General Merchandise

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Consumers buying the newest iPhones this weekend won't have to wait long for cases from OtterBox.

The popular mobile accessories brand has already launched a full lineup of cases for the new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus.

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Hallmark is bringing music from some of the most popular country artists into the greeting card aisle with CMA Sounds Cards, thanks to Hallmark’s new licensing partnership with the Country Music Association. The new collection includes 12 song cards, each featuring a sound clip from CMA artists, including Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert and Luke Bryan. Priced at $4.99, each card features a 15-second sound clip from some of the artists’ top songs, including No.

CINCINNATI -- Procter & Gamble is launching an open casting call and fun digital campaign to find #TheNextMrClean.

The next Mr. Clean will win $20,000, a year’s supply of Magic Erasers and an all-expenses paid trip to New York City, where he or she will be featured in a 2017 limited edition Mr. Clean calendar.

Despite the instant satisfaction of texts or social media messages, consumers are still demanding paper greeting cards, and they are craving more unique and luxurious cards than ever before.

Lovepop Cards, a Harvard-based greeting card start-up, landed a $300,000 investment from investor Kevin O’Leary, on ABC’s “Shark Tank” TV show in December. Every card design starts as a sketch on paper that is translated to a modeling software, in which each shape is drawn. Those shapes are then transferred to a software that routs a laser-cutter to cut out each piece. Since January, the company has had about 40,000 customers and will do roughly $1 million in sales this year, according to the company.

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is targeting 19 ingredients found in soaps and body washes, saying they could do more harm than good.

Companies will no longer be able to market antibacterial washes with these ingredients because manufacturers did not demonstrate that the ingredients are both safe for long-term daily use and more effective than plain soap and water in preventing illness and the spread of certain infections. Some manufacturers have already started removing these ingredients from their products.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- OtterBox is giving consumers new options when it comes to phone cases with its new Strada Series, featuring genuine leather with exotic patterns and styling.

Making their public debut during New York Fashion Week, the new Strada Series patterns cover iPhone in a slim protective shell with a premium leather exterior. The design combines a classic, tailored look with slim protection. Strada Series is coming soon in Oynx, classic black with accent stitching, and two chic snakeskin patterns, Stone Serpent and Wooded Serpent.