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...staff to lug it around for you. Created by the 160-year-old champagne house in collaboration with bespoke luxury-luggage makers Pinel & Pinel, the limited-edition calfskin trunks (only 30 have been produced) are each the fruit of 700 hours labor and can be customized with a buyer's name or logo. Champagne flutes, an ice bucket, cashmere throws and an array of other little knickknacks without which no gathering is complete?including truffle graters, mother-of-pearl caviar spoons and a Dunhill cigar cutter?are supplied. Krug will even throw in three bottles of its Grand Cuv?e...
...willing to buy its way out of commercials is an audience that could go tragically unaware of new KFC menu items. So we may see more product placement--not a case of Coca-Cola washing up on the island in Lost, but more seamless "embedding," such as when media buyer Magna Global Entertainment helped produce the Bravo reality show Blow Out, about a beauty salon, to get clients' products on the show. "There are different ways to get your word out," says Magna Global chairman and CEO Bill Cella. "Commercials won't go away," says David Lubars, chief creative officer...
This week on newsstands, you?ll find TIME's Inventions special-and in it, my annual tech buyer's guide. To celebrate, I wanted to review the hottest and potentially hard-to-find high-tech toy of the season: WowWee's Robosapien...
...creative shoppers this year. “People are more into making their own costumes and putting it together themselves,” said Stephanie Cole, assistant manager at The Garage’s Hootenanny store, between helping members of a steady stream of Halloween shoppers.Terri Christopher, the fashion buyer for both Newbury Comics and Hootenanny, said that the stores have bought more accessories and fewer packaged costumes than in previous years.“We are a company of creative individuals and we support people who want to express their creativity and individuality,” Christopher said...
Some chain restaurants have had a tougher time. McDonald's promised in September 2002 under heavy criticism that it would change the oil in its fryers. (Buyer beware: a medium order of French fries contains 4 g of trans fats.) When that hadn't happened a year later, Joseph sued the chain for inadequately publicizing the delay. McDonald's agreed to settle with Joseph in February, promising to give $7,500 each to BanTransFats.com and a co-plaintiff and $7 million to the American Heart Association. It also agreed to spend $1.5 million posting temporary signs...