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Brooks Running Delivers Record Revenue in 2023, Accelerates Innovation in the New Year

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Brooks Running finished 2023 with record revenue growth of $1.2 billion, up 5% year over year, and a record 20 million+ units sold.

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  • Brooks Running finished 2023 with record revenue growth of $1.2 billion, up 5% year over year, and a record 20 million+ units sold.
  • In North America, revenue increased 7% year over year as the brand reached $1 billion in revenue in the region for the first time.
  • In 2023, Brooks also increased investment in growing the running industry through sustainability initiatives, community activations, and collaborations with key partners.
  • Following its spring launch, Brooks’ Future Run program impacted 245,000 youth runners through support of youth running programs, high school running teams, and coaches.

Glamour Meets Innovation: Skinspirations' Oscar Party with Esthetic Medical Treatments

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

CLEARWATER, Fla., Feb. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Skinspirations, the premier destination for cutting-edge cosmetic medical treatments, is thrilled to unveil an evening of beauty, innovation, and community support on March 7, 2024, from 5 pm to 7 pm. Attendees have a front row seat to see the treatments that A-Listers are spending thousands of dollars on in order to be Oscar ready.

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  • Feel like a celebrity with Skinspirations' annual Oscar Party on March 7, 2024, and witness the treatments the stars are doing ahead of the biggest award night of the year.
  • Attendees have a front row seat to see the treatments that A-Listers are spending thousands of dollars on in order to be Oscar ready.
  • Skinspirations, the premier destination for cutting-edge cosmetic medical treatments, is thrilled to unveil an evening of beauty, innovation, and community support on March 7, 2024, from 5 pm to 7 pm.
  • So, mark your calendars and join us at the Skinspirations Red Carpet-Ready Party for an event that promises to dazzle, delight, and transform.

Rita Case Wins Prestigious TIME Dealer of the Year Award

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

Rita Case, president and CEO of Rick Case Automotive Group, the nation’s largest female owned and operated automotive dealer group in America, received the 55th Annual TIME Dealer of the Year Award, one of the automotive industry’s most prestigious and highest honors for a dealer.

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  • Rita Case, president and CEO of Rick Case Automotive Group, the nation’s largest female owned and operated automotive dealer group in America, received the 55th Annual TIME Dealer of the Year Award, one of the automotive industry’s most prestigious and highest honors for a dealer.
  • Rita is only the fifth woman to be named TIME Dealer of the Year.
  • TIME Dealer of the Year is the highest honor and most prestigious recognition an auto dealer can receive from the auto industry, and I am humbled and grateful for this award,” Rita said, as she received the award during the 107th Annual NADA Show in Las Vegas.
  • In 2023, the Community Foundation of Broward recognized Rita as a Community Builder and celebrated the establishment of the Rita & Rick Case Family Fund during a special ceremony.

Australians love to talk about a ‘fair go’. Here’s what it meant before we became a nation

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

Activists use it to demand social justice, companies use it to promise customers a good deal, and politicians invoke it to persuade us that they understand the plight of ordinary people.

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  • Activists use it to demand social justice, companies use it to promise customers a good deal, and politicians invoke it to persuade us that they understand the plight of ordinary people.
  • Yet the fair go expression is sometimes used in ways that are distinctly inegalitarian.
  • Read more:
    In Australia, land of the 'fair go', not everyone gets an equal slice of the pie

Origins in the sports pages

  • We found the most common uses of the fair go expression did not refer to equality, benevolence and social justice.
  • Instead, the phrase was mainly used to describe spirited efforts in competitive sports such as horse racing, boxing and sprinting.
  • They were stripped of shoes and everything and had a fair go with the hurdles out about 18 yards.
  • With a dishonest jockey aboard […] an owner never knows whether he is to get ‘a fair go’ or not.
  • Fights between members of Parliament or city or municipal councillors are not of rare occurrence in Australia, but a fair “go” between lawyers with the “bare bones” is not often chronicled.
  • It was even used to describe violence in wartime, such as when an Australian soldier in the Boer war expressed a hope to a reporter that the enemy would “let him have a fair go […] with the bayonet”.

Different contexts, different meanings

  • These findings highlight that the fair go originally meant different things to different people, and in different contexts.
  • In our recent research, we show that 19th-century uses of the fair go can be organised into six distinct meanings.
  • These reflect the fact that the words “fair” and “go” have multiple meanings associated with both “justice” and “strength”.
  • These different interpretations are alive and well today, and can be used to critically assess public policies on contentious issues such as housing affordability and immigration.


Cosmo Howard receives funding from the Australian Research Council. This article was funded under the ARC Discovery Project: DP220101911 – Understanding the Antipodean 'Fair Go'. Pandanus Petter receives funding from the Australian Research Council. This article was funded under ARC Discovery Project: DP220101911 – Understanding the Antipodean 'Fair Go'.

IONA Tech ESD Prevention Solutions Now Available from TestEquity

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas, Feb. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TestEquity, the largest distributor of electronic test and measurement solutions and production supplies, announced that it will now offer IONA Tech products to provide real-time, actionable data for prevention of electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage caused by mobile workers.

