A New Stroller or Your Mortgage?

The first time I saw a Bugaboo I thought I was going to get run off the sidewalk on Park Avenue by a futuristic stroller. All of a sudden there was a monster truck-cum-stroller with what seemed like no storage space. Isn’t a stroller supposed to offer storage for the diaper bag, AKA mom’s new [...]

Unilever To Source Sustainable Palm Oil, Cut Greenhouse Gases

Personal care goods giant Unilever revealed plans to achieve sustainability goals that include cutting the environmental footprint of its brands in half and helping “1 billion people prove their health and wellbeing.” Unilever, which owns Dove, Sunsilk, Vaseline, TIGI, Lipton, Slim-Fast, and Surf, among others, also aims to  source 100% of its agricultural raw materials sustainably. Unilever introduced what [...]

CVS Launches Beauty Loyalty Program

CVS/pharmacy is revealing a new beauty club program to encourage shoppers to make more cosmetics and personal care purchases at the chain drugstore. The announcement will happen during the People’s Choice Awards on CBS tonight. The CVS/pharmacy ExtraCare Beauty Club, an extension of the CVS/pharmacy ExtraCare Loyalty Program, offers cardholders extra rewards on beauty purchases [...]

Safe Soap

Keeping your family germ-free while reducing your dependence on petroleum- and chemical-filled products is a difficult endeavor. Lately it seems as though petroleum byproducts and corn syrup derivatives are in most products, even when they don’t seem necessary. Petroleum is often found in various fuel types, plastics, detergent and many other daily household products. The effort to shrink [...]

J. Crew Inks Sale For $3 Billion

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 by CEO Millard [...]

Sample Sale Alert: LA & NYC

New York City and Los Angeles residents have two great sample sales to look forward to this month. Going on in NYC through this weekend, Chelsea’s Metropolitan Pavilion hosts a sample sale for the cult denim company Rock & Republic. Meanwhile, in a few weeks, LA fashionistas can stock up on everyday staples such as [...]

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