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Smart TV: The industry push to keep getting smarter
For decades we've been watching TV. Now a new generation of televisions is beginning to watch us. Technological advances are giving the old clunky "boob tube" an I.Q. injection. Some of the new breed of smart TVs comes equipped with facial recognition...Tags: Electronic Devices, Big Brother (tv program), Politics, TiVo Inc., Interior Policy
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EXCLUSIVE-Bangladesh factory banned by Wal-Mart still makes Wrangler shirts
ReutersBy Serajul Quadir and Rafiqur Rahman GAZIPUR, Bangladesh, May 20 (Reuters) - A Bangladesh factory where Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Inditex SA inspectors spotted cracks in the wall this month is still making Wrangler shirts for the world's largest apparel...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Bangladesh, Science and Technology, VF Corporation, Plant Openings
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Workout clothes that work outside the gym too
Special to the Los Angeles TimesTracy Anderson Given all the buzz last month around the opening of fitness guru Tracy Anderson's flagship super-studio in Brentwood — a partnership with Gwyneth Paltrow, who is Exhibit A for Anderson's handiwork — it comes as no surprise...Tags: Kanye West, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Fashion Trends, Apple iPhone, Gwyneth Paltrow
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Target goes hunting in Silicon Valley, following Wal-Mart
ReutersBy Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO, May 17 (Reuters) - Target Corp said on Friday it opened a new San Francisco office to track down technology companies that can help the second-largest U.S. retailer grow its online commerce business. Target's Technology...Tags: Science and Technology, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Target, eBay Inc., E-Commerce Industry
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Accenture buying Acquity for $316 million
Tribune reporterGlobal consulting firm Accenture has agreed to buy digital marketing company Acquity Group for $316 million, the companies announced Friday. Founded in Chicago in 2001, Acquity Group works with such brands as Adobe, American Express, General Motors,...Tags: Global Expansion, Marketing, Arthur Andersen, American Express Company, General Motors Corp.
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Razor-sharp ad ideas
This story starts at a point in time that most observers predicted it would end. The year was 2002. The Internet party was long over. Pets.com and other high-flying digital darlings were defunct. It was the dark days for the few survivors of the dot-com...
Tags: Elections, Tesco plc, Marketing, Politics, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Organic industry's political influence rises on Capitol Hill as demand grows for organic foods
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The organic food industry is gaining influence on Capitol Hill, prompted by its entry into traditional farm states and by increasing consumer demand. That's not going over well with everyone in Congress. Tensions between...Tags: Elections, Arable Farming, Genetic Engineering, Arts and Culture, Customs and Tradition
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Bangladesh and its workers
Another tragedy at a Bangladesh clothing factory, another announcement by Wal-Mart about additional steps it will take to beef up worker safety, this time by inspecting all of its suppliers' facilities itself. Not that the retailing giant hasn't made real...Tags: Bangladesh, Health and Safety at Work, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Clothing and Textiles Industry
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Local student to serve on national team
BROOKINGS - South Dakota State University Agronomy major, Michael Carlson has been selected as a 2013-2014 Agriculture Future of America Student Advisory Team member. Carlson and the other eight team members represent their peers on a national level and...Tags: Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Education, South Dakota State University
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Young retail entrepreneurs at Hall & Madden go straight to the source for apparel
As Richard Hall and McGregor Madden traveled the country fitting clients with their high-end, custom-made suits, they noticed something strange — professional men yearning to look stylish nevertheless sported dress shirts with stains. Their young,...
Tags: China, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Media Industry, Fishing, Sales
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With Bangladesh, is the consumer partially at fault?
Change of SubjectBy Jessica Reynolds Quick: How many of you can name which country each item of clothing you're currently wearing came from? I'll assume it's no one. Most of us probably couldn't even say which brand each piece belongs to without...... -
New York Attorney General probing fast-food pay practices
ReutersBy Lisa Baertlein May 16 (Reuters) - The New York attorney general's office on Thursday said it was investigating allegations that fast-food operators in the state are underpaying workers in violation of labor laws. The announcement came on the heels of...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Lawyers, Justice System, Career and Workplace, Burger King
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