average&amp;#8221; order from a typical eCommerce site contains around 1.2 products in a box, whereas the average order on Little Black Bag contains around 4-6 products in a box. This may create the impression that LBB has higher damage rates, when the opposite is actually the case. We feel it is important to always continue improving quality so that Little Black Bag remains an extraordinary place to shop. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2) Holding Reserve Stock Longer for Damages&lt;/strong&gt;: There is a concept in retailing called &amp;#8220;reserve stock,&amp;#8221; where companies hold a few units of an item in reserve in case of damages, mis-ships, or other issues.  We have always held reserve stock but we released it 7 days after the item sold out (which is why sometimes you see items popping into the gallery that you thought had sold out - this is reserve stock being released.)  &lt;strong&gt;We will now hold reserve stock for 30 days after an item sells out from the Opening Gallery.  So, in the event that you get a damaged item, we will be able to send you a replacement for the same item with greater certainty&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the 30 days starts from the day the item sells out in the Opening Gallery, not the Trading Gallery.  So, if an item sells out from the Opening Gallery on March 1 and then you gift an item several times and redeem it on April 15, then you will still have the Gifted Item in your bag but the Reserve Stock will have been released on March 30.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;These changes will make Little Black Bag an even more exciting place to shop and give you even more confidence in our quality and return policies.  These changes will begin on April 22 @ 1:00AM PST, in conjunction with the release of our new Exchange Policy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please let me know if you have any questions/comments about this improvement in the comments below.  I will be hosting a Live Video Q&amp;amp;A to discuss the improvement on Monday, April 22 @ 2:00PM PST: &lt;a href="http://www.ustream.tv/channel/littleblackbag" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ustream.tv/channel/littleblackbag" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.ustream.tv/channel/littleblackbag&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  You can also send me questions for the video at videochat@littleblackbag.com.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks and Happy Trading!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dan Murillo, CEO&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/48371165079</link><guid>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/48371165079</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:50:00 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>We Are Listening: Improving the Exchange Policy</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Over the past several days I have talked to dozens of customers on the phone, read through hundreds of feedback emails and spent several hours with customers on chat.  Listening to customers and improving the site based on feedback has always been a core company value.  LBB is all about providing YOU with an amazing experience and standing by our Happiness Guarantee.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I am excited to announce a major new update to the Exchange Policy - all based on your feedback.  The new Exchange Policy will be released on Monday, April 22 at 1:00 AM PST.  I will be hosting a video Q&amp;amp;A to talk about the new Exchange Policy on &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Monday, 04/15/2013 at 2PM PST / 5PM EST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please email me any questions you would like me to discuss at videochat@littleblackbag.com. The video will be recorded and saved for future viewing.  Video Q&amp;amp;A Link:  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ustream.tv/channel/littleblackbag" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ustream.tv/channel/littleblackbag" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.ustream.tv/channel/littleblackbag&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Exchange Policy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Our original goal with the exchange policy improvement was to allow you to select your own exchange item.  We think this is an important goal.  After all, you worked hard to trade for an item and you should have control over what you get in exchange.  With that in mind, I am thrilled to announce the details of our NEW Exchange Policy Update.  Beginning on Monday, April 22 at 1:00AM PST, the Exchange Policy will work in the following way:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;If you return an item, you will go to the “Exchange Gallery” - a new section of the site where you can select an item of YOUR choice.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you don’t have an Open Bag:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt; you can Open a New Bag with any of the Exchange Gallery items – all you pay is S&amp;amp;H.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you have an Open Bag:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt; you can Add an item into your Open Bag for no additional S&amp;amp;H. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Exchange Gallery will work as follows:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Category&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The category of the items in the Exchange Gallery are the same as the item that was returned. For example, if you returned a handbag, you will see handbags in the Exchange Gallery. If we have a limited selection of items in that category then we will show items from other categories.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Retail Value/Add to Bag Price&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;: The Exchange Gallery items are equal to or less than the Retail Value and “Add to Bag” price of the item that was returned. For example, if you returned a $100 Retail Value handbag with an “Add to Bag” price of $49, you will see ALL the handbags of up to $100 of Retail Value and $49 in “Add to Bag” price in the Exchange Gallery.