Launches & Releases

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Just in case you aren't totally sick of hearing about online sample sale sites, we present another new arrival—Retail Happy Hour, which launches tomorrow. The first round of designers seems to include mostly swimwear (L Space, Lisa Curran), accessories (Leigh & Luca scarves, Cocobelle sandals) and beauty brands (Pop Cosmetics, LuxLash), with Hale Bob seemingly the only apparel label on tap for this week. Unlike all the other sites, this one appears to work on a kind of points system—the invite we received allows us to view the sale at 8am as opposed to 4pm for "other members", while anyone who tells five friends about the site gets to shop an entire day before everyone else. Nothing massively groundbreaking, then, but still probably worth signing up to see what it's all about. [Racked Inbox]