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...began apprenticing with his father. After eight months, he struck out on his own. ?My dream was to open a beautiful store on Madison Avenue,? he says. His first stop in New York City was Fifth Avenue and the headquarters of the Elizabeth Arden salon, where he was hired as chief designer for the in-house fur boutique...
Here's the latest wrinkle in skin care: Elizabeth Arden, the cosmetics giant, and Allergan, the $2.2 billion maker of Botox, have teamed to bring you the first-ever cosmetic version of a pharmaceutical product. Until now, Prevage, Allergan's topical antiaging treatment, has been available for purchase only at a dermatologist's office or medical spa. By December, a creamier and less concentrated version of the wrinkle cream will be on sale at select U.S. department stores ($150 for 1.7 oz.). Overseas customers will be able to find it beginning in March. This cosmeceutical alliance is a harbinger...
...world of aging boomers, both companies see vigorous opportunity. Says Allergan vice president Bob Rhatigan: "Our product [will get] more brand exposure." For the $920 million Elizabeth Arden, which two weeks ago cut its 2006 fiscal earnings forecast because of depressed consumer spending in Europe, Prevage could help it break through the cluttered $7 billion antiaging skin-care market--and give its sagging profits a lift...
...somewhat painful, alpha-hydroxy acids were all the rage in cosmetics this year. AHAS are acids derived from fruit, sugar or milk that are used in beauty creams to minimize wrinkles. Available largely by prescription until now, AHAS have turned up in skin-care products by Elizabeth Arden, Estee Lauder, Revlon and Avon...
What may seem to be the least valuable--the day-to-day memorabilia of an ordinary life--may be a hidden treasure. Retired banker Arden Peterson, 62, who is in the process of downsizing, let his son Mitch, an iSold It trading assistant in Lakeville, Minn., put a 1929 $10 bank note from his collection on eBay just for fun (but also because a very rare 1905 $10 bank note had sold on eBay a month earlier for $27,000). The fun turned serious when Peterson's bank note fetched $1,037. Going through a lifetime of boxes...