"Michael Silverstein" (born 1945) is a professor of anthropology, linguistics, and psychology at the University of Chicago. He is a theoretician of semiotics and linguistic anthropology. Over the course of his career he has drawn together research on linguistic pragmatics, sociolinguistics, language ideology, semiotic anthropology and grammatical theory into a comprehensive account of language in culture . Among other achievements, he has been instrumental in introducing the semiotic terminology of Charles Sanders Peirce, including especially the notion of indexicality, into the linguistic and anthropological literature; with coining the terms metapragmatics and metasemantics in drawing attention to the central importance of metasemiotic phenomena for any understanding of language or social life; and with developing language ideology as a field of study. His works are noted for their terminological complexity and technical difficulty.

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Those that have store, Web and catalog will be the big winners, ... The consumers tell us they're going to spend their money with brands they know. That's why we call it 'the revenge of the incumbents.'

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I think it's more for the high school or college kids and I'm way past that. I never really paid attention to it, and I don't know what would motivate a man to apply or keep away.

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We may be seeing one of the greatest shifts in consumer buying habits and taste since the 1950s.

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Handbags are definitely a 'trading up' category. Coach has driven to $1.4 billion in revenues and a market value above $10 billion based on the phenomenon.

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