Dear Readers: This week, in deference to whale-watching season, we present a "best of" aggregation of Extra Texture items centered on five special areas of interest: kids, women, retail, multicultural and...beer: Kids The Reality Generation (Inquirer) Baby Says "Buy" (SMH) Getting Personal With Teens (B&T) Roxy's-Girl Novels (Contra Costa Times) Twisting the Tweens (The Australian) Disney Launches Toontime (The Age) Kellogg's Tonymobile (Enquirer) Reebok's New Kid (USA Today) Tween Decor (Knight Ridder) Disney Ice Cream (Orlando BJ) Light-Up Lollipops (CNN) Disney's Kidpreneurs (Chicago Tribune) Shrinking Childhood (SMH) Sk8er Boi Optioned (Chart Attack) MTV's Videogames (IndianTelevision) Disney's Kid-Friendly Safety (Ledger) Dad Beats Mom (USA Today) Marketers Flunk Kids (MediaPost) Toyota's Scion (BusinessWeek) Fine Food 4 Kids (KC Star) Pasties 4 Kids (Food Navigator) Kids in Kenya (Financial Standard) Barbie in Africa (Sunday Times) Teen Credit Cards (MSNBC) Junior Jocks (MSNBC) Hasbro v. Lego (Reuters) Sally Ride's Science Camp (CS Monitor) Nickelodeon's Odorama (AJC) Classroom Marketing (Washington Post) Junior Johnny Carsons (CS Monitor) Teen Beverage Choices (AJC) Ronald McDonald's Mystique (WS Journal) Disney PG-13 (AJC) Kids & Caffiene (WPXI) Black Kids & Alcohol (MSNBC) Toyopia (Herald Trib) Biz Kids Camp (Producer) Skimpy Tween Fashions (Sac Bee) Chic Surfer Chicks (AZ Central) Hilary Duff (USA Today) Harry Haters (Gannett) Tween Identity (Happi) Mtv's Punk'd (USA Today) Lego & The Beeb (Guardian) Coke & Kids (AJC) New Zealand's Teens (NZ Herald) Mtv2's Baby (Slate) National KidsDay (CS Monitor) Tweenie Shoes (The Business) Roxy Girl Books (Porterville Recorder) Urban Barbie (Eurweb) Freshman Reinvention (CS Monitor) Nokia's Schoolyard (Wireless Week) Teenage Art Gangs (Art Newspaper) Toyota's Kid Cars (AP) Coke's Kid Camps (NJ) Student Marketing Labs (Boston Globe) Nickelodeon Australia (B&T) Garbage Pail Kids (CNN) Big Toys (Charlotte Observer) Kid Shoppers (USA Today) Kid Cellphones (BBC) School Shopping (Post Intelligencer) Women Women & Debt (BBC) Hooters' Women's Sports (Mercury News) Campus Women Marketing (SD Union) Annika Sorenstam (CS Monitor) Selling Beauty (Economist) Ann Fudge (USA Today) Marketing Sportswomen (Seattle Post) Women Sue Icelandair (News.com) Chick Lit (Independent) New Zealand's Women (Massey News) WNBA's New Look (Contra Costa Times) Car Saleswomen (Pittsburgh Live) Real Women's Magazines (Women's eNews) Women's Looks & Tennis (SF Gate) Russian Cosmetics (Russia Journal) BMW's Pink Stripe (Sea Coast) Comfort's Gender Gap (Men's News) Athena Water (AP) Female Farmers (Centre Daily) Spider-Man for Women (Miami) Women v. Wal-Mart (Fortune) Elle's Belles (USA Today) Nike's Female Gear (Oregon Live) Nissan's Yummy Mummys (Newsday) Broader WNBA (Wash Post) Female Asian Tans (East Day) Ladylike Hats (Detroit News) She-roes Unlimited (DM Register) Afgan Women's Marketing (Worldbank) Liala Ali (Max Boxing) Home Depot's Women (CT Now) Womanship (Fast Company) Women & Mirrors (AP) Ladies' Night Lawsuits (Union Trib) Reel Moms (Beacon Journal) Asian-Canadian Women (Canoe) Best Fem-ale (Real Beer) Women & Radio (The Age) Mother's Little Helper (Women's News) Retail Reality Restaurant (Inquirer) Satellite Shopping Carts (Ananova) Retailing to Women (Cincinnati Enquirer) Krispy Kreme v. Starbucks (Motley Fool) Online Grocer Succeeds (AP) New Sears Strategy (Baltimore Sun) Why Wal-Mart Grows (Fast Company) Wal-Mart v. Target (Motley Fool) Starbucks in Japan (Bloomberg) Luby's in Australia (Hospitality) McDonald's in Malaysia (The Star) Banks & Freebies (Clarion-Ledger) Shoppers Repent! (Independent) Albertson's Goes Hollywood (Statesman) E-Retailing