While even beauty sales are softening, that impulse hasn’t disappeared.
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Fortune,
Fortune,
9 Apr. 2026
They are best suited for improving skin texture, softening fine lines and enhancing product absorption, allowing serums and treatments to penetrate more effectively.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2026
Coffee giant Starbucks is looking to encourage its baristas and hourly workers to improve their sales and customer service by sweetening the pot with bigger financial perks.
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Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
Last year, Pritzker signed an onerous bill sweetening firefighter and police pensions that will cost Chicagoans tens of millions of dollars more annually without extra help from the state.
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The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026
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