Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse announced Kristen Picard as the company’s new director of marketing and Brittany Moeller as the company’s new women’s buyer. Picard will lead the development and execution of strategic ...
It used to be that we adults just had to worry about keeping up with our children in the smarts department. (Remember the first time you had to ask your offspring to show you how to use email or Facebook?) Now, as the technological ...
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Britain's top sleep experts agree that enjoying an extra hour in bed on National Sleep Day (Sunday 26th October) will have a beneficial impact. With the clocks set to go back an hour this weekend, The Sleep Council asked leading experts ...
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Women from the Huangluo Village of the Yao ethnic group in Guilin, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, only cut their hair once in their lifetimes, just before they get married. The village women's tradition of keeping their ...
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The decade of the 1950s saw women's clothing in China lose all aesthetic significance after the founding of New China. After experiencing the Great Leap Forward [*note] and the People's Communalization Movement [*note], Chinese women's ...
In the year 1920 in China, women still bound their breasts and those who wore low-cut clothing revealing even the slightest bit of skin risked being arrested by outraged authorities. But only seven years later, the Chinese government ...
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Euratex, the voice of the European Textile & Clothing industry has hailed TTIP negotiations between Europe and the US and sees them as an excellent opportunity for facilitating trade to the mutual benefit of European and American companies, ...
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Petition claims the toys are 'unsuitable to be sold alongside Barbie dolls and Disney characters.' A campaign has launched in the US to remove a line of Breaking Bad action figures from Toys R Us stores. Susan Meyers has launched the ...
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Funds will be going to the Jack & Jill Foundation. The recent Toby for Charity initiative undertaken by Toymaster members in the Republic of Ireland has so far raised €10,000. The funds raised have been sent to the Jack & Jill ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has made a preliminary determination to regulate strontium in the nation's drinking water. Strontium is a naturally occurring element that, at elevated levels, can impact bone strength in people who ...
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North Carolina-based SunBurst Foods is voluntarily recalling all its products under Sunburst and Fresh Bites brands as well as private labeled products due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. Listeria ...
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released new guidance to help school districts protect indoor air quality while increasing energy efficiency during school renovations. “This guidance provides common-sense ...
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A team from Lighting’s parent company, The Top Right Group, has successfully scaled Kilimanjaro for the Great Ormond Street Hospital children’s charity. The team which included Lighting’s editor, Ben Cronin, reached ...
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Pre-school specialist reports significant growth in the two years and above age range. Christmas 2014 is already shaping up to be another successful one for Orchard Toys, thanks to significant growth in the pre-school sector. The firm ...
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As part of the firm’s autumn Pre-School Campaign, Golden Bear will be distributing 100 nursery activity kits to local groups, offering a bundle of branded toys and activities. Golden Bear is offering a boost to UK nurseries this ...
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