Vera Bradley Hope Garden is Retiring and Being Replaced
Well this is sad sad news for any of you who love Vera Bradley's Hope Garden Pattern. My friend has a delightful Hope Garden Morgan that is just perfect, but soon we will have to say goodbye. The reason for this is that Vera Bradley only wants one pattern for breast cancer research at a time. In case you didn't know, every time you buy a Hope Garden purse you are also funding breast cancer research as well. This lovely pattern has been selling very well and many retailers are puzzled and disappointed that it is being retired so soon. I mean, Java Blue has been out for 4 years and it's still not retired yet. But many say that HG is being retired to make room for the new breast cancer pattern coming out in 2010 called "Loves Me". It's a rather ugly pattern to me and has huge purple daisies on it. You can check out the Vera Bradley 2010 patterns here.
Some of the other patterns that have been announced as retiring soon are:
Yellow Bird
Puccini
Raspberry Fizz
Mod Floral Pink
Mediterranean Blue
Of the above, Puccini and Yellow Bird have been the most popular so I am sure some women will put up a stink about them being discontinued. These have been some of the best patterns yet and with preview and pictures of the upcoming patterns we don't have a lot to look forward to.
So now that you know one of your favorite patterns is retiring it may be a good time to buy some of those purses and accessories you have been putting off. It seems like Hope Garden just came out and we are already seeing it go into retirement, but at least a lot of these were made at the outset and you can still pick some up for a limited time.
Pick up something Hope Garden before all of these patterns are impossible to find after being retired in 2010:
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 NWT LOT 4 Vera Bradley Hope Garden Napkins Great for Sewing Quilting $10.00 (7 Bids) Time Remaining: 12h 15m |
 NEW VERA BRADLEY HOPE GARDEN ZIP ID COIN PURSE TONS OF VERALK $14.98 Time Remaining: 9d 13h 47m Buy It Now for only: $14.98 Buy It Now |
 Vera Bradley Handbag Purse Hope Garden $19.95 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 15h 28m |
 Vera Bradley Zip Around Wallet in Hope Garden $19.50 (7 Bids) Time Remaining: 15h 34m |
 Vera Bradley Lisa B NWT hobo style shoulder bag $32.90 Time Remaining: 27d 21h 38m Buy It Now for only: $32.90 Buy It Now |
 NWT Vera Bradley Villager Hope Garden $42.99 Time Remaining: 15h 37m |
 Vera Bradley Lisa B Hope Garden $28.99 Time Remaining: 17h 21m Buy It Now for only: $31.99 Buy It Now |
 Vera Bradley Hope Garden Lanyard NWT $8.25 Time Remaining: 17h 36m Buy It Now for only: $10.00 Buy It Now |
 NWT VERA BRADLEY Alice Kisslock Hope Garden Bag $39.99 Time Remaining: 24d 13h 53m Buy It Now for only: $39.99 Buy It Now |
 VERA BRADLEY REVERSIBLE TOTE HOPE GARDEN $32.99 Time Remaining: 17h 59m |
 NWT VERA BRADLEY LANYARD ID BADGE HOLDER in HOPE GARDEN $9.95 Time Remaining: 23h 56m |
 NWT Vera Bradley Large Villager Handbag in Hope Garden $44.99 Time Remaining: 1d 9h 44m Buy It Now for only: $49.99 Buy It Now |
 NEW VERA BRADLEY Large Cosmetic Travel Case Bag in Hope Garden NWT $38.88 Time Remaining: 9d 58m Buy It Now for only: $38.88 Buy It Now |
 Vera Bradley Stephanie Hope Garden purse hand bag NWT 10871 015 $20.50 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 10h 59m |
 NWT VERA BRADLEY HOPE GARDEN LARGE LISA B PURSE HAND BAG SHOULDER BAG $19.99 Time Remaining: 1d 11h 34m Buy It Now for only: $29.99 Buy It Now |
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Cathy O on Thu, 13th Aug 2009 1:55 am
Vera is making a GIGANTIC mistake by retiring Hope Garden and replacing it with Loves Me. First of all, it’s WAY too soon to retire HG. It’s only been out for a year for heaven’s sake!
In addition, though, I have not heard one positive comment about this pattern. Which doesn’t bode well for sales.
The unfortunate reality is that if no one likes the pattern, then no one will purchase the products. And if no one purchases the products, then there is less $$ going to the Foundation.
Poor POOR marketing move on VB’s part.
Teresa Foster on Sat, 26th Sep 2009 8:38 pm
I dislike the new pattern for breast cancer. Frankly I think it is ugly. Why on earth are you replacing Hope Garden with this pattern! Big mistake!