The retail industry’s diversity record came under fire in the NAACP’s Economic Reciprocity General Merchandising Industry 2003 Report Card. Retail is the second-largest industry in the United Stat
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BY Patrice Toombs and Bevolyn Williams-Harold
At the corporate headquarters of drugstore chain Duane Reade in New York City, recruitment director Lisa Johnson finds it especially rewarding to promote her own hirees. “I met a young man who came
BY Feona Sharhran Huff
Losing her daytime job last October, when a company merger phased out her position, turned out to be a blessing for Lashonda M. Tyree. She could now devote all of her time to Nyah (formerly called Pre
BY Feona Sharhran Huff
TNJ sought out 10 top-billing beauty product lines for the African-American market. Here’s what they have to offer!Carol’s Daughterwww.carolsdaughter.com877-540-2101From cleansers to toners to moi
BY Feona Sharhran Huff
A few fashion seasons back, music icon and producer Sean “P. Diddy” Combs adorned his urban contemporary menswear collection with an estimated $14 million in gold and platinum medallions, collars
BY Cheryl Ann Wadlington
Edward Wilkerson, design director of the multimillion-dollar New York-based women’s sportswear company Lafayette 148, doesn’t have to present a collection at Bryant Park in Manhattan to create med
BY Cheryl Ann Wadlington
People spend millions of dollars a year on products and services that promise to improve the appearance of the skin, hair and nails. An important key to beauty, however, is to adopt healthy habits. He
BY Dina D. Strachan, M.D.
To regain our natural state of health, we must get in touch with our mind, body and soul. These words resonate as herbalists and common folk alike discuss the impact of alternative therapies on the Af
BY Mary Massey
Dr. Lishan Aklog, associate chief of cardiac surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, eagerly embraces new technologies for heart surgery. “If I’m not open-minded about new, potentially benefi
BY Feona Sharhran Huff
At 94, Viola Lehr lives in a manner many older people only dream of. She has remained in her longtime two-bedroom condominium on the top floor of a chic four-story complex with a park view and a pool
BY Marsha Kay Seff