So my day started at the luxury wing of Towson Town Center and I slipped into Martin + Osa—one of my favorite stores—and was delighted to see that everything was an additional 30% off. I love Martin + Osa because it's American Eagle for the over 30-crowd. Great stuff, reasonably priced, and always amazing customer service—which I've written about before. As I was checking out the guy told me that everything was final sale because THEY ARE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS. What! The nice manager told me that parent company American Eagle is moving on to other ventures, mainly 77kids by american eagle—a new clothing line that he told me is somewhere between Janie & Jack and Crazy 8. (And sticking with aerie.) Then I check my e-mail when I get home and find out from Examiner.com that Shine Collective will "shutter their retail operation in order to focus on doing films under the moniker Shine Films; a joint venture with Shine Collective and Drury Bynum...










