Word: amazon
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...like writing Nova in your Nielsen logbook. But they insist they love to buy books, and in 20 minutes of panther-like movements around the store, they indeed spend $352.77. But the most impressive part of the shopping--more than their speed or the way they use Amazon as a verb, or that they buy two of David Sedaris' books and then one of Jonathan Ames' because I point out that "he's funny too"--is Pam's Amex signature: a single, quarter-second loop. These are professional shoppers. Not only do I have a lot to learn...
...People have had it with chains,” he said. Stavis said that a combination of “too much Amazon and Barnes & Noble, and too little Harvard Square” had cut into WordsWorth’s business...
...It’s very said to see,” he said yesterday morning while reading a sign announcing the bankruptcy on the door of WordsWorth Books. “It’s disappointing that by supporting Amazon you’re undermining a local bookstore...
...consumer company," he says, admitting that he would just as soon discuss artificial intelligence. He thinks he can win the battle with WalMart, which launched a copycat service in 2002, and Blockbuster, which plans to try a similar rental program in the U.S. soon. Hastings has an advantage: like Amazon, Netflix relies on ratings--up to five stars--by its members, who are asked to weigh in on what they rent. These ratings go into the system's algorithm, and out come recommendations for movies you never knew you wanted to see. Hastings intends to start a trial download service...
...buddy movies, Guevara and Granado spend as much time arguing as they do hugging, and it's a joy to watch. No doubt it's their kinetic relationship - a little Easy Rider, a touch Butch and Sundance - as much as the stunning scenery (Machu Picchu, the Andes, the Amazon) and the sociopolitical undercurrent that made The Motorcycle Diaries a hit at Sundance and Cannes and has insiders whispering about an Oscar nomination. The film has already made almost $5 million in Brazil, Italy and Argentina (not bad for a film that cost less than $10 million to make...