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2011: Retail

Stories about Urban Outfitters

Before you go back-to-school shopping, read this report on toxic fashion

A new report says that brands like J.Crew, Urban Outfitters, Forever21, and Carter’s fail to disclose important information about their chemical practices.

Before you go back-to-school shopping, read this report on toxic fashion

Urban Outfitters tries to stay relevant with an $88 monthly rental service

Innovation By Design

Design Pirate Cody Foster Sues Urban Outfitters For Breach Of Contract

You Wish You Went To College At This Invention Space In An Old Factory On Top of A Mountain

Lehigh University’s Mountaintop program could send physical learning environments into the 21st century. Maybe all those overpriced Urban Outfitters sweaters are good for something.

You Wish You Went To College At This Invention Space In An Old Factory On Top of A Mountain

NPR Hearts Urban Outfitters, But The Feeling’s Not Mutual

The 10 Most Innovative Companies In Retail

JWT’s Futurists on 10 Ways We’ll Shop in 2011

Yelp Shoots for a Five-Star Office Redesign

Lamp Declares “Gentle War” On Masculine Interiors

Wanted: The Lo-Fi Camera That Snaps 360-Degree Panoramas

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Impact

London is going to use heat from the Underground to help heat its homes

NGOs need business’s help: Here are the best ways to offer support

What it’s like inside the world’s largest bike parking garage

Creativity

Let’s talk about SNL’s most important new cast member: Bowen Yang

The Jennifer Lopez-Constance Wu movie ‘Hustlers’ shows how the world runs on strip club rules

‘Ms. Monopoly’ is not as patronizing as Hasbro’s version for millennials, but it’s not empowering either

Co.Design

This smart toilet seat monitors your heart health through your gluteus maximus

Another reason to silence your notifications: They could alter your memory

Fabric dyes are a toxic problem. These beautiful alternative colors are made out of food waste

Work Life

When your body calls time-out

What to do if your boss is professionally ‘breadcrumbing’ you

The five-minute email rule completely transformed the way I work