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East Village Hates Chains, Just Like Astor Place Once Did

Last week, the New York Times reported that the East Village was emphatically protesting an incoming 7-Eleven. The Slurpee giant is worming its way right to the trendy core of the neighborhood, renovating a storefront on Avenue A and East 11th Street. The neighbors are worried that the snack chain w ... More >>

Brad Paisley Tells Country Audiences There's Nothing Wrong With White Folks Becoming the Minority

Every couple weeks, starting now, the Voice takes a hard listen to the music in which millions of Americans soak. Brad Paisley, "Southern Comfort Zone" Current Billboard Country Singles Chart Position: 10 The Verdict: Holy shit, songs on the radio can still be important! So, here, in a shimmering ... More >>

Gay People Drink And Dine Better Than Straight People

According to a infographic by Target 10, a gay-focused agency for top-tier consumer brands, gay people drink, dine out, and party more. The survey was based on a Experian Simmons data set with about 33,000 people polled. Not only are gays and lesbians more likely to consumer certain alcohol, they're ... More >>

Buy Your Candy Corn Oreos At Target

Candy corn Oreos sound gross, but thanks to social media sites and BuzzFeed, they've gone absolutely viral. Krafts Food (owner of Nabisco) confirmed that on Monday that these golden Oreos are now available in Target stores.

Three Reasons Why Old Records Are Bigger Than Ever

Deep catalog diving

Three Other Reasons Why Sales Of Old Records Are Outpacing Sales Of New Ones

This week the news came out that sales of catalog albums outpaced those of new records during the first six months of 2012. Current (less than 18 months old) albums sold 73.9 million copies between January 2 and June 1, down from 82.8 million in the first six months of 2011; catalog albums sold 76.6 ... More >>

Radio Hits One: Drake, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry, And The Era Of The Hit Bonus Track

Superstar pals and Young Money labelmates Lil Wayne and Drake released two of the biggest albums of 2011—Tha Carter IV and Take Care—and both are still spinning off hits well into 2012. But a look at the singles charts reveals something odd: the biggest current hits off both albums aren' ... More >>

Andrew Cuomo's Walmart Runs Are Annoying the Union

​Like anyone who's recently moved, Governor Cuomo has been doing a lot of shopping (for the Executive Mansion, in his case), spending "about $300 in recent months" reports the Daily News. State workers have been sent to Albany-area Walmarts for supplies for Cuomo's official abode. This is to k ... More >>

Tom Hanks Ages Into Mid-Life Obsolescence in Larry Crowne

Frank Bruni Moves from Dining Section to Op-Ed Page; Subway Tests Café Model

​The United Food and Commercial Workers union is trying to mobilize 5,000 workers at 27 Target stores in the New York City area. [NY Times] The city has extended its 2003 ban on smoking in restaurants and bars to include city parks and public beaches. [Reuters] Despite economic woes and risi ... More >>

Target Beats Whole Foods in Sustainable Seafood Rankings

Tim Pearce/flickrFishy business at Whole Foods​In a recent Greenpeace ranking of seafood sustainability in supermarkets, Whole Foods ranked fourth, behind Target, which came in second, and Safeway, which took the number one spot.

Huge Email Hack Reveals Customer Info From Target, JP Morgan and 50 More Big Brands

​The digital marketing firm Epsilon told its clients on Friday of "an unauthorized entry into Epsilon's email system," insisting it "was limited to email addresses and/or customer names only" and that no other information was at risk, but it's only now becoming clear just how widespread the ha ... More >>

Target Now Just Being Rude to Everybody, Including Mom

​First there was that whole anti-gay/donating to Tom Emmer quagmire. And now everybody's up in arms about this Target Halloween commercial, which seems to stand for all that is wrong with America to a bunch of Americans. Because the greatest tragedy in the commercial isn't the kid with the shi ... More >>

New Yorkers Protest Target's Donation to Anti-Gay Candidate

​New Yorkers unhappy with Target's recent $150,000 donation to anti-gay-rights Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer gathered yesterday at the flagship Target in Brooklyn to protest. The rally, organized by Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, City Councilmember Letitia James, and MoveOn.org ... More >>