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Time&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The items in the Exchange Gallery have been released for at least 24 hours.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;In order to make this change possible, starting on April 22 we will charge all bags as soon as they are opened, rather than when they ship.  This is necessary in order to ensure that all items that show up on the site are paid for. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;This puts the control over Exchange items back in YOUR hands.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;What does this mean for you? &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;If you trade up to a $1,000 Bag and you send back a $100 handbag then you will be able to select a $100 retail value handbag in exchange.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;If you get a size 6 pair of shoes and you want a different size or a different style, you will be able to do so.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;The new Exchange Policy will apply to damages as well, but without the S&amp;amp;H costs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You can continue shopping with complete confidence&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; if you return an item between now and April 22, we will hold all of the items at our warehouse until April 22, at which point we will process your exchange and you will receive an email with a link to the Exchange Gallery.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bonus for existing returns&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;as a gesture of goodwill, If you returned an item and it was converted to Merchandise Exchange Credit, we will be giving you an additional 50% of Merchandise Exchange Credit.  For example, if you had a $10 Merchandise Exchange Credit from a previous item, you will get an extra $5 of credit.  You will get this bonus whether you used the Exchange Credit or not.  If you have unused Exchange credit in your account you should feel free to use it and you will get the bonus.  You will see this credit in your account on April 22.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Here is a table that compares the Exchange Policy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/24c0856c541dc73b35f4bd53c285fc18/tumblr_inline_ml1v3osXOT1qz4rgp.png"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Those of you that have been with us for some time know that we are deeply committed to listening to your feedback and improving the LBB experience.  After all, the thrills and and fun of LBB are for you :)  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Remember that the new Exchange Policy will begin on Monday, April 22 at 1:00AM PST.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt; If you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; have additional questions, please join me for a live video Q&amp;amp;A talk on &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Monday, 04/15/2013 at 2PM PST / 5PM EST.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please email me any questions you would like me to discuss at videochat@littleblackbag.com.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Both of these will be recorded and saved for future viewing.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Video Q&amp;amp;A Link&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;:  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ustream.tv/channel/littleblackbag" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ustream.tv/channel/littleblackbag" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.ustream.tv/channel/littleblackbag&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Best,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;-Dan Murillo, CEO.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/47633288435</link><guid>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/47633288435</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:25:00 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Lucky Bag Giveaway Winners: April 2013</title><description>&lt;p&gt;4/1- Black, Gold, &amp;amp; Bold: Cara Newman &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4/2- Steve Madden Giveaway: Diana Devlin &lt;a href="http://admin.littleblackbag.com/user/userDetails?id=496378" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4/3- 4/10- CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN BLACK FLO HEELS: Brittany Wilcox&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4/11- Classy &amp;amp; Sassy: Tina Thayer&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4/12- Beach Babe: Twyla Esquibel&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4/13- Chic In Black: User Sad Unicorn&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4/14- Coachella Inspired: Christi McElroy&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4/15- Sleek &amp;amp; Simple: Melissa Robledo &lt;a href="http://admin.littleblackbag.com/user/userDetails?id=378453" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4/16- We Heart Coral: Melissa Truong &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4/17- Summer Night: Heather Alwine&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4/18- White Hot: Alicia Trelles &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4/19- Park Avenue Princess: Maita Wapa &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4/20- Beach Beauty: Olivia Ford&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4/21- Rainbow Bright: Laurie M&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4/22-  Hint of Mint: Caterina Ienco&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4/23-Pops of Gold: Chelsea Barnette&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4/24- Pretty in Pink: Yisel Acosta&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4/25- Pinking of Summer: Crystal Walker&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4/26- Simple Black: Pakou Xiong&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4/27- A Tad of Tribal: User MsPro90&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4/28- Gilded Goddess: Amelia Thompson&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4/29- Silver Lining: User Anapaau88 &lt;a href="http://admin.littleblackbag.com/user/userDetails?id=485128" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4/30- Sophisticated + Sleek: User Fberhane27 &lt;a href="http://admin.littleblackbag.com/user/userDetails?id=560802" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/47037726288</link><guid>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/47037726288</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:39:00 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Introducing the VIP Program, Improved Exchange Policy and other changes</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-yuEXfpg96k8/UUyOGqNue7I/AAAAAAAAADE/azUb53Q8Dks/s678/Email_Header_Leads_V3.