Fitting in: With the intention of helping customers better choose the fit of their pants, Vancouver-based Lululemon is categorizing its yoga pants and athletic wear by its “engineered sensations,” from “comfortable embrace” to “held in.”
Most of us already have our own “engineered sensations” for our pants, from a teen’s “annoy-my-parents saggy” to an adult’s two-sizes-too-small “boa constrictor.”
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You were warned about Pandora’s box: Pandora, the free online music streaming service is celebrating its 10-year anniversary with Listener Love Day, 24 hours without advertising on Sept. 9.
But they still hope to drive listeners to choose the $5-a-month subscription by replacing the ads with repeated plays of Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.”
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Running away from ‘Dome’: CBS announced that its summer science-fiction series, “Under the Dome,” about a small town cut off from the world by an impenetrable dome, would end later this month after three seasons. Producers promise that the dome will come down and questions will be answered.
Among the lingering questions: Is it just being replaced by a taxpayer-funded stadium with a retractable roof? And can the dome be rented out during the coming presidential campaign season?
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