Links of the Week: MJ & Lipstick, Gym + Booze, Fancy Bagels, Fashion Startups & The Kid Diet Controversy

Send to KindleTweet I’ve decided that coffee will always be my security blanket. I’ve decided Amazon is my true love. I’ve decided there’s a positive correlation between online dating and online shopping, because of course online dating does not necessarily result in more sex, though men would like that. It does however lead to more [...]

Starbucks Makes Wellness Push With Acquisition – Retail & Raw in One Buy?

Send to KindleTweet Starbucks Coffee Company recently announced it acquired Evolution Fresh as part of a continued push to bank off of “healthier menu options.” Starbucks’ press releases cites statistics including that of a “$1.6 billion super-premium juice” sector and “a $50 billion health and wellness sector,” both of which it aims to take a [...]

Target Expands Beauty Collection

Send to KindleTweet The other day I’m deciding where to get groceries and my mate offers a coupon for Target. There’s one nearby that was recently remodeled to include groceries. I say I shouldn’t go to Target because I’ll get lost. Now my friend is lost, he doesn’t know that means I’ll get lost in [...]

The FDA Makes Anti-Sugar Move

Send to KindleTweet Our news today is devoted exclusively to a major FDA approval. Calling all sugar whores-there is hope for you. On the heels of a recession in a nation stricken with obesity and debt, the FDA has shocked many by giving the food and beverage industry the OK to use a natural plant-based [...]

Retail & Celebrity Charity News Week of October 27

Send to KindleTweet On November 7, Trader Joe’s will open new stores in Nashville, Tennessee, and Clackamas, Oregon. Additional stores are planned in California, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Arizona. Saks Fifth Avenue announced plans to open a new, 28,000-square-foot Off 5th store in San Antonio, Texas, in the spring of 2009. The store will be at [...]

Retail & Celebrity Charity News July 7

Send to KindleTweet George Clooney is speaking out about the dispute between the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists, The Los Angeles Times reports. Tom Hanks is one of at least 600 actors who signed a letter supporting the contract AFTRA recently negotiated. Jack Nicholson is one of more [...]