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NRF Chief Economist Says Growth Likely to Continue Even as Fed Works to Slow Inflation

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Despite ongoing challenges, we are clearly still in an expansion phase. percent annual pace during the 2009-2020 expansion that was ended by the pandemic. Clearly, this expansion is different from the past, and the policy approach will be different.”. Gross domestic product was up 5.7

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Parfums de Marly enters APAC for the first time and settles in Sydney home

Inside Retail

Bringing the vision to customers Founded in 2009 by Julien Sprecher out of a passion for the splendours of the 18th century and scent, the name Parfums de Marly was inspired by Château de Marly, the residence of King Louis XV. The demand for fragrance is only increasing, with the global perfume market projected to grow from US$48.05

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“Doing nothing wasn’t an option”: M.J. Bale CEO Matt Jensen

Inside Retail

Bale in 2009, some of the challenges you faced from the outset, and how you got the business off the ground during those early stages? Matt Jensen: It was a difficult market environment when we launched back in September 2009, given it was the back end of the GFC. But I can’t remember it being too challenging.

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How Maison Francis Kurkdjian built a brand around the Picasso of fragrance

Inside Retail

Born of a collaboration in 2009 between Marc Chaya and perfumer Francis Kurkdjian, Maison Francis Kurkdjian has become a major player in the luxe fragrance industry, and is sold across more than 700 locations worldwide. Gradually, Francis and I were more and more often thinking about creating a fragrance house together.

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From Cobblestones to Cyberspace: VMSD Celebrates Its 125th Year of Service to the Retail Industry

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cities,” says Steve Kaufman, former Editor-in-Chief of VMSD from 1998 until 2009. In sharp contrast to the harsh realities of the Depression, the 1930s was the most elegant period in Hollywood’s history. Economic expansion was fueled by a new affluence. And its editor was a sometimes-writer named L.

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Big Business Is Bankrolling an Effort to Kill the Democratic Climate Bill

Robinson Meyer

It has dispatched C-suite executives to meet with lawmakers, and it has orchestrated an expansive opposition campaign that includes TV and radio commercials, in-person lobbying, and more than $150,000 in Facebook ads displayed to users in purple states. It’s not 2001 or even 2009 anymore. They’re stepping out and trying to lead.