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Jimmy Jazz and Avatar's web design collaboration pays off

Jimmy Jazz, a top retailer of urban wear, has been a client of Avatar since 2008. We built their first ecommerce site and have worked with them ongoing providing website design and development, high-traffic, PCI compliant hosting, and tech support.

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How website design helped Moguldom find its purpose

Moguldom Media Group is an global leader in the digital media realm focused on women, multicultural, and emerging markets. Moguldom wanted a website that connected with their clients and continued to effectively market their innovative advertising products.

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It can cost a fortune to make a website look cheap

It’s a phone call I receive more than I should. A business owner stuck in the middle of a stalled website design project, having wasted months of time and effort not to mention several thousands of dollars, with little to show for it in return – if lucky. The truly... keep reading about It can cost a fortune to make a website look cheap

Google and responsive design

Google wants Internet users to "experience the full richness of the web." Part of this experience is browsing the web on mobile devices. How about including whether a site uses a responsive design as part of a website's Pagerank, Google? Check.

It will no longer be sufficient to have a... keep reading about Google and responsive design

Your Business Website and Responsive Design

According to Google, nearly 75% of people online prefer a mobile-friendly site. And 50% of people say that even if they like a business, they will use them less often if the website isn't mobile-friendly. Exactly how Google derived these numbers, they didn’t say; though we can say for certain... keep reading about Your Business Website and Responsive Design

Certified scrum master in the house

Just wanted to let everyone know Avatar has a newly minted certified scrum master in our midst. And no, this has nothing to do with rugby - I think - right Tania?

Tania Guinsberg, one of our rock star PMs, completed an Agile Scrum certification course last week and aced... keep reading about Certified scrum master in the house

When websites go wrong, businesses go right after them

A successful website takes two important things into account. First, your business' goals and objectives.

  • How do you sell your business to your customers? Your services? Your products?
  • What business software or platforms, other than a website, support your business?
  • Who in your business will administer the site and
  • ...

Avatar New York launches new website for Goodwill NY / NJ

Working with a large, multi-division organization has it's own particular set of challenges and rewards. Rebuilding Goodwill NY / NJ main website used by consituents, the general public and staff members, was no different. On Wednesday, after several months of detailed planning, scruplous site architecting, carefully... keep reading about Avatar New York launches new website for Goodwill NY / NJ

Sonnier & Castle plans a party for their website launch...

Sonnier & Castle, a luxury events and catering company, planned a party for their website launch. Two weeks before launch, their recipe for successful still lacked one key ingredient - someone to develop a platform to display the beautiful design and lovely photography.

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Schutz Shoes Microsite and Store Launch

We are excited to annouce the launch of a fashion microsite for Schutz, a shoe designer and retailer based in Brazil. Schutz wanted to create a Microsite to launch in time with their first US store opening on New York's Madison Avenue. We worked with... keep reading about Schutz Shoes Microsite and Store Launch

Send The Trend has never been Trendier

Send The Trend, an online fashion retailer and subsidiary of QVC, came to us to rebrand and redesign their website. But this wasn’t just a “refresh”, it was more like a “redo” as the motivation behind doing the project was a change in business model... keep reading about Send The Trend has never been Trendier

Agile Scrum. This is how we do it.

We use the Agile Scrum development methodology to produce most of our work, particularly for larger, complex projects. Using, Agile Scrum, the project team (Us) organizes project work into a series of design and development cycles. The main benefit for the product owner (You) is a bird's eye view of... keep reading about Agile Scrum. This is how we do it.

2012 Interactive Media Awards

The Interactive Media Awards™ recognize the highest standards of excellence in website design and development and honor individuals and organizations for their outstanding achievement.

Created by the Interactive Media Council, Inc. (IMC), a nonprofit organization of leading web designers, developers, programmers, advertisers and other web-related professionals, the competition is designed... keep reading about 2012 Interactive Media Awards

How We took a fitness website design ‘challenge’ to Improve student health

Avatar New York announces the launch of a new interactive online fitness educational platform that teaches youth healthy habits. The platform incorporates a completely custom website design, front-end development, and back-end content management system with many user-friendly program administration tools.

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Avatar New York Builds Mohawk One Website to Rule Them All

Avatar New York announces the launch of Mohawk's new eCommerce and marketing website at http://www.mohawkconnects.com. The new website consolidates several Mohawk online properties into one and represents the culmination of a 6-year partnership with ecommerce website design firm Avatar New York as... keep reading about Avatar New York Builds Mohawk One Website to Rule Them All