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Bonus" src="http://d1xm0g4k30x72n.cloudfront.net/email/marketing/brandsemail/top_graphic_1364429541.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note:  If you have any questions/comments, please feel free to email us at help@littleblackbag.com!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Hi everyone,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I am thrilled to announce the launch of several major new improvements to the site based on YOUR feedback.  These changes will go live on &lt;strong&gt;Wednesday&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;3/27 at 11:59PM &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;PST&lt;/strong&gt; but I am announcing the details a few days ahead of time.  &lt;strong&gt;Additionally, to commemorate the launch of VIP we are adding 3 Beauty Bonus Items into every bag that is opened from 3/27 at 11:59PM PST until supplies last.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;The New VIP Program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Many of our customers have told us that committing to $29.95 or $49.95 per month is too much – and others have asked us to expand our merchandise offerings to include leather handbags, shoes and higher end designer brands.   In order to make this possible, I am thrilled to announce that we are moving all our existing members to the new VIP membership program.  The new membership program works as follows:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Greater Savings&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;: VIP’s save up to 25% extra, for nearly 70% off retail.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lower Priced Membership&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;: No more $29.95 or $49.95 memberships.  Instead, for $9.95/Month, you get $10.00 in Merchandise Credit to Spend or Save.  You can use this Credit to Open a Bag or via the ‘Add to Bag’ option.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Variable Pricing: Bags will no longer be a fixed price of $29.95 or $49.95.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt; Instead, the price will vary based on the 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;st&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; Pick Item. Bags will start at $11.95 and will continue to include stylist picks. In time, this means we will be able to offer leather handbags, shoes and higher end designer brands!  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;More Trading Time&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; All bags will have 7 days of trading.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;VIP Gifts:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt; VIP&amp;#8217;s will receive gift and promo items in their bags whenever we run a promotion. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Skipping: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Existing members still have the option to Skip a month, as long as you don’t cancel your membership.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The new VIP Membership program is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;less expensive and allows us to introduce even more exciting merchandise into the site&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;A Couple Changes for All Customers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Shipping&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Occasionally, shipping companies raise prices to cover increases in gas and other expenses.  Given our already low prices, we need to pass these on as well and will be increasing our shipping rates as follows:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Economy/Standard/Expedited: +$1.00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;AK/HI/Puerto Rico/APO:  $11.95 fixed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Add to Bag Items: $0.49 - $0.99 based on the item category&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Additionally, our shipping company has increased our receiving and warehouse fees. To cover this, we will be implementing a $1.95 refund restocking fee/item. Exchanges will NOT have a restocking fee.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Note that our shipping &amp;amp; restocking refund rates are still significantly lower than most eCommerce companies.  As a point of comparison, Macy’s, which is a full priced retailer and charges more per items, charges $9.95 for Standard shipping on orders under $99.  They don’t offer a lower cost option, whereas LBB offers a $5.95 economy option via Newgistics, which takes a little longer but offers our customers a lower priced option not offered by many other companies.   As a point of comparison with restocking fees, JustFab charges $5.95 in restocking fees per item, so we are still well below that.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Exchanges&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Lastly, the #1 customer suggestion over the last few months has been to improve the way our exchange policy works. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Currently, when you exchange an item we give you another item of similar value.  