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The Garden Gates, a home decor, outdoor decor and womens' accessories store in New Orleans, will host their annual holiday open house to celebrate the beginning of the holiday season. Guests are invited to browse the latest Fall clothing styles, explore an exclusive jewelry trunk show and take a peek at the new Christmas and holiday decor for the season.

Beauty.com, Inc. called on the designer team behind the award-winning Cushnie et Ochs® label to create the latest Beauty.com® gift with purchase. Starting tomorrow and while supplies last, the Travel Bag is available as a gift with any $100 Beauty.com® purchase* via www.beauty.com/cushnieetochs. The designer Travel Bag is a blend of tough and minimalist chic with a faux-leather exterior with black-on-black zipper detailing. Inside, clear spill-proof lining and a card compartment make it a travel essential.

The iconic, fashion-forward Fred Segal store announced the addition to its NewBeauty space with the launch of Ziba Beauty's The Art of Threading® Studio. Launching as the first store-in-store concept in Fred Segal on November 1st, the addition of Ziba Beauty's brow threading services is an example of how a leading beauty brand is leveraging a highly popular retail space to attract new clientele.

Online t-shirt vendor, Popfunk.com has expanded its catalog of pop culture and novelty apparel items. With brand new designs for The Hobbit trilogy, Three Stooges, I Love Lucy and more, Popfunk is closing out 2012 in a big way.

Casual Male Retail Group, Inc., a large retailer of men's XL apparel, opened a new Destination XL® store in Richmond, Virginia. Located at Parc Place at Short Pump, 11736 W. Broad Street, the DXL® store is a new men's superstore catering to the fashion needs of men who wear sizes XL and up.

Target Corporation has reached an agreement to sell its entire consumer credit card portfolio to TD Bank Group (TSX and NYSE: TD) for an amount equal to the gross value of the outstanding receivables (?par.) at the time of closing. Target?'s portfolio currently has a gross value of approximately $5.9 billion.

Footaction, the athletic-inspired retailer, and Grammy-nominated music artist J. Cole, joined together to create 'Own the Stage,' a one-of-a-kind design contest specifically for the music-inspired members of Footaction's loyalty program, the Star Club. Members of the customer base were encouraged to design a custom t-shirt that J. Cole wore during his exclusive performance for Footaction's Star Club members, musicians and tastemakers.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) banned a Christian Dior mascara ad featuring Oscar winner Natalie Portman. The complaint filed accused the Dior Show New Look Mascara of airbrushing the ad to exaggerate the advertised effects of the 'multi-dimensional volume and treatment mascara.'

Phit™ Hair & Body announced the launch of a hair-and-body-care line targeted to active and busy people. Packed with unique ingredients -- including hydrolyzed-quinoa protein with essential amino acids -- each Phit product is pH-Optimized and carefully designed to deliver benefits to those who are always on the go: from the gym to the boardroom to an endurance race; from a Crossfit™ workout to a business trip to the yoga studio.

World of Watches announced it has expanded its collection of merchandise that qualifies for its Stress-Free Payments plan to drive more gift-related sales as it heads into holiday season.

Bliss Baby & Maternity is now offering a 'Daddy Diaper Bag'. Hot daddy diaper bags belong on a hot dad. Most people probably know one of those…get a great messenger or sleek hip bag. The man with the baby will be ever so manly.

Rodeo Drive Resale explores Amazon.com's expansion into the realm of luxury fashions. With more and more shoppers looking toward the web to find the best deals on everything from automobiles to toothpaste, many from the business and fashion world are curious to see if the world's premier fashion houses will forego exclusivity in exchange for larger profits through the online market.

Kate Spade Saturday has been created to channel the spirit of Saturday seven days a week. The line will use simple straightforward shapes, and go-anywhere silhouettes featuring bold colors, strong prints, and honest materials like crisp cotton, canvas, and natural vachetta. Keeping the busy lifestyles of customers in mind, Kate Spade Saturday will create products that are versatile and multi-functional.

Savoy Magazine announced their 2012 Top Influential Women in Corporate America (Savoy Top Women). The list includes Salaam Coleman Smith, president of The Style Network and the CMO of Ebay Richelle Parham. The Savoy Top Influential Women in Corporate America feature is the definitive listing of African American Women achievers impacting corporate America.

Virtual Spree launched its new store for all those who love luxury online discount shopping.

New men's suit label ADDISON & PARK premiered its first line for Autumn/Winter. Every suit has been hand cut, hand sewn, hand canvassed, hand lined, and hand finished. As apparel production is sent in droves to Asia, ADDISON & PARK displays the beauty of authentic American design and a rare admiration for old world craftsmanship.

The Simple brand started in the UK in 1960 and was the first to create a cleansing product with no perfume and no color. This unique formulation was designed to care for even the most sensitive skin, while many mainline skin care product ingredients are common causes of skin irritation.

Los Angeles based NP Fashion is a new online purse destination dedicated to offering beautiful and stylish wholesale handbags. If you are starting your own retail business, their shop is a great place to start building an inventory. NP Fashion offers affordable pricing on bulk purchases. The endless array of bags available includes handbags, clutches, messenger bags, cosmetic bags, and backpacks, to name a few.

Rent the Runway announced another way to shop for dresses on their website: Our Runway. Our Renway let's users judge dresses based on how they look on user's who have already rented it and sent in a picture.

There's something so timelessly chic about sharkskin mens suits. The hit AMC series Mad Men demonstrates their the style. These Italian suits help create a strong aesthetic statement with clean lines, strong colors, and bold fabrics. There's truly nothing else on television that looks like this show and, now with Italsuit's expanded line of sharkskin suits, nobody can look as handsome as you.