WINNIPEG Some hairstyling students in Winnipeg have been putting their heads together in a unique way to promote mental health. It’s an idea that may never have come to be, had it not been for the pandemic. Since COVID-19 hit Winnipeg, students in R.B. Russell Vocational High School’s hairstyling department have had trouble practising their cutting and styling skills. Normally, this is to mimic a salon environment, but with COVID restrictions, we haven t been able to have live clients in the building, said Barbara Parkin, a hairstyling instructor at the school. So, instead of live clients, the students have been practising on mannequin heads.
(MENAFN - ING) Retail sales fell by 6.0% year-on-year compared to a 0.8% drop in December and the market consensus at -4.5%. Data on daily activity at retail stores signalled a fall. However, the scale of the decline turned out to be slightly deeper than our estimates.
Seasonally-adjusted sales fell 1.4% month-on-month in January. This was due to extended restrictions on shopping malls, as Poles still prefer traditional brick-and-mortar stores. The growing share of online sales does not compensate for the decline in other channels. Retail sales, the volume against the share of stationary sales
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Detailed data shows that sales in most categories slowed in January in year-on-year terms compared to December. Trade restrictions distorted the seasonality of traditional sales, as clothing YoY growth plunged by 30ppt compared to December. Sales of furniture, household appliances and electronics showed positive momentum, accelerating by 7.1% YoY from 3.5% YoY in December.
The Boredom Economy
The pandemic is terrible. It can also be tedious. And that tedium is shaping what people buy and how productive they are.
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Mark Hawkins is an expert on being bored.
When he was getting his counseling degree, he was fascinated by articles on the therapeutic benefits of boredom. He has written a book whose title is “The Power of Boredom.” In his spare time, he likes to sit on his couch and stare out the window.
“It’s very difficult, but I do try to be bored as much as possible,” he said in a recent interview.
The former Chelino’s Mexican Restaurant building in Bricktown a victim of the coronavirus and related business shutdowns and slowdowns is in new hands.
Shervin Dardashti paid Richard Bricktown LLC $1,188,000 for the 12,725-square-foot building at 15 E California in a transaction by broker Allison Barta Bailey with Price Edwards & Co. County records also show Rose Hill Builders LLC as a new part owner of the two-story property, which dates to 1906.
The new owners’ exact plans for the building could not immediately be determined. Neither Dardashti nor anyone with Rose Hill Builders could be reached on Friday.
“This unique property has four patio spaces that we expect to be back in use following a
March 31, 2021 Distressed investment specialist Cerberus Capital Management has hit a $2.8bn final close for its latest flagship opportunistic real estate fund.
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