2011 Academy Awards: Fashion Police
Glam or Sham? Check out the best and worst looks of the red carpet at last night's Academy Awards and vote for your favorites! eonline.com
Post-Recession Success: 7 Actions for Small Business Owners to Take Now
Have you heard? We're slowly moving out of the worst financial crisis many of us have ever experienced toward an optimistic time of recovery and eventual growth. As a small business owner, this is the time you've been waiting for. Now it's time to position you and your business for post-recession success by doing these seven things: openforum.com
Why Retailers Pay For Your Free Samples
Supermarket chains and discount warehouse companies have ramped up their free samples in recent years, investing in in-house or third-party teams to run sampling programs. The reason? Free samples help consumers try -- and often buy -- new products they might be reluctant to spend on otherwise. Why not jump on the bandwagon and start a sample program in your salon! thestreet.com
The Best Beauty Looks from New York Fashion Week
Hair, makeup, and nail art are the icing on the cake that is Fashion Week. This season's beauty looks were heavy on glitter and references to psychedelia. Drawing inspiration from street gangs, glamazon starlets, and seventies disco queens, the beauty treatments were as diverse as the clothes. Click ahead for the best of the New York runways. nymag.com
The Corporate Pursuit of Happiness
A Stanford marketing professor is teaching her students -- along with AOL, Facebook, and Adobe -- how to find and export joy. If her hypotheses are correct, marketing happiness could be one of the few ways businesses can still appeal to people in a manner that feels authentic. "The idea of brands enabling happiness and providing greater meaning in the world is powerful," Aaker says. "People have an aversion to anything that feels overly manufactured." fastcompany.com
