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You Can't Go Home Again, But You Can Make Yourself Your Home

Vivian Norris | Posted 04.15.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Billboards, Small Business, Air Conditioning, Lifestyle, Non, Money, Kindness, Globalization, Wildflowers, Texas, Commercialism, Childhood, Capitalism, Past, Home, Mid-Life Crisis, Edith Piaf, France, House, Chain Stores, Job, Waste, Live, Europe, Present, Nostalgia, Je Ne Regrette Rien, Healthy Living News
Vivian Norris

A recent wave of nostalgia accompanied by trips back "home", have had me pondering why we sometimes think that what we left behind might contain somet...

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The Era of Giant Chain Stores Is Over -- And They've Ruined America

James Howard Kunstler | Posted 04.21.2013 | Small Business
Read More: Walmart, Mom and Pop Stores, Small Business, Franchise Stores, Strip Malls, Chain Stores, Chain Stores Jobs, Economic Development, Big Box, Big Box Stores, Business, Big Box Chains, Recession, Wal-Mart, Small Business News
James Howard Kunstler

The unintended consequence of the giant chain stores' victories was the total destruction of local economic networks, that is, Main Streets and downtowns, in effect destroying many of their own livelihoods. We can get that all back, but it won't be a bargain.

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Why Modern Airports Have to Change

Peter Mandel | Posted 04.03.2013 | Travel
Read More: Paddington Station, 1960s, Airports, Kennedy Airport, Suits, Airport Security, Tailfins, Denver International Airport, 1950s, JetBlue's Terminal 5, Encounter Restaurant, Chain Stores, Trains, Astronauts, Architects, Jfk, Lax, Baggage, Ocean Liners, Bars, Los Angeles International Airport, Boeing 767, New York's Pier 88, Jets, Flights, Souvenirs, Terror, Eero Saarinen, Airline Pilots, Snacks, Jetblue, Spaceships, Twa, Airport Design, The Future, Travel News
Peter Mandel

The fact is that the everyday-ness of today's airports is exactly the opposite of what we flyers need. Don't wall us off, you builders, from where we are and what we are about to do. We may be frightened but we are not dumb.

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"Too Big" Is Hollowing the Middle Class, Killing the American Dream

Rob Kall | Posted 03.11.2013 | Business
Read More: Chain Stores, Globalization, Billionaires, Big Box Stores, Outlaw Billionaires, Too Big to Fail, Small Business, Business News
Rob Kall

He's looking for a job with a big company that operates chain stores, or a property management company (who do you think bought up all those foreclosed homes?)

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My Secret Starbucks Shame

Ann Bauer | Posted 07.01.2012 | Women
Read More: Caffeine Addiction, Coffee Addiction, Americano, Chain Stores, Coffee Enthusiasts, Coffee, Caffeine Buzz, Starbucks, Organic Coffee, Amazon, Women News
Ann Bauer

All I desire is a decent Americano with a good head of crema. Not some drink they call The Golden Mountain served to me by a pigtailed kid wearing a t-shirt so sheer his nipples show through.

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PHOTOS: The Cheapest Bra Ever?

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 01.04.2012 | Style
Read More: Chain Stores, Style News, 99p Bra, 99 Cent Bra, Bra, 99p, Style News

In the US we have 99 cents. In the UK, 99 pence, or 99p. 99 pence, like 99 cents, can't get you much -- a can of soda, perhaps, or a candy bar. But...

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Janean Chun

Is New York Losing Its Small-Business Soul?

HuffingtonPost.com | Janean Chun | Posted 10.16.2011 | Small Business
Read More: Chain Stores, Best New York Stores, H&H Bagels, The Strand, Walmart New York, New York Small Business, H&H Bagels Closing, Small Business News and Trends, The Strand Bookstore, New York Small Businesses, Small Business News

There are plenty of measures of what makes a New York institution, but a cameo on Seinfeld certainly helps solidify a business' Big Apple street cred....

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7-Eleven Creates Dual-Chambered Slurpee For Two

Slashfood | Posted 06.22.2011 | Home
Read More: Convenience Store, Chain Stores, 7-Eleven, Dual-Chambered Slurpee, Frozen Drinks, Slurpees, Home News

7-Eleven has a new Slurpee scheme that will let you mix and match your flavors. On June 11, the company's launching a dual-chambered cup and special s...

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WalMart Tries Again For New York City Store

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Chain Stores, Retail, Walmart Nyc, Walmart, Walmart New York, Wal-Mart, New York, Bradley Tusk, New York News

NEW YORK — Wal-Mart is again trying to open stores in New York City after failing twice because of community opposition, tweaking its message an...

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Barnes And Noble Closes Lincoln Center Store

San Francisco Examiner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Chain Stores, Safeway, Valencia, Modern Times, Stonestown, Union Square, Booksellers, Borders, South Beach, Closing Bookstores, Bookstores, San Francisco, Amazon, Books News

SAN FRANCISCO -- A chain bookstore anchoring a condominium complex in the center of a revived South Beach is going out of business in October amid nei...

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Will Barnes And Noble Closings Leave Landlords In The Cold?

startribune.com | DON JACOBSON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Barnes and Noble, Barnes, Book Publishing, Bricks and Mortar, Landlord, Chain Stores, Shopping Malls, Tenant, Booksellers, Malls, Downsize, Bookstores, Books News

As a "bricks-and-mortar" business in a bookselling world that's rapidly adopting digital downloads, fears are creeping in that a new Barnes & Noble ow...

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Washington's Politics And Prose: Another Independent Bookseller Up For Sale

The Washington Post | Michael Rosenwald | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Chain Stores, Carla Cohen, Book Publishing, Costco, Writers, Cspan, Aap, Barbara Meade, Kindle, Independent Bookstores, Washington, Barnes & Noble, Robert Barnett, Ipad, Books News

Politics and Prose, the iconic independent bookstore on Connecticut Avenue NW that has held on against withering competition from Barnes & Noble, Amaz...

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Los Angyork City

Steven Nereo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: New York, Los Angeles, Consumer Culture, Chain Stores, Whole Foods, Corporations, Starbucks, Gap, Los Angeles News
Steven Nereo

As for New York becoming LA, or LA becoming Berlin or Berlin becoming Dubai ... the truth is it's all becoming the same. Sameness is our present and more-of-the-sameness is our future.

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Analysts: Retail Will Not Improve In 2008

Reuters Via CNBC | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Chain Stores, National Retail Federation, Retail Industry, Business News

U.S. chain stores, reeling from the slowest holiday shopping season in five years, got some more bad news Sunday: 2008 will not be any better and coul...

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What America Got For Christmas

Reverend Billy | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Local Politics, Economy, Christmas, Holiday Season, Shopping, Consumer Economy, Holiday Season Commentary, Retail, Big Box Stores, Bartering, Retail Bubble, Retail Sales, Local Economies, Chain Stores, Commercial Christmas, Spending Less, Trading, Healthy Living News
Reverend Billy

So the retail bubble finally burst, with some estimating an extreme contraction of up to 8%. An America where local economies strike a balance with the big companies is clearly the idea.

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Jamba Juice Tests New Breakfast Line

Motley Fool | Rick Aristotle Munarriz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Chain Stores, Breakfast Market, Jamba Juice, Business News

In the suddenly crowded field vying for the breakfast market, smoothie pourer Jamba Juice is getting up early to stake its claim. Jamba (Nasdaq: JMBA...

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