NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Studs, a new ear piercing experience that enables consumers to express themselves through earscaping, launches nationwide online and in its first brick and mortar ...

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Malls, Claire’s, tattoo parlors, a friend’s house, and jewelry stores may seemingly not have anything in common but these are the common venues people frequent in order to get their ears pierced, each ...

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Remember how exciting it was when your parents would let you make a pit stop at Claire’s in the local mall and you’d go wild spending your allowance on lip gloss, One Direction merch, and, of course, ...

Charleston, get ready for a new ear-piercing studio in town called Studs. The grand opening will take place today - Thursday, Oct. 6 - at 346-B King Street. This will be the store’s 14th location ...

A startup called Studs wants to reinvent the ear-piercing experience for Generation Z. Today, consumers only have two options to choose from when they want their ears pierced — the traditional “mall ...

In 1993, astronomist-turned-jewelry designer Maria Tash opened her first piercing studio in Manhattan’s then gritty East Village. There, and by way of her future eponymous piercing chain, Tash ...

This isn’t an arbitrary list- malls, Claire’s, tattoo parlors, a friend’s house, and jewelry stores. It’s the list of common places people go to get their ears pierced. Studs is on a mission to be the ...