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The New Face of Fashion: Sustainable Luxury

Jeffrey Hutchison | Posted 09.19.2009 | Style

Read More: Green Fashion, Retail Industry, Green Architecture, Retail Sales, Eco Fashion, Architecture, Retail, Department Stores, Fashion/Apparel, Fashion Trends, American Consumerism, Profitable Businesses, Corporate Sustainability, Consumerism, Recycle, Advertising, Recycled Materials, Reuse, Sustainability, Marketing, American Consumers, Style News
Jeffrey Hutchison

Embracing sustainability and crafting a new face of luxury need not be at odds; by exploring ways to achieve both simultaneously, an exciting new era of of design can be borne.

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Will China Save the World from Depression?

Walden Bello | Posted 06.21.2009 | World

Read More: China, Economic Crisis, Rural Communities, Infrastructure, Economic Stimulus Package, Chinese Exports, United States, Beijing-China, American Consumers, Industrialized Agriculture, World News
Walden Bello

The heroic American middle class consumer -- weighed down by massive debt -- has ceased to be the key stimulus for global production, but don't expect Beijing to save the global economy any time soon.

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Credit Card Reform Stinks for Responsible Consumers (aka "Deadbeats")

Jill Schlesinger | Posted 06.20.2009 | Business

Read More: CBS Early Show, Credit Card Bill, American Consumers, Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act, Business News
Jill Schlesinger

Guess who's going to get screwed by the "Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act"? Responsible people who pay their bills on time!

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Asian Inflation Hits Western Consumers

New York Times | Keith Bradsher | Posted 04.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Higher Prices, Imported Goods, American Consumers, Low-Wage Countries, Inflation, Asian Inflation, Business News

The free ride for American consumers is ending. For two generations, Americans have imported goods produced ever more cheaply from a succession of low...

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Holiday Shopping Season Disappoints Retailers As Expected

New York Times | MICHAEL BARBARO | Posted 11.22.2009 | Business

Read More: MasterCard Advisors, American Consumers, Business News

American consumers, uneasy about the economy and unimpressed by the merchandise in stores, delivered the bleak holiday shopping season retailers had e...

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