Update (Pioneer Press) Maltese Shoppers (Times of Malta) Wal-Mart Wedding (Telegraph) Target's Fashionable Foods (Naples Daily) Wal-Mart of Grocers (WS Journal) Carrefour in Korea (JoongAng Daily) Retail On Sale (Cin Enquirer) Hooters' Kids' Promo (WQAD) Future of Retailing (MSNBC) Shopping in Dubai (AME) Wal-mart in America (AJC) Apparel v. Groceries (KC Star) Albertson's Supermercado (Union Tribune) Natural Born Shoppers (The Scotsman) Ekerd Update (BusinessWeek) Heinz' Ketchup Store (BBC) Supermarket Flowers (KC Star) Where Shoppers Are (Retail Traffic) Male Retail Therapy (PC Advisor) Retail Content Development (EuropeMedia) Buyer-Seller Relationships (Harvard) Kmart's Future (Milwaukee Sentinel) Indian Shopper Profiling (Business Standard) Gross-ery Store (Sentinel) 7-Eleven Banking (Mercury News) Upscale Wholesale (USA Today) Hawaiian Shopping (Hawaii Business) Fat-Free Wal-Mart (Ad Age) Three Dog Bakery (Go Memphis) Wal-Mart v. Kohl's (Bhrat Textile) Apple Eats Chicago (AP) Girlfriends Boutique (Denver Post) Teen Boutiques (Democrat-Gazette) Malls & Schools (NZ Herald) Wal-Mart In Mexico (Arkansas) Consignment Shopping (Birmingham) Wal-Mart Radio (JS Online) Aisles of Advertising (Detroit News) Sears' New Marketers (Chicago Business) Quick Serve in Korea (Joongang Daily) Wal-Mart & Teens (AZ Central) Kmart & Hispanics (Detroit News) Krispy Kreme Theater (Go Erie) Retailing Realism (Boston Globe) Store Labels (Reuters) Loyalty Card Tags (Guardian) Costs of Costco (Moby Lives) Trader Joe's Secret (Tuscaloosa) Staples Goes Wireless (The Star) India's Retail Giants (Business Standard) Overhauling Sears (AP) Dollar Shop Mania (CS Monitor) Department Store Survival (Sunspot) Target's New Aim (The Ledger) Taiwan's C-Stores (Taipei Times) Wal-Mart's Hit Parade (NY Post) Wal-Mart Arts (NY Times) Wal-Mart Pulls Guns (AP) Kmart Goes B.T.S. (K.C. Star) Fast Food in Pakistan (Swiss Info) Lord & Taylor's Brand (S.P. Times) Winn-Dixie's New Look (Miami Herald) Ikea's Big Niche (BBC) Multicultural Urban Latino Culture (Miami Herald) Latino Cool (MSNBC) How Blacks Bank (Cin. Inquirer) Ricky Martin (Phil. Inquirer) Latinos Online (News Journal) Hip-Hop Culture (AllHipHop.com) Hispanic Shoppers (AP) Retailers and Hispanics (AP) Hispanic Coupons (Internet News) Latinos Target U.S. (Wash Post) Impala's Black Ad (Slate) Speaking Latino (CS Monitor) Pepsi & Latinos (News Observer) Post-Ethnic America (Washington Post) Mexicans & CART (Mercury News) Hip Hop Intellectuals (SF Gate) Multicultural Crayolas (Poynter) Republica's Latino Fashions (MSNBC) Office Depot & Hispanics (Orlando BJ) Black Colleges Marketing (Charlotte Observer) Latino Expo USA (Statesman) Black Angels (CS Monitor) Baseball's Blacks (SI) Inner City Voices (Courier-Journal) Latino Dinero (Forbes) Hispanics & TV (Hispanic Business) Hispanic Fruit Guys (Hispanic Business) Puma & Serena (ESPN) Sears & Hispanics (AP) La Cruz No. 2 (DM Register) Hispanics & Travel Sites (Cyberatlas) Black Films Now (Denver Post) Latinos Online (Forbes) Beer 7-Eleven Beer (Baltimore Sun) Cinco de Mayo (AP) Medicinal Beer (RealBeer) Anheuser World Select (RealBeer) Red Stripe Derby (Jamaica Gleaner) Newcastle Brown Ice Cream (RealBeer) Boutique Beer (Delaware Online) Beer in India (Asia Times) Miller in Europe (Real Beer) Russian Beer Ad Ban (RealBeer) Elephants & Beer (RealBeer) Summertime Brews (Fox News) One-Off Brews (Real Beer) Pabst is Back (PJ Star) Miller v. Bud (Stl Today) Hops Fights Fat (Real Beer) Funny Cide Beer (Real Beer) B.A. in Beer (The Star) Solomon's Brewery (Reuters) U.S. Beer Drinking Team (Washington Post) Beer Hall of Fame (Atlantic City) Women's Beer (Reuters) Asahi Beer's Success (Times Online) German Beer Drought (Reuters)
