Americans Are More Generous Than We Think
2012 is now upon us, and we know that in this year there will be more rancor (presidential election), stress (economy) and predictably unpredictable natural disasters (no reference to the Mayan...
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A Jewish Girl’s Love Letter to Loehmann’s
Loehmann’s is closed. Last week, the famous discount designer clothing store, shuttered the last of its remaining 39 shops, including one in Los Angeles where I live and four in New York City, where it...
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Selling Social Justice Short
This Super Bowl season we’ve learned that social justice is in fashion. It sells. It sells Coke, it sells cars, and it sells us short. So it begins, imagine it with me. The loud roar of the ocean,...
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Don’t Go Shopping on Thanksgiving. Just Don’t.
There’s been a lot of outrage over Macy’s — the retailer most synonymous with Thanksgiving and family with its parade of floats — deciding to open its stores on the day when we are supposed to give...
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Time to Surrender in the War on Thanksgiving
We’re making our list and checking it twice: Macy’s, Kohl’s, Penney’s, Sears—open on Thanksgiving at 8 p.m. Toys R Us starts cranking at 5 p.m. Kmart at 6 a.m. Walmart never closes, ever. This year it...
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Moving Thanksgiving Just Might Save the Economy
It is de rigueur to groan about the ever expanding Christmas season, about the tinsel and holly busting out before the first frost and those irksome Walmart ads pushing layaway plans alongside Labor...
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Why So Little Candy Variety? Blame the Chocolate Oligopoly
Roaming the candy aisle of my neighborhood Safeway around Halloween is a dizzying encounter with choice. Or so it seems. I counted over 40 different brands of candy but it turns out almost all of them...
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The Genetics of Bargain Hunting
Every November, it’s a now familiar sight. Hordes of shoppers camped out on the Friday after Thanksgiving, wrapped up in sleeping bags waiting to get 80% off a 42-in. TV, perhaps, or four pairs of...
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J.K. Rowling and the Death of the Long Tail
By now you’re no doubt aware that Robert Galbraith, the unknown author of a new detective novel called The Cuckoo’s Calling, is actually J.K. Rowling, gazillion-selling Harry Potter creator and...
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Viewpoint on Bangladesh Disaster: It’s Not All About the West
On April 17th, more than 400 people died when an eight-story building on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed like a house of cards. The building, Rana Plaza, contained a bank, shops, and...
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Is It a Crime to Plant a Seed?
Vernon Hugh Bowman, a 75-year-old farmer from rural Indiana, did something that got him sued. He planted soybean seeds. But Monsanto, the ag giant, insists it has a patent on the kind of genetically...
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The Secret Cause of Buyer’s Remorse
In 2011, many shoppers opted to avoid the frenetic crowds and do their holiday shopping from the comfort of their computer. Sales at online retailers gained by more than 15%, making it the biggest...
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Americans Are More Generous Than We Think
2012 is now upon us, and we know that in this year there will be more rancor (presidential election), stress (economy) and predictably unpredictable natural disasters (no reference to the Mayan...
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Why Orange Juice is More Expensive on Saturday
A few weeks ago, when I was in Tokyo, I happened upon a camera store selling just what I was looking for, at a price that was simply too good to refuse. However, the more advanced model was also on...
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What Your Supermarket Knows About You
The global financial crisis of 2008 hit consumers hard. Two years later, and they’re still reeling. Spending is down across the board, and even the more affluent are watching their pennies. In this...
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