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  • NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas, Feb. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TestEquity, the largest distributor of electronic test and measurement solutions and production supplies, announced that it will now offer IONA Tech products to provide real-time, actionable data for prevention of electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage caused by mobile workers.
  • While conventional methods of ESD management involve tethering workers with ground straps or use of conductive flooring, shoes and apparel, IONA Tech products take a fresh approach to ESD damage prevention through an innovative solution and real-time, actionable data.
  • “IONA Tech is an exciting addition to our ESD management portfolio,” said Steve Riel, Product Manager at TestEquity.
  • Whereas conventional ESD prevention methods lack ongoing validation, IONA Tech's StatIQ System guarantees that your processes effectively prevent latent electronics damage to finally close the loop on ESD.

David’s Bridal Debuts Head-to-Toe Prom Assortment, With Selections For Every Prom-Goer to Dance the Night Away in Her Own Unique Style

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

With high quality dresses at an affordable price, David’s has the perfect fit for everyone, no matter her budget.

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  • With high quality dresses at an affordable price, David’s has the perfect fit for everyone, no matter her budget.
  • “Prom is an incredible life moment, and we are thrilled to have David’s Bridal be part of a night she will remember forever.
  • She can even access special deals on accessories by signing up for the Diamond Loyalty program.
  • To learn more and to sign up for the Diamond Loyalty Program please visit davidsbridal.com/loyalty or inquire in a David’s Bridal store.

‘Digitising’ your wardrobe can help you save money and make sustainable fashion choices

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Taking stock and having a bit of a declutter can freshen things up domestically.

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  • Taking stock and having a bit of a declutter can freshen things up domestically.
  • One popular new way of doing this involves targeting your wardrobe by making digital inventories of your clothes – and then tracking what you wear.
  • The idea is that having this information can then lead to better choices in the future, whether that’s saving money or having a more sustainable approach to fashion.
  • The articles in this series explore the questions and bring answers as we navigate this turbulent period of life.
  • For our research, we worked with Save Your Wardrobe, an app designed to help people organise and categorise their clothes.
  • From the start, we found consumers feeling anxious and dissatisfied with their clothing behaviours and wardrobe management.

Make do and mend


For many, the initial process of organisation required to upload photos of garments to the app became a moment of reflection and an opportunity to challenge and change existing patterns of behaviour. The effort involved also resulted in a sense of appreciation of the clothing which was already owned.

  • One said: “I realised that 50% of my wardrobe is from Primark.
  • Items were rediscovered and brought back into use in a way that made owners feel they were “shopping from their own wardrobes”.
  • Tracking data about their behaviour gave consumers a sense of being more in control of their actions and where they could make changes.
  • Being more aware of the clothes they already owned made a difference to people’s appetites for owning more.


Deirdre Shaw receives funding from ESRC. She is affiliated with Textiles 2030. Katherine Duffy receives funding from ESRC. She is affiliated with Textiles 2030.

Trashie Launches To Bring Clothing Recycling Mainstream

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Trashie, the recycling and rewards platform, announced its official launch today. The latest innovation from the team behind For Days, Trashie encourages customers to recycle textiles with the internet-famous Take Back Bag and gives them access to an all-new variety of rewards.

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  • NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Trashie , the recycling and rewards platform, announced its official launch today.
  • Trashie encourages customers to recycle textiles with the Take Back Bag and gives them access to all-new rewards.
  • Trashie tracks the impact of these efforts in real-time, providing metrics on landfill diversion, water savings, and CO2 emission reductions.
  • All collected items – from individual customers and through partnerships – go through Trashie's textile recycling system, where they are sorted and graded domestically and assigned for reuse, recycling, or downcycling.

Saks Fifth Avenue Unveils Reimagined West Coast Flagship in Beverly Hills

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Feb. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Saks Fifth Avenue is reinventing its West Coast flagship experience and furthering its position as the quintessential destination for luxury fashion in Beverly Hills with the opening of its highly anticipated new women's store on Wilshire Boulevard.

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  • BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Feb. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Saks Fifth Avenue is reinventing its West Coast flagship experience and furthering its position as the quintessential destination for luxury fashion in Beverly Hills with the opening of its highly anticipated new women's store on Wilshire Boulevard.
  • "Saks Fifth Avenue is resetting the gold standard of luxury shopping in Beverly Hills with the opening of our new women's store on Wilshire Boulevard," said Larry Bruce, President, Saks Fifth Avenue stores.
  • "We have created the ultimate luxury shopping destination in Beverly Hills," added Tracy Margolies, Chief Merchandising Officer, Saks.
  • Bo oversees the Saks Fifth Avenue West Coast flagship experience in Beverly Hills, including the new women's store and the men's store located at 9634 Wilshire Boulevard.

Alfa Romeo and GREATS Team Up With Limited-edition Sneaker Ahead of This Year's Big Game in Las Vegas

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Alfa Romeo is partnering with high-end influencers and celebrities with transportation in Alfa Romeo Giulia , Stelvio and Tonale vehicles to and from events throughout the weekend.

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  • Alfa Romeo is partnering with high-end influencers and celebrities with transportation in Alfa Romeo Giulia , Stelvio and Tonale vehicles to and from events throughout the weekend.
  • During the weekend's festivities, Alfa Romeo will hit the Las Vegas streets conducting random acts of kindness by gifting new pairs of limited-edition Alfa Romeo-branded sport sneakers to unsuspecting pedestrians.
  • The collaboration will also include donating 75 pairs of new shoes to a local homeless shelter in the Las Vegas area.
  • The award-winning Alfa Romeo Giulia delivers race-inspired performance, advanced technologies and an exhilarating driving experience to the premium midsize sedan segment.