Hip Gifts

Send to KindleTweet Among New York City’s best graffiti artists is Toofly, a Queens, NY, native and one half of the female team behind art collective The Younity. This year, Toofly is lending her name to a great indie shopping event in Lower Manhattan. On December 11, the Lower East Side’s The Panda NYC will [...]

J. Crew Inks Sale For $3 Billion

Send to KindleTweet Retailer J. Crew has reached an agreement to sell the company to alternative investment house TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners in a deal reportedly valued at about $3 billion, according to Bloomberg. J. Crew, which in recent years launched brands including Madewell, Crew Cuts and its bridal line, is run [...]

Coty Buys Philosophy From PE Firm

Send to KindleTweet Fragrance house Coty has purchased skincare brand philosophy from alternative investment firm The Carlyle Group . Carlyle owns dozens of companies, include retail brands such as Mattress Giant, UK-based pharmacy and beauty brand Alliance Boots, Harrah’s Entertainment, and Dunkin’ Donuts, which it co-owns with Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners. Carlyle [...]

Cali Expands Plastic Bag Ban

Send to KindleTweet Some parts of Los Angeles County have followed other California cities in moving to ban single-use plastic bags. County supervisors voted 3-1 to OK the measure that prohibits giving customers single-use plastic bags and would force customers to pay 10 cents for each paper bag, according to MSNBC. The exception to the [...]

Coty May Acquire OPI

Send to KindleTweet Months after nail giant Essie was acquired by L’Oreal rumors in the beauty and business sectors have surfaced that fragrance house Coty might purchase another major nail polish company, OPI Products. According to Bloomberg, the deal could be worth up to $1 billion. The two firms are reportedly in exclusive talks and [...]

BlackBerry Tablet Coming In March?

Send to KindleTweet Will Flash and a secure Enterprise-friendly operating system be enough to lure luxury market consumers and business executives to purchase the Playbook from BlackBerry maker Research in Motion? To the consumer, Flash is a big deal and the promise of a touch screen tablet with the capability to run Flash and Java might be enough to [...]

Google To Foot WiFi Bill For Holiday Flights

Send to KindleTweet On November 8 search giant Google announced a partnership with AirTran, Delta, and Richard Branson‘s Virgin America to offer free Gogo Inflight Internet to passengers during the holiday season. Travelers flying on AirTran, Delta or Virgin America between November 20, 2010 and January 2, 2011 will get free wireless Internet access on [...]

Newport Gets Green Hotel

Send to KindleTweet Rhode Island’s upscale summering destination and the home of a mainstay folk festival is now home to an eco-friendly hotel. The LEED registered Forty 1° North opened this summer, boasting upscale rooms, docking space for boats, and two restaurants, including Christie’s, a Latin Asian fusion restaurant.  The hotel offers views of Newport Harbor and [...]

Chipotle To Launch Asian Inspired Eatery

Send to KindleTweet The brains behind tex-mex chain Chipotle announced plans to launch a new brand next year. A group from Chipotle Mexican Grill led by Founder, Chairman and co-CEO Steve Ells is at work on a restaurant concept inspired by Asian cuisine, with a target opening of 2011. In a release, Ells attributed Chipotle’s [...]

Beverage Trend: Spicy Cocktails

Send to KindleTweet Last year elderberry cocktails were all the rage. Apparently, this is the season of spicy drinks. Every other restaurant I visited in the last few weeks had a chili or jalapeno cocktail on the menu. The upscale Thai restaurant housed in downtown Manhattan’s 60 Thompson hotel, Kittichai, was my first introduction to [...]

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