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3 Feb

The Body Shop Will Sell Most Mainland Europe and

PARIS — The Body Shop has signed an agreement with a global family office to sell most of its business in mainland Europe and in parts of Asia. Financial terms of the deal, which incorporates each physical and digital operations, weren't disclosed. The a part of the activity effected equals to about 14 percent of The Body Shop’s business worldwide. The sale doesn't impact its global head franchise partners, which operate on a rustic or territory level, but some sub-franchise partners are to be included within the sale. In a third-quarter 2023 sales statement, The Body Shop’s then parent company Natura & Co. wrote that projects underway included “turbo-charging the support for our head franchise partners, with a concentrate on our top-h.f. partners in the...
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28 Dec

Why is the double eyelid surgery so popular in

From celebrity culture to propaganda-like promoting, we examine the connection between Western beauty ideals and the recognition of double eyelid surgery in Asia The connection between double eyelid surgery and race is a fancy one. Back in 2007, Tyra Banks invited Liz, a Chinese-American woman, on her show to discuss her double eyelid surgery. Banks accused her guest of “ethnic tweaking” to make herself look wide-eyed and Caucasian, despite Liz’s protests that it was merely to stop her eyes from drooping. Then there may be the infamous story of Julie Chen within the 90s, the Chinese-American television personality who underwent double eyelid surgery after her boss said she’d never make it as a top news anchor...
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17 Oct

Josie Natori, Yayoi Kusama Are Amongst Asia Society’s Game

Josie Natori shall be among the many honorees on the Asia Society’s Game Changer Awards Thursday night in Latest York. The humanities-minded clothier shall be celebrated on the tenth annual event with other standouts, including artist Yayoi Kusama, Yahoo’s cofounder Jerry Yang and his fellow philanthropist wife Akiko Yamazaki, the School of Leadership Afghanistan’s cofounder Shabana Basij-Rasikh, actress and producer Yao Chen, and the Philadelphia Orchestra and OUE Ltd.’s Stephen Riady. After starting the primary and only boarding school for women in Afghanistan in 2016, Basij-Rasikh led the evacuation of the varsity community in the summertime of 2021 following the Taliban’s return to power. She then reestablished the varsity in Rwanda, where students resumed classes. As the primary Chinese celebrity to...
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