The company hired the rebranding shop Hornall Anderson (giver of face-lifts to Ghirardelli Chocolate and Starbucks), which used a batik motif to give the new products a Gauguinesque feel.

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And the argument that Asians, who love to shop "F2F" (face-to-face), are culturally averse to cybershopping?

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Police found out that the acid that the alleged attacker, 35-year-old Yuri Zarutsky, splashed on Filin's face was bought at an auto shop.

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