Kicking off this week's Brand Bites, model Bar Refaeli's new under.me lingerie line campaign channels an iconic cheeky tennis poster.

PETA take note: the Sierra Club's new "Coal Will Say Anything" campaign shows how it's done.Continue reading...

Fashion collaborations have produced some odd bedfellows before, but none that intrigue our inner child—while befuddling our outer grown-up—like the projects of Walt Disney Signature, Disney’s adult lifestyle consumer products brand extension.

Working with high-profile design talents in art, home and fashion design, the brand has produced a series of unlikely products, from Italian armchairs with a TRON: Legacy motif to $1,000 pavé diamond “dinosaur” bracelets inspired by Fantasia.

The latest Disney collaboration to set fashionistas abuzz is the Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides collection from hip accessory label Hayden-Harnett. It seems an offbeat choice for the Brooklyn-based business, which is better known for It bags and retro rags than for swashbuckling style.Continue reading...

Herein we bring a tale of brand licensing gone horribly awry. It involves geeky brand National Public Radio and hipster closet Urban Outfitters and the absurdities of trendy consumers.

Currently, Urban Outfitters is selling the above t-shirt online bearing the NPR logo (a different version is also available in select UO stores). Artificially worn and stressed to appear "vintage," it's the kind of branded staple Urban Outfitters always stocks in its tee section.

What results is a trip down the brand licensing rabbit hole, where irony rules and even NPR doesn't seem to understand what's going on.Continue reading...

Vince Neil of the band Motley Crue is set to launch a private jet corporation. [Luxist]

Polo Ralph Lauren, North Face have sued a Chinese website for counterfeiting. [WWD]

Retailer Anthropologie created an e-commerce website for international consumers. [WWD]

Wal-Mart wants to bank off of Dreamworks' upcoming 'How to Train Your Dragon.' [BrandFreak]

It's a rare retail brand these days that boasts robust sales – but Urban Outfitters is defying the retail downturn. It's fourth quarter sales rose 16 percent and the company opened 33 stores during its last fiscal year. The company had a record profit for the year of $220 million.

Urban Outfitters seems to have found a winning formula with its youthful city chic Urban Outfitters brand and the more upscale Anthropologie brand. It recently launched Leifsdottir, a "young designer collection" by a fashion designer from Finland. And now, another brand extension is in the works.Continue reading...

Earlier this month, eBay announced plans to open mobile boutiques in 12 cities across the country in an effort to service holiday shopping. Well, the holidays must officially be here, because eBay's pop-up stores began popping up on November 20.

The 5,500-square foot Manhattan location is stocked with a dizzying “selection of Norma Kamali’s exclusive fashions for eBay, L.A.M.B. shoes, handbags from Michael Kors and Dooney & Bourke, Anthropologie dresses, cosmetics from M.A.C., Smashbox and other brands, and the Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue and Vera Wang Princess fragrances. Electronics, toys, home and garden items.”Continue reading...

While so many stores are shutting their doors, Urban Outfitters is opening more, based on their obvious appeal to early 20-somethings everywhere. Now it is looking to take on some new brands.

Earlier this week, clothing retailer Urban Outfitters put it out into the universe that it was looking to acquire a set of brands that may add upwards of $500 million to its annual revenue stream.

According to CFO John Kyees, the company is interested in brands sold at department or specialty stores, given the right opportunity -- but not brands that compete with its current holdings Anthropologie and Free People.Continue reading...

Halloween is over, which means that shops are already dusting off and putting out their holiday decorations. It always feels a little depressing, don't you think? The new year is fast approaching!

As you read here earlier this week, eBay will briefly go brick-and-mortar for the holiday shopping season, opening temporary boutiques in 12 cities across the country. The flagship, and first to open, will be a 5,500-square-foot pop-up in the heart of Manhattan, located at 3 West 57th Street.Continue reading...