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		<title>Bijo Goyomi Celebrates Simple and Realistic Beauty</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 04:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mayuri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The trend is towards realism. In Japan where you have sites and papers full of images of beautiful girls the trend is definitely shifting towards “amateur” type ordinary rather than the professional beautifully made up model. There has been a lot written about the Bijin-Tokei website and telling how the provincial lasses were being saved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanksgiving Weekend: higher retail sales but lesser shopping spending</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Market Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[All Things Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black friday]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[electronics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[National Retail Federation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[product promotions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thanksgiving]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Toys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tracy Mullin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that Thanksgiving knows no recession. Thanksgiving weekend retail sales came up to a whopping total of $41.2 billion, beating the 2008 haul by $1.2 billion. The amount is a .5% increase over last year&#8217;s $41 billion. However, ‘the average shopper spent 8% less than in 2008, $343.31 against $372.57.’ Consumers were still wary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TechCrunch50: RedBeacon Lets You Hire the Best Local Service Provider</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/techcrunch50-redbeacon-lets-you-hire-the-best-local-service-provider/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Ventures &amp; Start Ups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business profiles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local service providers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[price quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RedBeacon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reviews and comments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TechCrunch50]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes the local service providers are just not well organized, and this often forces the consumers to lift up their phones and call the service instead. To serve the consumers better, RedBeacon, which launched today at the TechCrunch50 is a new service that determines the best local service providers for the job. It&#8217;s a user [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TechCrunch50: YourVersion Launches Real-Time Discovery Engine for Better Browsing Experience</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/techcrunch50-yourversion-launches-real-time-discovery-engine-for-better-browsing-experience/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/techcrunch50-yourversion-launches-real-time-discovery-engine-for-better-browsing-experience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Ventures &amp; Start Ups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bookmarking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Oslen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discover new]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one of the top start-ups]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[YourVersion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YourVersion iPhone App]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today at the TechCrunch50 conference, YourVersion has launched their real-time discovery engine that provides you the best way to discover new, relevant content of your own interests. It also makes bookmarking easy and allows you to share the content as well. Besides launching their new website, YourVersion also launched the YourVersion iPhone App, which is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fresh Label: A Device that Detects the Expiry Dates for Foods</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/the-fresh-label-a-device-that-detects-the-expiry-dates-for-foods/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/the-fresh-label-a-device-that-detects-the-expiry-dates-for-foods/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Finds of the Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Concepts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Expiry Date]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Tampering Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fresh Label]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Good Design Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese Design Studio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spoon and Tomago]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=22301</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is something interesting that will happen at Spoon and Tomago&#8217;s preview of the Good Design Awards that will be held at the end of the month. This event will feature an expiring date label concept, Fresh Label by TO-GENKYO, a Japanese design studio. This highly modernized modern device will actually track the expiry date [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft (and not Google) Becomes UK’s Most Popular Consumer Brand!</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/microsoft-and-not-google-becomes-uk%e2%80%99s-most-popular-consumer-brand/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/microsoft-and-not-google-becomes-uk%e2%80%99s-most-popular-consumer-brand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariza</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Superbrands survey]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=19179</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the latest Superbrands survey Microsoft has become UK’s top consumer brand and Google has gone down to third place this year. This is quite interesting since Google had the top spot last year. Rolex has come from way far behind and taken second place. The other top 10 brands include Mercedes-Benz, Coca-Cola, Lego, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Truth in Advertising: When Lies Backfire</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/truth-in-advertising-when-lies-backfire/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/truth-in-advertising-when-lies-backfire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Critic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Your Voice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising message]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer welfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consuming public]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food and drug administration]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing communications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[product claims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[product recall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social responsibility]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=13368</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Truth in advertising is actually a legislated issue. It is criminal to lie to consumers via erroneous messages and claims. Consumers are protected by various consumer protection laws. This is the legal and legitimate aspect of the abovementioned case. Truth in advertising is also an ethical and moral issue. Producers, manufacturers, and marketers have the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Promo? What Bargain?</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/what-promo-what-bargain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Critic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Your Voice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bargain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bottom line]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=13365</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[People feel better when they think they are getting a great bargain when they shop. Knowing this, some retailers mark up items above the traditional retail price and then offer a hefty discount. If they had simply discounted the normal retail price by a certain percent, the resulting ‘sale price’ would have been the same. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Recession-Proof Entrepreneurs’</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/%e2%80%98recession-proof-entrepreneurs%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/%e2%80%98recession-proof-entrepreneurs%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Market Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising expenses]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[economic downturn]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[entrepreneurship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lean staffs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[passion]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=11677</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Forbes magazine came out with a list of 10 people whose businesses are prospering in spite of recession. Experts have judged their success, saying, “Lean staffs, a passion for their products and obsession with quality give them a layer of insulation that bigger outfits don&#8217;t have.” These qualities are not unique in a time of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conspicuous Consumption</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/conspicuous-consumption/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Finds of the Day]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=11497</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When income does not go to savings, it generally ends up in the realm of consumption. The principle of consumption rests on the concept of disposable income. When one has more income to spend, he has the bigger opportunity to consume. Consumption is rather attractive and tempting, at times. In a free world, there really [...]]]></description>
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