Target Says "Sorry" for Donation to Anti-Gay Republican

​Finally responding with more than a "we support the gay community" (with our other hand in the pocket of someone who actively does not support the gay community), Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel sent a memo to employees today to apologize for donating $150,000 to Republican Tom Emmer (who is anti ... More >>

NY Tech MeetUp Showcases Some Useful New Technology, Some Not

​NY Tech MeetUp is a monthly event for the technology community in New York that allows emerging companies to demo their new ideas in front of a large audience of like-minded techies. It's a safe place for these tech geeks, but it's open to outsiders like us, too. We went last June as well, took J ... More >>

Target Says "We Do Not Have a Political Agenda"

​Yesterday we mentioned that Target has found itself in a bit of a conundrum after donating $150,000 to MN Forward, which is running ads supporting Republican gubernatorial candidate (and friend of the Tea Party) Tom Emmer, who just so happens to be anti gay marriage as well as pro Arizona imm ... More >>

Does Target Have an Anti-Gay Agenda, or Are They Just Stupid?

​The new NYC Target is open for business, much to the pleasure of many a New Yorker who no longer has to transfer boroughs for their cheap bulk items. But perhaps we should not be so fast to be smug with our "getting a good deal" and "shopping somewhere other than the much-maligned Wal-Mart" f ... More >>

Holy Crap! Zac Posen's 24-hr Shopping Extravaganza With Maggie Gyllenhaal and Parker Posey

Angela Ashman​ "It's a dream!" Zac Posen excitedly said about his new Target line launch party last night, which kicked off the 24-hour shopping event -- going on until 11 p.m. tonight -- at a pop-up store in the New Yorker building. And indeed it did feel like a dream as we -- Voice fashion ... More >>

Explaining the Success of Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Which Has Sold More Copies Than 50 Cent's Before I Self-Destruct and That Joanna Newsom Record Combined

​A small shift at the top of the charts this week -- snoozy country act Lady Antebellum retakes the top spot, with Need You Now selling 126,000 copies to the smoky Sade album Soldier Of Love's 79,000 -- is followed by a slew of debuts from artists of varying notoriety. Polarizing American Idol ... More >>

So Was Lil Wayne's Rebirth a Modest Success Or a Total Commercial Failure? Maura Johnston Reads the Charts

"Billboard's 'Tastemakers' chart is the one we should all paying attention to, don't you think?"​This week's Billboard 200 is headed once again by Lady Antebellum, the milquetoast country trio whose second album Need You Now moved 481,000 copies in its debut week, and 209,000 copies in the sal ... More >>

Even at the Ecofest, Shopping Is a Natural Reaction

The Official Village Voice Election-Season Guide to the Right-Wing Blogosphere

A confederacy of dunces

Photos: BowieBall at Don Hill's 01.20.07

Fashion Disasters Averted!

But only because the Golden Globes were crippled by the strike

Social Engineering

All aboard at Grand Central with headless models and StoryCorps

This Year's Halloween Costumes and their Spooky Stereotyping

You want scary? How about a return to the '50s?

Mossimo at Target: Eh

A Design of the Times

You're the game-show champion at the Cooper-Hewitt's clowning triennial

Letters

Velveeta Elvis

Hat country's resident assman talks "tough" and gets to third base

CORRECTION: Ann Coulter's Sale Figures

What's Really Inside

J.C. Penney is now hip?

Target Agrees: Most Americans Believe in Angels

The Price Is Wrong

High times at the low end

When You Can't Make it on The O.C . . .

Bloc Party and the Hold Steady shill for Target

Gravy Ladles Suck

A dream bridal registry, courtesy of the jealous single friend

Bazaar on Aisle Nine

Target gives shoppers the world

The String That Binds

The Kabbalah centre wants your heart—and your money

Target Practice

Mizrahi goes high and low, plus a brief encounter with the evil Wal-Mart

Pillow Talk

Profiles in the sack

Features

Edward Brant, Graduate Student, Interior Design, Pratt Institute

Put Out More Flags

Shopping in Americaland

Kitties Rule, Boys Drool

NY Mirror

Target Practice

The Low (Cost) Road to Fashion

Net Loss

Music Industry Report Projects Huge Losses to Web Piracy

Sports