Gretchen Harnick (Parson's, The New School for Design) joins the team to talk about the current fashion business environment. Is bad marketing ruining social media? Are new payment methods like Apple Pay safe to use?Why does Kim Kardashian have 20 times more online followers than Vogue? Why don't retailers stock the new and different anymore? references: * Decoded Fashion's New York Summit (November 18-19) * PatternToPlan.com, an online designer community for fashion business knowledge and resource sharing * Is Marketing Ruining Social Media? (gretchenharnick.com) * fun NYC restaurants * Arturo's * Pho 32 * New Wonjo * nast-moves-into-the-world-trade-center-as-lower-manhattan-is-remade.html">Condé Nast Moves Into the World Trade Center as Lower Manhattan Is Remade (NY Times) * in-mediocrity.html">Mired In Mediocrity (NY Times) * Shoescribe * Wal-Mart's Answer To Apple Pay Has Already Been Hacked (Business Insider) * Obama's Cyber Czar Wants to Replace Passwords With Selfies (National Journal) * Halloween Costumes Treat Americans to Jobs (ABC News) * The Future of Shopping, Part Two: Federico Marchetti (style.com) * lays-55-employees-including-senior-fashion-staff.html">Telegraph Lays Off 55 Employees, Including Senior Fashion Staff (BoF) * Vanessa Friedman's Fashion Manifesto (fashioneditoratlarge.com) * How Kim Kardashian Is Changing the Fashion Industry * b-corporations-blend-business-social-good.html">Fashion’s B Corporations Blend Business with Social Good (BoF) * Decoded Fashion's New York Summit (November 18-19) * Lovelane (ETSY) * Opposite of Far (ETSY) * Little Hero Capes (ETSY) * SuperflyKids * Ohio Knitting Mills *