Many of our customers have told us they dislike some of these exchange items and furthermore they dislike having to open a new bag to get their exchange item.  Additionally, LBB has seen a significant increase in the amount of fraudulent activity based on exploiting our current exchange policy.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In order to improve the exchange policy, we will now make it possible for YOU to select the exchange item that YOU want.  Going forward, when exchanging an item, you will now get an &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Exchange Merchandise Credit &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;that you can use to Open a bag or via the ‘Add to Bag’ option.  No more getting exchange items you dislike and no more fraud.  Here is how exchange credits will work:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;We will calculate the Exchange Credit by pro-rating the retail value of the Exchange Items against the amount you paid for your Little Black Bag (not including shipping and handling or tax).  For example, suppose you exchanged an item with a retail value of $40, the total retail value of your bag is $120 and and you paid $49.95 for your bag.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;$40 Exchange Item Retail Value / $120 Total Bag Retail Value = 33.3% &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Exchange Percentage &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;33.3% Exchange Percentage X $49.95 Total Paid = $16.63 Exchange Credit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchanges for ‘Add to Bag’ Items&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;If you purchased an item using our &amp;#8216;Add to Bag&amp;#8217; feature and would like to exchange it, you will get back an exchange credit for the amount that you paid for the item. If you traded away an item purchased with the &amp;#8216;Add to Bag&amp;#8217; feature, then the amount you paid for the ‘Add to Bag’ item will be added to your Total Paid.  You will then receive the prorated Exchange Credit determined by the calculation above.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchanges for Gift Items&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;If you gift an item into a new bag, the “Paid Value” of that gifted item will get transferred into the new bag on a pro-rated basis. For example, suppose you have a $120 Retail Value Bag and you gift a $40 item into a new bag with just that single item.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$40 Retail Value of Gifted Item / $120 Total Bag Retail Value = 33.3% Exchange Percentage&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;33.3% Exchange Percentage X $49.95 Total Paid = $16.63 Eligible Exchange Credit added to the New Bag&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Then, if you Exchange that $40 item you will get $16.63 of Exchange Credit.  This ensures that the value of a gifted item gets transferred into a new bag.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;There are a few important elements to note about the new Exchange Credit policy:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;You can use the Exchange Merchandise Credit to Open a bag or via the ‘Add to Bag’ option.  This means that YOU select the exchange item that YOU want.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The amount of Exchange Merchandise Credit that we give must be based on the amount paid or else we continue to open ourselves up to significant fraudulent activity.  For obvious reasons I won’t get into the details of how this occurs but as it stands with our current exchange policy we have suffered from significant fraudulent activity and this change prevents that activity going forward.  The easiest way to think about this is based on the following observation: if you paid $50 and we made it possible to get back more than $50 of credit from the site via the exchange policy, then we would open ourselves up to significant fraud in a variety of different ways. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Unused Exchange Items will be converted to Exchange Merchandise Credit using the formula above on Wednesday, March 27 @ Midnight PST.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gift Cards&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;All previously purchased Gift Cards will be converted into Merchandise Credit for the amount that you paid.  For example, a $49.95 Gift Card will be converted into $49.95 worth of Merchandise Credit that you can use to Open a Bag or via the &amp;#8220;Add to Bag&amp;#8221; feature.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Sales&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Currently, if you open a bag while we are running a sale, you may get a sale item as your stylist pick. In these cases we give incremental retail value to make up for the fact the item is on sale.  However, we have received a lot of feedback saying it would be better if we didn’t put sale items in as stylist picks at all.  Going forward, we will not put sale items in as stylist picks!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;As those of you that have seen me on chat know, I am committed to ensuring that we constantly work on improving the LBB experience.  In the last few weeks we have rolled out a major set of improvements to the Trading experience, significantly increased the speed of the site, launched our “Lucky Bag” giveaway program, run a couple of awesome sales, significantly improved our Canadian shipping experience and launched fantastic promos with NuMe, Fusion and Sebastian.  We are thrilled by the improvements from the new VIP Program and our enhanced Exchange policy. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt; I will be on chat @ 2PM PST on Sunday, 3/24 to answer any questions about the change.  Also, please feel free to email questions to the CS team directly at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:help@littleblackbag.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span&gt;help@littleblackbag.