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Emerging American designers Doo-Ri Chung (DOO.RI), Kate and Laura Mulleavy (RODARTE) and Thakoon Panichgul (THAKOON) create a limited edition collection inspired by the classic Gap white shirt.Gap introduced a new limited edition collection for women, designed exclusively for Gap by Doo.Ri, Rodarte and Thakoon - three of the most celebrated, emerging American design labels in the industry today. The collection, named Gap Design Editions, is part of Gap's recently announced partnership with the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund (CVFF), an initiative established to support and encourage new American design talent."Gap has a rich history of celebrating creativity and offering consumers iconic American styles. We're proud to collaborate with world class design talent like Doo.Ri, Rodarte and Thakoon to create a special collection that reflects each designer's unique vision and Gap's classic aesthetic," said Marka Hansen, president of Gap North America."Vogue has a long tradition of supporting young talent - in particular our local talent, to secure a brilliant future for American fashion.

MindSoft LLC Announces New Online Price Comparison Service

MindSoft LLC (www.pocketdeal.com), the leading provider of online shopping-assistant software for personal and handheld computers, announced today a new online price comparison service for searching product pricing and availability in real-time at tens of the most popular retail and online stores.

The new service, integrated in the www.pocketdeal.com web site, and also available on the new www.priceant.com website, lets users search for products and compare prices in real--time at hundreds of participating stores, including CircuitCity, BestBuy, CompUSA, Target, Walmart, Sears, OfficeDepot, Staples, Barnes & Noble, Borders, Buy.com, Amazon, Overstock, TigerDirect, RitzCamera, Tweeter, Crutchfield, and many more.

Top tips for spring cleaning your finances

With the arrival of a new tax year, households could save thousands of pounds by shopping around for a better deal on financial products and by mopping up unused tax free allowances, according to Find.co.uk, UK consumer finance portal.

Areas that households should look at are:

Pensions

During the tax year 2007-08, you can save up to 100 per cent of your salary into any form of pension/s, subject to an annual limit of £225,000. You automatically get tax relief at 22 per cent and can claim a further 18 per cent tax relief via your self assessment tax return, if you are a 40 per cent taxpayer.

You can save into as many different pensions as you like, so that even if you belong to a company pension scheme, you can also make contributions to any other form of pension, such as a stakeholder or Sipp, providing the total amount you put into your pensions (including company pensions) does not exceed the limit mentioned above.

Retail vacancy rate hits 15-year low

The retail vacancy rate is at a 15-year low of 3.7 percent and is expected to get even tighter by year's end, according to the latest market overview by the PM Realty Group.

While some 3 million square feet of new retail space is already planned or under construction, mostly on the Leeward Oahu, most of that won't be ready for occupancy soon.

"As it comes online in 2008 and 2009, you're going to get the relief," said PM Realty project manager Jeff Nasrallah.

Until it does, however, the retail vacancy rate will continue to be tight. PM Realty Group forecasts it will be lower than 3 percent by the end of this year.

The tight retail market pushed base asking rents to $2.88 per square foot per month at year-end 2006, and is expected to go up to $3.05 per square foot per month by year-end 2007.

‘Jungle Safari’

SANTEE – Visitors to the Santee Outlets Mall will have an opportunity to take a walk on the wild side April 18-22 when the “Jungle Safari" show will be in town.The exhibit, featuring a wide variety of animals and activities, will be in the south parking lot of the shopping mall for five days only. Operating for more than 20 years at shopping centers and other venues, the attraction is touted by its producers as “one of the safest, cleanest educational, professional and family entertainment exhibits in the country."The event is free during the mall's regular shopping hours: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1:30 p.m. through 6 p.m. Sunday. Visitors will have a chance to “see one of the rarest animals in the world," watch the monkeys play and pet and feed the llama and other animals.