• The Best Anniversary Gifts For Him 2023
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    The Best Anniversary Gifts For Him 2023

    Buying the perfect anniversary gift for the man in your life can be a confusing prospect. What do men want? Do men actually want anything? Should I just get him another pair of socks? These are all questions you’ve no doubt been asking yourself and, being men ourselves, we feel well-equipped to answer them. Choose something from our selection of stylish anniversary gifts for men, and you can be sure that the grin on his face when you give it to him will be genuine and not just a forced grimace before he quietly discards it in the back of the wardrobe never to be seen again. Ladies (and fellas),…

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  • Summer Trip to Cabo – Damsel In Dior
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    Summer Trip to Cabo – Damsel In Dior

    I must admit that I was a little worried about jetting to Cabo in August because of the heat, but it ended up being one of the best trips ever. I’d been itching to do a mom and daughter trip with a few friends for months. Last Monday, we spontaneously booked the Esperanza for a quick 3 night getaway and had zero regrets. It was my first time staying at Esperanza and boy did it live up to the hype. I’ve heard such great things about the resort and was blown away by the food, service, beautiful rooms, access to the beach, spa, amenities for kids (shall I keep going?).…

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  • 3 Drawstring Shorts Outfits for Guys
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    3 Drawstring Shorts Outfits for Guys

    By Gabi Meyers | Last Updated: Jun 17 2023 | 5 min read There’s no single clothing item that sings, “Warm weather is here!” than shorts. T-shirts? Love ’em, but you can wear those under a sweater all through winter. Swim trunks? You’ve gotta wait ’til summer. But shorts? Shorts are ready to wear now. Today, we’re spotlighting drawstring shorts. Thanks to their comfortable elasticized waistlines, they’re a real fan favorite style of shorts for guys. And hey, us ladies get it! We’re not wearing leggings for our health. You’ll find three drawstring shorts outfits in this guide, perfect to wear all spring and into summer. Casual and comfortable, yet…

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    Shopping for Fashion, Six Months On

    Will shopping ever return to the way it was before the age of coronavirus? Probably not in 2020. Sept. 18, 2020 Six months have passed since lockdown measures were put in place to stop the spread of the coronavirus, causing sales for the fashion and retail industries to plunge as stores closed for months on end. Come September, the majority of stores will have reopened, albeit with a slew of new safety measures in place and significantly lowered foot traffic. Here are five of the biggest shifts in the fashion retail landscape we’ve seen in the age of coronavirus. Offline Had to Go Online — Fast This month, Boston Consulting…

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    Anxiety Marketplace turns stress shopping into a way to help others

    When Jolie DeFeis is anxious, she likes to indulge in some retail therapy. And she was definitely feeling anxious. It was March and the Brooklyn resident, 27, had just lost her job in product operations at the fitness app Classpass when the COVID-19 pandemic started shutting down businesses. A company whose business model hinges on people frequenting dozens of different gyms and boutique studios each month was among the first to close — and will likely be among the last to return. Courtesy Jolie De Feis With the stay-at-home order in full effect by the end of March, DeFeis went from busy, full-time employment to spending all of her time…

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    12 Bemidji businesses land on Grand Rapids Girl Scout’s sustainable shopping map

    The more she learned, the more she felt she had to share. Recently, she found a way to expand her audience and hopes to help bring about real change, starting in northern Minnesota. Ranging from Park Rapids to Grand Marais, Kessler mapped out dozens of businesses that she determined sold sustainable goods, based on her phone calls and interviews with over 80 northern Minnesota businesses. Kessler, a 16-year-old from Grand Rapids, did so as a Girl Scout working toward her Gold Award, the highest award a Girl Scout can earn, similar to the rank of Eagle Scout in Boy Scouts of America. One of her maps highlights stores carrying responsibly-made,…

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