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May 12, 2017 This Weekend’s Best Online Sales
This Sunday is Mother’s Day, which means the entire internet is on sale in honor of your mom. You probably can’t actually use any of these online sales to get her a gift in time for the holiday — check out our quick-ship suggestions for that — but you can certainly take advantage of the […]
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May 9, 2017 My Student in Need: Requests for clothing
From the creator of My Neighbor in Need, www.mystudentinneed.org is a website that provides a private and nurturing way for teachers and faculty members to ask for help for a Student in Need and a way for the community to give back. .Seventh-grade boy, age 13, is in need of clothing and tennis shoes. We […]
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May 9, 2017 ‘We all want to look good’: Calgary company adapts clothes for those with disabilities
A former Olympian hopes her family’s new online clothing store will give people with disabilities more independence. Super-Fly sells trendy clothing with strategically placed zippers that make the clothes easy to get on and off. “We all want to look good,” said Michelle Cameron-Coulter, who won a gold medal in synchronized swimming in 1988. “How […]
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May 4, 2017 Wal-Mart in Talks to Buy Men’s Clothing Retailer Bonobos for About $300 Million
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is in talks to buy men’s clothing retailer Bonobos for about $300 million, according to people familiar with the situation, the latest in a string of deals aimed at attracting wealthier shoppers and more fashion-forward brands than its own website. The acquisition would be Wal-Mart’s fourth purchase of a small online-focused […]
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May 4, 2017 Made-To-Order Clothing Is An Opportunity Tailor-Made For Amazon
(TOMMASO BODDI/AFP/Getty Images) Fashion industry insiders love to count Jeff Bezos and Amazon.com AMZN -0.61% out when it comes to unlocking the secret world of fashion. From their perspective, Bezos may know how to sell clothing, but he doesn’t know fashion, which is why the success Amazon.com has found in retailing more utilitarian and functional […]
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May 2, 2017 WRAL Mom Talk: Clothing deals for kids
WRAL SmartShopper Faye Prosser and I have teamed up for a fun little video series we’re calling WRAL Mom Talk, which is debuting today. As always, we had a blast getting together and talking shop. We’re excited to share it with you! In one of the first videos, we share tips on clothes shopping […]
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April 26, 2017 Chinese Workers at Factory for Ivanka Trumps Clothing Maker Earn About $62 a Week Report
A new report by a watchdog group found the Chinese knitting factory used by a company that makes clothing for Ivanka Trump’s brand has poor conditions and pay, with workers putting in up to 60 hours a week for wages of about $62 weekly. The factory violated two dozen standards set by the U.N. International […]
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April 26, 2017 Clothing firm Nordstrom castigated for $425 mud-coated jeans
A US clothing company has been mocked on social media for selling a pair of $425 (£330; €390) jeans complete with “crackled, caked-on muddy coating”. The jeans are described on Nordstrom’s website as typifying “rugged, Americana workwear” and “hard-working action”. But critics on Facebook are scathing of what the company describes as its new design […]
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April 24, 2017 Stanford University scientists make cool clothing
Scientists from the Stanford University have engineered a low-cost plastic material that could result in clothing that cools the wearer, reducing the need for energy-consuming air conditioning in hot climates. The material works by allowing the body to discharge heat in two ways, making the wearer feel nearly four degrees Fahrenheit cooler. The research, carried […]
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April 21, 2017 Womyn’s Coalition fights fast fashion by trading clothes
Photo by Marcella Baietto | The State PressStudent looking through donated clothing at the Earth Day Clothing Exchange at the terrace of Engrained in the MU on ASU’s Tempe campus on April 18, 2017. By Karisma Sandoval | 16 minutes ago In an effort to promote sustainable fashion, the Womyn’s Coalition hosted a recycled clothing event on […]
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April 17, 2017 Wearable cloud could be less expensive more powerful form of mobile computing
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are exploring the concept of a wearable personal cloud — a fully functioning, yet compact and lightweight cloud computing system embedded into clothing. Ragib Hasan, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer and information sciences in the UAB College of Arts and Sciences, and Rasib Khan, Ph.D., a recent […]
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April 17, 2017 Crook steals from the same clothing shop twice in the same week
Crook steals from the same clothing shop twice in the same week POLICE are looking to speak to a man in connection with stealing clothing from the same shop twice in the space of two days. A suspect walked into JD sports in Pier Avenue, Clacton, and took items of clothing on Sunday, March 12, […]
