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Dollar Shave Club: A Start-Up’s Viral Ad for ‘F***ing Great’ Razors Is a Big Hit
Here’s the Dollar Shave Club concept: Starting at $1 per month, customers get a month’s worth of razors delivered to their doors, with a razor handle included in the first shipment. As far as modern-day business models go, it …
The Super Bowl Has Morphed into an Entire Season—for Advertising
Now that the New England Patriots and the New York Giants are set to play in Super Bowl XLVI, the hype for the “Super rematch” of the championship from four years ago can begin. (Where is David Tyree these days anyway?) The hype …
For Sale: The Homes of Hollywood’s Broken-Hearted
In the wake of Kim Kardashian’s divorce, there are a number of other fresh celebrity breakups that have resulted not only in broken hearts, but also in broken homes.
Now People Are Stealing Human Hair?
Here’s a crime trend that’s as equally bizarre as the rise in dog kidnappings, though not as heart-wrenching: Thieves have increasingly been targeting salons and beauty supply stores around the country to steal wigs and weaves …
The Craze Over ‘Toning’ Shoes Is, Well, Over
A year ago, consumers eagerly handed over upwards of $200 for each pair of special fitness “toning” shoes that, thanks to designs featuring padded, wobbly, uneven soles, would supposedly tighten buns, thighs, calves, and abs. …
Fee-Heavy Kardashian Kard Is Killed Off
Less than a month ago, the Kim Kardashian and her reality show sisters introduced a prepaid debit card—the Kardashian Kard—that featured Kim’s ample cleavage, along with monster fees, including a $99.95 charge to use it for a year. It’s just been announced that the card has been pulled off the market—perhaps because the sisters had …
Keeping Up with Everybody Bashing the Kardashian Dedit Kard
Last week, reality TV‘s Kim, Khloe, and Khortney Kardashian introduced a new prepaid MasterCard with their last name on it. And thanks to this new product, we finally have an answer to the question: What’s even more useless than the Kardashian’s reality TV show?
