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Vera Wang "coming soon" on Mercer Street
Local
· Chelsea Piers getting a "green" car wash [Crain's]
· Atlantic Ave soon to be home to new bookstore [Lost City]
· Natori store-within-a-store opens at Saks [WWD, subscription req]
· Marc Jacobs celebrates Gay Pride [The Shophound]
· How to sell Brooklyn [NY Times]
· Ikea mum on how many of its 560 employees are Hook residents [NY Post]
· Rising price of groceries affecting food-stamp users [NY Times]
· Essie Cosmetics made in Queens by a lady with a fondness for cheekily-named polish [NY Times]
National
· On an irrational love of grocery shopping [The Kitchn]
· Fashion brand Bill Blass on the auction block [NY Post]
· Parents are for some reason buying faux-high heels for their babies [NY Post]