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  • LiLo sued for $5 million

    Lindsay Lohan has been sued for 5 million dollars by a clothing company, DNAM The erratic behavior of the actress made it difficult to promote and sell her 6126 leggings line for which the company is demanding 5 million dollars, Radar Online reported. The company's lawsuit states that Lohan's leggings suffered in sales because the buyers were reluctant to associate themselves with her ...

  • Brazils Embraer to sell 40 jets to US airline

    Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer said Tuesday it reached a deal to sell 40 E175 passenger jets to US airline SkyWest for nearly $1.7 billion. The planes have a seating capacity of up to 76 passengers. An additional 60 orders are subject to SkyWest being awarded contracts with major US airline partners, while the agreement also includes options for 100 other E175s, meaning the deal could ...

  • Kerry Washington uses fashion as creative outlet

    For actress Kerry Washington, fashion is a "creative outlet" to express herself. She was assisted by her stylist Erin Walsh in the "Django Unchained", but the actress insists she always picks her own outfits for glitzy events as she prefers comfort. "I work very closely with my stylist. She and I are a team. It's a creative outlet for me. I don't choose to wear anything that I'm going to be ...

  • US Citi Trends first-quarter profit falls 39

    Value-priced apparel retailer Citi Trends has today (22 May) seen its first-quarter profit slump 39% on the back of weaker sales in February and ...

  • Gap hopes for a global alliance on factory safety

    The chairman and CEO of US retail giant Gap Inc says he hasn't given up on the idea of a global accord to tackle fire and building safety in Bangladesh - but that the current agreement largely backed by European brands and retailers "didn't make sense for ...


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Movie Review

Bamboozled [DVD]

Bamboozled [DVD]

Spike Lee may veer into overstatement when he has the central character of Bamboozled, an outwardly successful, but inwardly self-hating, African-American TV executive, recite in voice-over narration at the beginning of the film the dictionary definition of "satire": "a literary work in which human vice or folly is ridiculed or attacked scornfully." I guess it just goes to show that L ... ...

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  • CANADA Sears Canada swings to Q1 loss

    Retailer Sears Canada has today (22 May) swung to a first-quarter loss as falling sales in its home products offset year-on-year growth in apparel and accessories. The company said net loss was US$31.2m for the 13 weeks to 4 May, against earnings of $93.1m in the same period last year. A pre-tax gain of $164.3m related to the lease terminations of three stores was included in last year's ...

  • US Target cuts outlooks on lower Q1 profit

    General merchandise retailer Target Corporation has lowered its full-year earnings outlook after higher interest charges as well as soft apparel sales weighed on first-quarter ...

  • Manufacturing Can Help Save the Economy If We Fix These 6 Gaps

    It seems hard to believe with people still struggling to find work, but there are 600,000 jobs in U.S. manufacturing that aren’t being filled because employers say they can’t find applicants with adequate skills, according to a recent survey.At a recent event at the Aspen Institute in Washington, Deloitte’s Craig Giffi attributed that disconnect to several gaps in ...

  • 10-year-old girl forced to wear thrift store clothing as punishment for being a bully

    A Utah woman forced her fiance's 10-year-old daughter to wear an unflattering wardrobe to school after a teacher said the girl was bullying another classmate over the way she dresses. A teacher at the Viewmont Elementary school in Murray last week emailed Mark, the father of Kaylee, and his fiance Ally, explaining that she was harassing another student for three weeks, Fox13 reports. The ...

  • Judge Hollister Abercrombie clothing unfriendly to disabled

    A federal judge in Denver is contemplating an injunction against Abercrombie & Fitch Co. and J.M. Hollister LLC after ruling earlier that nearly 250 of their clothing stores that cater to a hip, young clientele are unfriendly to the disabled.The lawsuit was filed on behalf of several Colorado customers who said they had trouble getting into the retailers and that the sales countertops are ...

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