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  2. Ray-Ban - Wikipedia

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    Website. ray-ban .com. Ray-Ban is a brand of luxury sunglasses and eyeglasses created in 1936 by Bausch & Lomb. The brand is best known for its Wayfarer and Aviator lines of sunglasses. In 1999, Bausch & Lomb sold the brand to Italian eyewear conglomerate Luxottica Group for a reported $640 million. [ 1][ 2]

  3. Counterfeit consumer good - Wikipedia

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    During a counterfeit bust in New York in 2007, federal police, with the help of local Private Investigator Ray Dowd, seized $200 million in fake designer clothing, shoes, and accessories from one of the largest-ever counterfeit smuggling rings. Labels seized included Chanel, Nike, Burberry, Ralph Lauren and Baby Phat. Counterfeit goods are a ...

  4. Wallis (retailer) - Wikipedia

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    Parent. Boohoo. Website. www .wallis .co .uk. Wallis is an online British women's clothing brand. Previously a retailer, Wallis operated from 134 stores and 126 concessions across the UK and Republic of Ireland. Wallis was a subsidiary of the Arcadia Group before its collapse in late 2020. The brand is now owned by Boohoo.com.

  5. List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2018 - Wikipedia

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    Ray is the bigamous third husband of Mel Owen (Tamzin Outhwaite) and the stepfather to Mel's son, Hunter Owen (Charlie Winter). [164] Ray is mentioned several times throughout 2018, as Hunter stays in contact with him. Ray arrives at local nightclub E20 as Mel is about to respond to Jack Branning's (Scott Maslen) marriage proposal. Ray tells ...

  6. Ray-Ban Wayfarer - Wikipedia

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    Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses and eyeglasses have been manufactured by Ray-Ban since 1952. Made popular in the 1950s and 1960s by music and film icons such as Buddy Holly , Roy Orbison and James Dean , Wayfarers almost became discontinued in the 1970s, before a major resurgence was created in the 1980s through massive product placements .

  7. List of Coronation Street characters introduced in 1960

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    Other significant characters to appear this year include Elsie Lappin (played by Maudie Edwards) the original owner of the Corner shop and most famous for speaking the first words on the show; Susan Cunningham (played by Patricia Shakesby), Ken's first girlfriend and the subject of a 2010 storyline in which it was discovered she had later given ...

  8. History of women in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    In medieval times, women had responsibility for brewing and selling the ale that men all drank. By 1600, men had taken over that role. The reasons include commercial growth, gild formation, changing technologies, new regulations, and widespread prejudices that associated female brewsters with drunkenness and disorder.

  9. Labour Behind the Label - Wikipedia

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    Labour Behind the Label (LBL) is a UK-based non-profit co-operative organisation with an office in Easton, Bristol, which campaigns for workers' rights in the clothing industry. [1] [2] [3] It is the platform of the international Clean Clothes Campaign in the United Kingdom. [4] [5] LBL's members include trade unions and their local branches ...