Filed Under (Talk Shopping) by Admin on 28-07-2009
Now expectant moms everywhere can get rowdy with the boys on game day this fall because the mother of all maternity stores, Motherhood Maternity has created a line of official NFL team tees to cover your bump! The TalkingShopping girls didn’t know that this was a serious market that needed to be catered to, but apparently, preggers women across the country are just dying to show their team spirit and show their unborn spawn what game day is all about… sans game day brewskies of course! The tees will be emblazoned with NFL team logos, and starting on August 1st, every Motherhood Maternity and Destination Maternity store across the nation will carry a selection of the team tees, based on geographic location.
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Filed Under (Consumer Reports) by Admin on 28-07-2009
In this installment of 10 Questions for . . . , Associate Editor Kimberly Janeway interviews Nadarajah Narendran, Ph.D., director of research at the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytehnic Institute, in Troy, New York. Narendran
discusses the future of lighting and explains how LED lighting holds
promise for hundreds of millions of people in developing countries
worldwide.
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Filed Under (Consumer Interests) by Admin on 28-07-2009
Filed Under (Talk Shopping) by Admin on 28-07-2009
There are two noteworthy celeb collabo collections that caught our attention today, and we have to say, we approve of both (celebrities that is)! First, WWD reported this morning that model turned actor and as of late, turned designer, Amber Valletta, is collabo’ing with one of our favorite L.A.-based contemporary brands, Monrow, to design her own collection of casual-cool sportswear! The blonde beauty apparently met the Monrow team through mutual friends, and voila, she’s on board! The collection has been dubbed Amber Valletta for Monrow (creative), and the first offerings to come from it will be tissue-thin layering tees and tanks, day dresses, a romper (sigh… only stick-thin women her size can wear such a style), tailored
blazers and a fringed cape in a navy, cream, black, light gray and pale
blush palette. Sounds interesting! Also, Amber has vowed that she wants the offerings to be affordable, so cross your fingers girls! We’re assuming pricing will stay in the ranges of Monrow’s regular pieces, which usually fall around $60 to $180.
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Filed Under (Consumer Reports) by Admin on 28-07-2009
11 percent
Month-over-month increase in sales of new single-family homes in June 2009, according to new figures from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Its the third monthly increase in a row for new-holes sales. June new-home sales hit a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 384,000.
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Filed Under (Consumer Interests) by Admin on 28-07-2009
Filed Under (Consumer Interests) by Admin on 27-07-2009
The Debtors Assistance Project is a bankruptcy assistance program that emerged to address a huge contradiction: people consider bankruptcy if they owe creditors lots of money, but can’t afford the legal advice to steer them through a process that has grown more complicated (and thus expensive).
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Filed Under (Talk Shopping) by Admin on 25-07-2009
Bravo’s new fashion show… The Fashion Show had its finale last night, and although it doesn’t seem to have quite the following of its former ratings darling Project Runway, Isaac Mizrahi does a decent job giving the show some life, and a two hour reunion special for the finale probably didn’t hurt either! In the end, Dolve Vita head clothing designer and design school grad Anna took home the $125K for her “To Die For” collection, and we have to say she was our favorite, too!
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Filed Under (Consumer Reports) by Admin on 25-07-2009
29.2 percent
Year-over-year percentage decline in shipments of major appliances for June 2009, according to the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers. Vendors shipped about 5.7 million units in June 2009, down from 8 million units a year earlier. Air conditioners were especially hard hit, with annualized shipments sinking 60 percent. The cool, wet late spring/early summer hurt AC sales, but even where the mercury rose, many homeowners decided to forgo air conditioning to save on energy costs, according to this recent article in The New York Times.
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Filed Under (Consumer Interests) by Admin on 25-07-2009
Well, I knew it wouldn’t take long. Continental made the call three days ago to increase their checked baggage fees by $5 = $20 for the first checked bag and $30 for the second. Today, American Airlines said they will do the same. United, Delta and US Airways already announced they would be pocketing an extra 5 bucks from those who still check their bags. So now everyone is in sync. But here’s the good news: Southwest still flying your bags for free. For now.
Now expectant moms everywhere can get rowdy with the boys on game day this fall because the mother of all maternity stores, Motherhood Maternity has created a line of official NFL team tees to cover your bump! The TalkingShopping girls didn’t know that this was a serious market that needed to be catered to, but apparently, preggers women across the country are just dying to show their team spirit and show their unborn spawn what game day is all about… sans game day brewskies of course! The tees will be emblazoned with NFL team logos, and starting on August 1st, every Motherhood Maternity and Destination Maternity store across the nation will carry a selection of the team tees, based on geographic location.
