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Local
·A doctor's boozy night inspired VitaminWater rival Function Drinks [NYM]
·A mile-long stretch of Broadway on the UWS has 20 empty storefronts [NYM]
·Weird mashup: Costume designer recommends bar-cleaning products [NYM]
·Red Hook Ikea detractors grudgingly admit "It isn't awful" [NYT]
·Banks continue to open branches as if there isn't a financial care in the world [NYDN]

National
·New trend: Men's-only stores from big-name brands [LA Times]
·"I Am Rich" iPhone app does not amuse customers [NYT]
·Inexplicable celebrity collaboration #1: Luke Wilson for Puma [Frillr]
·Inexplicable celebrity collab #2: Criss Angel for Dussault Apparel [Frillr]

International
·Reviewing the Olympics uniforms at Friday's opening ceremony [NYT]
· Lots of criticism for Ralph Lauren's Olympics uniforms in particular [Gawker]
·The Gap fires every last one of its European designers [The Telegraph]