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  <name><![CDATA[Rachel C. Weingarten]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[  Rachel C. Weingarten AKA Ms. Biz Manners is a noted and quoted brand strategist, marketing maverick and president of  GTK Marketing Group which creates and implements brand strategies and promotions for the beauty, fashion and entertainment industries.  She is a pop culture and trends analyst and commentator and author, most recently of  Career and Corporate Cool™, How to Look, Dress, and Act the Part- at Every Stage of Your Career (Wiley 08/07), and Hello Gorgeous! Beauty Products in America '40s-'60s a New York Public Library pick for '07.

	Rachel is also a writer and author who writes about business and style and the business of style as a contributor to Fortune Small Business, a regular on the editorial pages of Newsday and other top media outlets.
	
The Washington Post calls Rachel Weingarten &quot;A Hotshot NYC Beauty Consultant,&quot;
ABC News refers to Rachel as a &quot;Celebrity Style Maven.&quot;
Elaine Pofeldt, Senior Editor, FORTUNE Small Business says: &quot;Rachel Weingarten has a keen eye for the unwritten rules of today's workplace -and a wicked sense of humor.&quot;
	Rachel is regularly quoted in The New York Times, CNN.com, The AP, USA Today and many other publications on the subjects of trends, marketing and career style and etiquette.
	Rachel is in demand as a public speaker, and leads many fun and interactive workshops for Fortune 100 companies and Ivy League colleges on the subjects of modern business manners, corporate etiquette, personal business branding and business style.]]></about>    <gender>female</gender>  <hometown>Brooklyn</hometown>      
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Career and Corporate Cool]]></title>
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  <published>2007</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Hello Gorgeous!: Beauty Products in America '40s-'60s]]></title>
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