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February 2023

1 Feb

CVS Launches One+Other Personal Care Brand – WWD

CVS Launches One+Other Personal Care Brand – WWD
CVS Health goes big on personal care, and it’s starting in-house. The retailer has debuted One+Other (pronounced “each other”), which got here to stores and CVS’ website in late January. The offering spans personal care products, from cotton balls to nail polish remover and clippers, and ranges in price from $3 to $25. The road was born out of consumers’ propensities toward self-care, which the pandemic accelerated. In keeping with a poll conducted by the Harris Poll in partnership with CVS, 91 percent of Americans agreed self-care was necessary, while 50 percent had a every day practice. Thirty-eight percent of respondents, though, said they couldn’t afford to implement self-care practices. Moreover, 55 percent said brands didn’t make products with them in mind. “I...
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1 Feb

Artist Mason Rothschild Takes the Stand in Hermès Trademark

Artist Mason Rothschild Takes the Stand in Hermès Trademark
NEW YORK — Day two of the trademark infringement trial between Hermès and Mason Rothschild shed some light on the posh house’s plans for the metaverse, while the constructing blocks of the artist’s profession and the financial allure of non-fungible tokens were among the many items discussed. In January 2022, Hermès sued Rothschild after he released a group of 100 MetaBirkins, NFTs of colourful, phony fur-covered handbags that were inspired by the posh house’s iconic Birkin bag. A motion to dismiss by Rothschild was rejected in March and the jury trial began Monday within the Southern District Court of Recent York with Judge Jed Rakoff. The case is among the many first that would lay the groundwork as to how the...
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1 Feb

‘Not ugly, just poor’: how the wonder industry is

‘Not ugly, just poor’: how the wonder industry is
Botox, fillers and cosmetic surgery have gotten increasingly crucial to live as much as contemporary beauty standards, making a beauty tax that's pricing many people out In our recent Class Ceiling series, we unpack how class actually affects young people today – from our jobs, to the best way we've got sex, to our general experience of the world. Beauty and wealth have at all times been bedfellows. Throughout history, the wonder standard of any given period has served the ideological interests of the ruling class. In the course of the Renaissance, plump, pale skin was a prized signifier of high social status, while sun-darkened skin became synonymous with lower classes labouring outside. Today, nonetheless,...
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