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Local
· The new cafe in Venice's Equator Books is officially open [Yo! Venice]
· Local designer Max Azria will appear on CW's new model drama The Beautiful Life [Fashionologie]

National
· Marketing guru Faith Popcorn says brands are dead, except her own [Daily Intel]
· Lanvin's orange suit inspires pumpkin-colored shopping list for colorphobic guys [The Moment]
· Shoplifting is on the rise as the economy falters [WWD, sub. required]
· Derek Lam has money problems, absent CEO [NY Post]