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...appreciate lectures from the catwalk. The Progressive Bag Alliance, which represents major plastic-bag makers, maintains that bags aren't the problem. Littering is. In an attempt to turn the tables on the eco-chic movement, the alliance has begun an unsubtle anti-Hindmarch campaign by emblazoning their signature product--using a bubble print strikingly similar to the one on her popular tote--with a defiant message: I AM A PLASTIC BAG, AND I AM 100% RECYCLABLE...
...elevator music, but it now supplies some 400,000 shops, restaurants and hotels around the world--including Gap, McDonald's and Burger King--with songs tailored to reflect their identity. "What we're trying to capture is a brand's essence," says Bob Finigan, Muzak's vice president of product and marketing. "We express the intangibles of a brand's identity--their company values, their position in the market--through the emotional power of music...
...project, talking to everyone from crime prevention specialists to architects. In 2005, having corralled support from 45 local businesses and 65 residents, La Jolla's Kellogg Park, which gets more than 2 million visitors a year, was finally outfitted with a state-of-the-art unisex loo. The final product was awarded a Public Works of America Award for successfully addressing a wide variety of requirements: the open-air trellis roof minimizes odors; the stalls each open to the outdoors, removing fears of crime; the amenities are vandal-proof, constructed from the same grade materials used in jail cells...
...credit are starting to fall behind on mortgage payments. It has all contributed to a contagiously pessimistic mood. "We thought the upper end of the market was immune," says Steve Johnson, of real estate consulting firm Metrostudy. "But this is now like kudzu in the South, spreading into all product types in the southern California housing market...
...Still, being China's middleman can be both a blessing and a curse. The current low prices for pearls may also be a product of cheap labor. Japan's pearl farmers are organized into an umbrella association that sets prices and offers welfare to those who fall on hard times. By contrast, the Chinese producers are more vulnerable to exploitation: "Chinese farmers might as well be selling fruit or cattle," Cheng says. "Their only hope is to cover expenses. They have no idea how valuable their product can be and don't ask for higher prices...