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NYX Cosmetics Announces Retail Partnerships With Ricky's NYC, PacSun

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NYX Cosmetics Announces Retail Partnerships With Ricky's NYC, PacSun

NYX Cosmetics, the professional-makeup line known for offering "affordable luxury" products, has announced two new retail partnerships with Ricky's NYC and Pacific Sunwear of California. These retailers will extend NYX Cosmetics' presence in the New York marketplace and will build on the strategic partnerships NYX maintains with makeup artists and fashion brands, say company officials.

Petroleum Jelly Alternative

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petroleum jelly alternative Waxelene

Waxelene is an eco-friendly petroleum jelly alternative that offers multifunctional beauty uses. The product has an organic, natural formulation that has the same protective, waterproofing, moisturizing and soothing properties that consumers and beauty professionals love about petroleum jelly, but contains no petroleum or hydrogenated oils. It’s made with beeswax, organic soybean oil, 100% natural vitamin E oil and organic rosemary oil, and its glass jar is recyclable.

WSL/Strategic Retail Study: More Than 1 in 2 Americans Can Barely Afford Basics

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Fifty-two percent of Americans are struggling to afford necessities—and for many even that is a stretch, according to WSL/Strategic Retail in its “How America Shops MegaTrends" report, "Moving On 2012.”

Other significant findings by WSL/Strategic Retail, which is a leading authority on shopper behavior and retail trends, in its newest report that was released on March 1:

Retail Sales Get a Boost in January

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January retail-industry sales—excluding automobiles, gasoline stations and restaurants—increased 0.9% from December and 4% over last year, according to the National Retail Federation.

Increased Valentine’s Day Spending Expected

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Total Valentine’s Day spending is expected to reach $17.6 billion, according to the National Retail Federation’s 2012 Valentine’s Day Consumer Intentions and Actions survey conducted by consumer-intelligence provider BIGinsight.

Better Late Than Never

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 07:00
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A full 41% of the 13,472 online shopping consumers polled from Nov. 17 to Nov. 30 in the fourth annual winter holiday survey from PriceGrabber plan to shop between Dec. 21 and Dec. 24 for gifts.

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