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117 Foot Locker stores will hang up their laces
| Foot Locker
Inc. has recently announced that they will close 117 stores in the coming
weeks. The athletic retailer and sneaker giant made the move in order to strengthen brand positioning, re-organize and focus more on the female consumer.
The Company
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Back to School Dorm/Apartment: Cheap Ways to Shop
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Decorating is tough. Not only do you have to match your room basics to your style and color preferences, but you have to stay within your budget - which, for many college-bound chicks, is pretty small. Coupled with a seemingly never-ending shopping list, ...[Read on] |
Spotlight on Voda Swimwear & Yulia Drummond
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I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not the most, er, curvaceous girl in the world. While I have other womanly qualities, I’m not so well-endowed in the chestular area.
Not only is it tough to rock low-cut shirts, but when it comes to bathing suits...[Read on] |
September's Recycling Project: Printer Cartridges
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It's now September. How are your green goals for the year going? Yeah, me too.
So here's an idea. There are just four months left until the end of the year. I'm going to make a commitment to do one major recycling project every month:
September: G...[Read on] |
Wino Wednesday: Me Bones Be Shakin’!
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Halloween is a great time to find really creative things that are both spooky and adorable. In the spirit of it, I found these two gems to spruce up your house! Or you could be totally awesome any time of the year with some eclectic showpieces! (click on ...[Read on] |
The commodification of female empowerment
| Have daughters supplanted sons as the repository of hope in tough economic times?
New York Times contributor Peggy Orenstein has noticed a trend across a whole range of sectors over the last several months from big-box stores to high-end fashion to wirel...[Read on] |
Protect yourself from identity theft and win!
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In a recent ChickSpeak article, Katherine Chen discussed how to protect yourself from identity theft. While its something most chicks don’t think about on a regular basis, learning to be proactive and smart can pay off.
After all, there are some things...[Read on] |
Hellz Bellz meets Vans
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Fans of Hellz Bellz, the New York street fashion brand, will be keen to know that they recently collaborated with Vans for a limited edition pair of kicks that are in stores now. The re-imagined Hadley and Sophie shoes were introduced a couple weeks a...[Read on] |
Best Plays of 2008-2009
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When I went to graduate school way back in the dark ages I remember that we needed to read the best plays of the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s etc before we started classes. I remember distinctly that there were very few plays written by women in those books and ...[Read on] |
Barbie gets inked
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Barbie’s come a long way since she was first introduced 50 years ago.
With her latest style she is rockin tattoos. Yup, that’s right. Tattoo Barbie.
The “Totally Stylin’ Tattoos” Barbie is part of the Mattel Toy Company’s spring line. She co...[Read on] |
Get Your Earth Day Freebies
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Ask not what you can do for the environment, but what the
environment can do for you? This Earth Day — thanks to all the
companies and organizations trying to connect with the eco-crowd — you
can ask both. Start by taking advantage of these free deal...[Read on] |
Food for Fitness: Truth about Truvia
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Mary Poppins sang about how a spoonful of sugar would help the medicine go down, however, she did not sing the facts about the granulated ingredient.Sugar, also known as sucrose, is the most common of sugars and is used to sweeten most things found in res...[Read on] |
Car Business Language & Lingo-Part I
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Now the car business is very unique when it comes to having its own language. I remember when I first got in the retail side of the business back in the mid 80′s, and I thought everyone was speaking a different language in the car dealership I was w...[Read on] |
6 Ways To Spend Less This Holiday Season
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Financial guru Jean Chatzky reveals how to keep impulse buying in check
As you head to the stores — or online — this Black Friday week, you’d do well to try to keep your impulses in check. Eighty percent of peo...[Read on] |
Got One of Ralph Lauren's Opening Ceremony Hats? You Could eBay It for $200
| Shaun White, center, sporting Ralph Lauren gear at the Vancouver Winter Games opening ceremony. As Team U.S.A.’s first Olympic medalist, mogul skier Hannah Kearney, summed it up best when we saw her yesterday: “It’s been a good Olympics for swag,”...[Read on] |
Danica Patrick designs new Hot Wheels car
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Patrick unveiled a sketch of her “Danicar” February 6th, 2010 at the Daytona International Speedway while announcing Hot Wheels return to NASCAR through a partnership with JR Motorsports .
The custom die-cast vehicle was co-designed with the Hot Whee...[Read on] |
Need to Unwind? Check Out our Wine Picks
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William Shakespeare once wrote, “Good wine is a good, familiar creature if it be well used.”
Wine is one of the most enjoyable yet detailed and intricate delicacies of our time. The cultivation and combination of different vines is truly an art, an...[Read on] |
Wine Buys - When is a Deal Not a Deal (or, How Not to Buy Wine to Pour Down the Drain)
| I LOVE a great deal - on anything. You name it. And in these economic times - soon to be known as Era of the Bargain - there are deals to be had...and deals to make you mad.Even if you're not watching your nickels, dimes and quarters, you can find yoursel...[Read on] |
Win a copy of Serena Williams’ new book
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Are you a Serena fan? If so, you don’t want to miss the chance to read her new memoir, “On The Line” out in stores on Sept. 1st. And for five lucky Women Talk Sports winners – the book is free!
One of the biggest stars in tennis, Serena Williams ...[Read on] |
Social shopping at Vans.com, Jansport.com and others
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For years retailers have struggled to improve their online experience, but shopping online is mostly a solo endeavor. And everyone knows it’s more fun to shop with friends.
Without interaction and purchase validation, shoppers are often plagued by ind...[Read on] |
Soles 4 Souls: Lend a hand to Haiti by donating shoes
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The 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti last week is a reminder just how fragile our world is, and seeing the devastation that has affected so many, Soles4Souls is mounting a massive response of emergency relief to victims of the disaster.
The non-...[Read on] |
Sharapova partners with TAG Heuer on sunglass collection
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Tennis star Maria Sharapova is internationally known for her flawless tennis swing and impeccable sense of style, on and off the tennis court. Now TAG Heuer Eyewear and Sharapova have collaborated to design a new collection of sunglasses that deliver bo...[Read on] |
Food for Fitness: Edamame
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A couple of years ago, I went to my favorite Asian restaurant with one of my best friends and her fiancé.
There I ordered the best rice bowl ever created in this western world, and my friend’s fiancé ordered a big bowl of edamame as an appetizer. Th...[Read on] |
Gina Carano action figure set for stores this summer
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If you ever wondered what Barbie would look like if she could beat Ken (or GI Joe) up, she’d probably look a lot like a Gina Carano action figure.
Former American Gladiator Crush and top women’s fighter, Gina “Conviction” Carano is not just anoth...[Read on] |
Modern bra is 100 years old!
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Happy birthday to the bra! The modern day brassiere turns 100 this year and the bra business is booming.
A century has passed since Mary Phelps Jacob fabricated the modern brassiere, and with the anniversary of such an important invention just passed, we...[Read on] |
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