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...Walmart executives and investors, this disturbing trend has to be reversed; despite the earnings growth, Walmart's stock fell 1.1% on the day earnings were announced. "We want to see top-line growth," says Deborah Weinswig, a retail analyst at Citigroup. After all, if fewer customers are spending less in Walmart's stores, there's a whiff of dissatisfaction in the aisles. (See 10 things to buy during the recession...
...what's going on? First off, food deflation in 2009 impacted the entire grocery business. However, a strategic shift from Walmart backfired a bit. In order to implement its "Project Impact" plan, which called for less clutter in the aisles and more space given to other product categories like toys and electronics, the store offered a narrower selection of brands and package sizes in its grocery section, which accounted for some 45% of its store space. This move had a two-pronged effect. Some shoppers, faced with a less robust grocery selection from Walmart, decided to make an extra trip...
...Less than a minute after Dal Col’s shot cut the BU lead to three, the Terriers responded with two quick scores, courtesy of Jenny Taft and McKinley Curro...
...hard was it to balance school and domming? Surprisingly, it wasn't. I mean, in terms of pure time management, I worked less hours at the dungeon than I would have had to in a lower-paying gig. I often did homework at the dungeon. I'd also had practice juggling different lives, seemingly disparate lifestyles; I enjoyed it. The exhilaration of it gave me a lot of energy...
...mention that being a domme quickly became part of your identity. In what ways did it translate to your personal life? Well, I borrowed a lot of confidence from my persona. I've always been pretty gregarious, extroverted, but secretly shy. I felt a lot less shy when I was a domme. It also gave me the power to compel anyone, at any time. People were so curious about it, and because I was approachable and seemed so unlike what they would imagine a dominatrix to be like, they felt safe asking me about...