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  Retail Chiefs Optimistic About Christmas Trading 
                                in the UK
Prospects for the UK retail sector are likely to remain bright into 2004 according to a survey of 150 industry leaders at an industry forum held in London late last week.
The exit poll of retail industry leaders at the Barclays Retail Industry Forum, showed just over half felt positive or very positive about the outlook for the retail sector for the next 12 months, with only 7.5 per cent pessimistic.
The poll also revealed 80 per cent believed Christmas trading prospects looked good or very good, with only one per cent predicting seasonal blues.
Barclays' national retail director, Paul Clarke, said: "Encouraged by robust trading over the summer retailers are clearly upbeat as they enter the crucial Christmas period.

       
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 My wife has a slight impediment in her speech, every now and then she stops to breathe. (Jimmy Durante)

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      Too Much for France???
French designer Sonia Rykiel waded straight into a heated debate about G-strings on Thursday, kitting out models like strippers in flesh-toned swimsuits peppered with diamante studs. 
Just days after fellow advertisers called on underwear maker Triumph to withdraw a campaign for its Sloggi range of thongs on the grounds that it was offensive to women, the 73-year-old designer hailed the tiny knickers as a symbol of girl power. 
To whoops and cheers from backstage, models stepped out satin hot pants and strapless demi cup bras studded with paste gems. A black lace babydoll left little to the imagination. 
Rykiel made headlines last year with the opening of the provocative Rykiel Woman concept store, which retails sex toys alongside cashmere sweaters and velour jogging suits. 
Her spring-summer ready-to-wear collection comes just as French teachers try to deal with a fashion craze among teenage girls to expose their midriffs and wear thongs designed to peek out above low-cut trousers.



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Jim Hudson, devoted husband of Rina Valan Hudson 
(Fantasia Lingerie) passed away suddenly last week. 
Services were held at the Gower Funeral Home in Gilbert Pa. 
Jim was interned at the Hillside Memorial Cemetery in 
Effort, Pa. on 10/26/03.
Rina Valan Hudson, founder of Fantasia Home Parties, a Kresgeville, Pa., company that sells lingerie, lotions, and 
other romance and marital aids, started her own 
business after working in a grocery store from 4:30 p.m. to midnight for three months at minimum wage while caring for 
a new infant. "I wanted to stay home and be the best mother 
I could be," says Hudson. "But at the same time I had to contribute to the household income." 
       Our Sorrow goes out to Rina and family.



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                                         Words 
A husband looking through the paper came upon a study that said women use more words than men. Excited to prove to his wife his 
long-held contention that women in general, and his wife in particular, talked too much, he showed her the study results, which stated: 
"Men use about 15,000 words per day, but women use 30,000." 
His wife thought awhile, then finally she said to her husband, 
"That's because we have to repeat everything we say." 
The husband said, "What?"


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Dreamgirl's new owner Christopher Sharf surrounded by some of
his staff at the recent International Lingerie Show in Las Vegas
Left to Right:  Julie, Christopher,  Lorre,(Model) and Janine.

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A Bra advertisement featuring model Elle Macpherson was said to promote "perversion and voyeurism"
because it was shot through a keyhole.


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       UK: Clothing, Footwear Retailers 
              Post Strong Sales Growth 
27 Oct 2003 New retail sales figures from The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal an underlying 3.5 per cent volume growth in September. This was slightly lower than the underlying rate for August (+3.7 per cent). 
By sector, underlying sales growth in the last three months volume was
strongest amongst clothing and footwear retailers in September (+6.8 per cent). 
”The pessimists have been talking down the high street for a long time but, even into September, sales figures for clothing and household goods have continued to be strong." 
Paul Clarke continued: "Encouraged by robust trading over the summer retailers are clearly upbeat as they enter the crucial Christmas period."

                                                                                 
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