Word: discounted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Creston, 20 miles away, and Greenfield's merchants fear the worst. Wall Street traders will hail America's richest man, Sam Walton, and his relentless retailing march across the country. But Walton's new store, dropped in a field of asphalt (one of 1,400 in his discount empire) will suck a bit more of the commercial life out of Greenfield and similar towns in the same radius. Another comfortable old building with arched windows and high ceilings may have to be padlocked. Not so long ago they were all open, and the square filled up on Saturday night, when...
Graham's shop, which bills itself as an alternative to the Coop for textbooks, began business last week and will stay open until October 17. Located above Chili's Grill and Bar, it claims to provide books at a 12 to 20 percent discount off Coop prices, although on a smaller selection...
Billed as "Harvard Square's largest discount bookstore," Barillari fits neatly into the redevelopment of the Square's western...
...customers are two- income families whose idea of a swell evening is dining in front of the VCR. Says the company's president, Constantine Stathopoulos: "It's all about economics and time. We give them more time to relax." Waiters on Wheels usually gets a 20% to 30% discount from the restaurants, then charges clients the regular restaurant prices. Other delivery services make their money directly from the clients, charging a fee of 20% of the menu prices...
...That was an argument based on rhetoric and not too much else," says Kennedy School student and study author Patrick J. Dober of the discount theory. In fact, Dober found, the average discount 1-2-3 would give tenants is a mere 8 percent...