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Local
· Recession might aide Wal-Mart in opening a NYC store [NYP]
· Women in expensive Oscar Blandi blow out class try to reduce salon dependence [NYT]

National
· Issue for young designers: take on a mentor, or go it alone? [IHT]
· New Armani Exchange campaign too risque for a billboard [NYP]
· Gareth Pugh working on makeup and shoe lines [WWD, subscription req]