Let me tell you what some other people say, though: 1  The EWGâs Skin Deep Database lists it as a 5-6 (or moderate hazard), but trying to find the studies they used for their rating proved difficult, and the ones I did find were the nebulous âborax or boric acidâ test studies.
1 This is so because, my nominal wages have increased by 10% while the average price level (CPI) has increased by only 5%. 2  Thus today (in 2010) with my higher nominal wage ($1100.00) I can buy more than I could buy last year.
The C.E.O. of Christian Louboutin claims his company's shoes have risen in price because the cost of raw materials has gone up by 30 to 40 per cent in the last 18 months. George Malkemus, C.E.O. of Manolo Blahnik, says the price hikes are unwise.