21.

Hitwise predicts 12 per cent growth for online shopping this Christmas
Online retailing continues to post healthy gains, and the latest analysis from Hitwise reveals that this growth is set to continue through the busy Christmas season.
16-Sep-2005 - Details

22.

Beauty Find: Talc-free Eye Makeup
In my quest for “good for your skin” natural makeup without talc and other icky additives, I returned to Jane Iredale for eye makeup.
09-Apr-2005 - Details

23.

The How-To When Shopping For Diamonds
Buying a diamond can be an exhilarating but daunting adventure, especially if you're a newbie.

If I could offer only one piece of advice it would be this: Learn as much as you can about the 4Cs before you go shopping.

For the uninitiated, that's cut, color, clarity and carat weight. And I like to add one more - common sense.
10-Apr-2005 - Details

24.

Tips for value shopping at the supermarket
With the growing price of gasoline these days, many people are finding that their budgets are getting stretched tighter and tighter to make up for the money spent on fuel. Needless to say, we want to get the most value for every dollar we spend.
19-Aug-2005 - Details

25.

Asda boosts online home shopping
Supermarket group Asda is to double the size of its home shopping service this year as it competes with rival Tesco.
30-May-2005 - Details

26.

Stores will sell four times as many prom dresses as they do bridal gowns
It's springtime, which means it's time for prom. While the days can be beautiful, women and their daughters have been shopping. And it's not just any shopping trip. There's a deadline, and high expectations
25-Apr-2005 - Details

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Shopping is high art in this Italian city that knows how to strut
Traveling two months of the year to runway shows in New York, London, Milan and Paris, I find a plethora of retail possibilities. But nowhere is shopping a more welcome diversion than in Milan, the gritty postwar metropolis that's said to be home to as many banks as Rome has churches.
25-Apr-2005 - Details

28.

Where to find prom fashions on every budget
Just dry clean it before the date arrives.

Then there's always shopping at home; a slew of prom websites have recently popped up.

More upscale shops such as Cache, Bebe, Vertigo and Coco Paris (Aventura) carry up-to-the-minute prom 2005 styles as well as standard spaghetti strap numbers that will set you back $150-$300.
03-May-2005 - Details

29.

Online Shopping Tips
The day after Thanksgiving is one of the busiest shopping days of the year, but you don’t have to wait for stores to open to start shopping. You can shop online
26-May-2005 - Details

30.

Shop till you drop in Barcelona
Located on the shores of the Mediterranean, Barcelona is one of Europe’s most progressive and cosmopolitan cities. A long-standing taste for innovation and design can be glimpsed on every street corner
03-Jun-2005 - Details

31.

Five fab fashion finds under $50
Want to add spark to your summer wardrobe without breaking the bank? Judy Gordon highlights five items that will do the trick
05-Jun-2005 - Details

32.

Shop sensibly to lose weight
Don't you wish there was an easy-to-follow practical primer to tell you
all the things you should and shouldn't do to help you lose weight? I'm not talking about food choices here - there are dozens of eating plans available. I'm referring to a simple list of do's and don'ts that you can follow in your everyday life to make it easier to stick to your
diet.
05-Jun-2005 - Details

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Digital photos can look great, but some labs wont print those that appear too professional
One of the benefits of digital photography – the fact that amateurs can take better-looking photos and doctor them using photo-editing software – is also becoming a bane. Photofinishing labs increasingly are refusing to print professional-looking photographs taken by amateurs
08-Jun-2005 - Details

34.

Internet shopping guides are hot properties
All three comparison-shopping guides are being snapped up for big bucks by larger companies that regard these small fry as the future of Web commerce, even if past takeovers failed to live up to their promise.
13-Jun-2005 - Details

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Shopping With... Eva Jeanbart-Lorenzotti of Vivre
Eva Jeanbart-Lorenzotti personifies the word "class." She is gracious, charming, witty, impeccably well groomed - and, at 35, remains delightfully curious about the world around her and the people in it
23-Jun-2005 - Details

36.

Shopping is fun with bites to boot
From dingy bylanes to air-conditioned interiors, vigorous bargaining to courteous personnel — the shopping experience has undergone a sea change and looks set to stay
02-Jul-2005 - Details

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Shopping, storage tips
According to Ronald L. Prior, a research chemist and nutritionist with the USDA's Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center in Little Rock, a one-cup serving of blueberries delivers as much antioxidant power as five servings of grapes, peaches or broccoli. If you're shopping for blueberries:
09-Jul-2005 - Details

38.

Swimsuit shoppings a trauma
This week I'm devoting my allotted space to a serious subject of utmost importance.

Swimsuit shopping.

I sense some eye rolling from male readers. Oh, and I hear snickers, too. Go ahead. Be that way. Maybe you've already heard this seasonal lament from a wife or a girlfriend, and you just don't get it. What's the big deal? Why all the hand-wringing and teeth-gnashing over a yard of cloth
09-Jul-2005 - Details

39.

Whats Hot in Luxury Homes
Today's luxury houses are homes. They're not just pretty, they are fully functional dwellings with all of the amenities of a mansion. Butler's pantries are in. Settling for something less than comfortable is out.
09-Jul-2005 - Details

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A-listers do a spot of shopping in Paris
A raft of high-profile screen and showbiz celebs have flocked to the French capital this week to bag a front row seat at the top shows and check out what they'll need to do to stay on the cutting edge of fashion in the upcoming seasons
11-Jul-2005 - Details