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lastly, I can’t wait until April 1st for some very exciting news! &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Warm regards,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dan and the LBB team&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/45999231616</link><guid>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/45999231616</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:06:00 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>LUCKY BAG GIVEAWAY WINNERS:  MARCH 2013</title><description>&lt;p&gt;3/1- LBB &amp;amp; Fusion: Rachel Hrudko &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/2-Nila Anthony Black Lace Satchel: Yohana Ghebrhiwet &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/3-Steve Madden Taffy Tote: Faeini1&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/4-Pink Cosmo Blush Barrel Satchel: Julie Johnstone&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/5- Olivia Joy Tracker Satchel: Samantha Silvares&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/6- Street Level Stripe Satchel: Ella Parker&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/7- Pink Cosmo Blue Studded Satchel: Samantha Mills&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/8- Street Level Studded Black Bag: Mdeitz&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/9- Vieta Beige Katha Satchel: Michelle Montana&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/10- Pink Cosmo Red Studded Bottom: Tina Rath&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/11- Nila Anthony Taupe Lace Tote: Samantha Brewer&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/12- Elise Hope Black Croc Doctor&amp;#8217;s Bag: Ashlee de Baritault&lt;a href="http://admin.littleblackbag.com/user/userDetails?id=398428" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/13- Deux Lux Yellow Juno Tote: Blocksoffaith &lt;a href="http://admin.littleblackbag.com/user/userDetails?id=443985" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/14- Penny Sue Red Hobo: Little flower84&lt;a href="http://admin.littleblackbag.com/user/userDetails?id=494105" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/15- Street Level Blue :Verenice Hernandez&lt;a href="http://admin.littleblackbag.com/user/userDetails?id=427109" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/16- Date Night Giveaway: lm mr brightside 2005&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/17- Vieta Woven Tote: Kmuaxiong&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/18- Steve Madden Citron Studded Crossbody: Andrea Darst&lt;a href="http://admin.littleblackbag.com/user/userDetails?id=458487" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/19- Ivanka Trump Black Organizer: Jill Sakry&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/20- Nila Anthony Black Lace Satchel: Hollybrown1140&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/21-Lionel Angeline Tote: Miacalderon21 &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/22- Deux Lux Heidi Girl Clutch: Melissa Liang&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/23- Playfully Pastel: Yanteh Macias&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/24-Danielle Nicole Berry Top Handle: Nicole Butler&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/25- Lionel Angie Studded Satchel: Cynthia Vee&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/26- Deux Lux Yellow Duffel: User E K &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/27: Olivia + Joy Knick Knack Satchel: Victoria Milbrandt &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/28: Ivanka Trump Jessica Crossbody- Zayriliann Lorenzo&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/29: Big Buddha Studded Tote- Victoria Martinez &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/30: Pink Garden Party- Sheri Skiba &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3/31:33rd &amp;amp; Mad Croc Satchel- Oadavey &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/45280704485</link><guid>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/45280704485</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:48:00 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Canadian Shipping Improvements</title><description>&lt;p&gt;New &amp;amp; Improved Shipping for our Canadian Customers!&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Thank you for being a valued member of Little Black Bag! We are very excited to announce these important new changes for our Canadian customers. Little Black Bag is still your #1 destination to find the world’s best brands at exclusive, members-only prices up to 70% off retail. But now, you’ll be saving even more (avg. $7.25 per order)!&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Enjoy our new worry-free shipping method, specially designed for you! This includes:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Easy All-Inclusive Shipping: A $15.95 flat rate covering shipping and handling, Plus:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Taxes &amp;amp; Duties Upfront (No Surprises!): A single fee that covers both taxes and duties - this 23% International Tax fee is calculated on order sub-total and includes all duties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The $15.95 shipping charge plus taxes will be added to your order at the time of checkout, which means there will be no surprise costs upon receipt of your Little Black Bag purchase.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;We understand that not all surprises are good surprises, and we hope you are as excited as we are, about these fantastic new improvements!&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Thank you again, for being part of the Little Black Bag community. Start shopping to take advantage of the major savings!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://link.littleblackbag.com/51186b4d21e070dffa03f44cw8ma.0/UL10LCuo7rG-YpO0Baa0f" target="_blank"&gt;Start Saving!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Happy Tradding,&lt;br/&gt;The LBB Team&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/45196658434</link><guid>http://lbbag.tumblr.com/post/45196658434</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:00:00 -0700</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
