Whole Foods and Hard Alcohol; Band of Outsiders for Starbucks

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Local
Whole Foods Columbus Circle now looking to serve hard alcohol [Gothamist]
Elaborate rope artwork inside the Club Monaco Flatiron windows [Mizhattan]
The most stylish acts at this weekend's Governors Ball [Fashionista]
Investment firm snags retail space across from future Nordstrom [TRD]

National
Meet Burt, the bearded beekeeper behind the Burt's Bees logo [FastCo]
A boutique named Please Don't Enter opens in Downtown LA [T]
Cops shot in Vegas 'ambush' that ended in a Walmart [Yahoo]
Marimekko wants to return to its '60s fashion prominence [Bloomberg]
The latest Starbucks collaboration is with Band of Outsiders [StyleFile]