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Albert is unhappy and he isn’t sure why. Sadly, we never care. The root of Albert’s malaise, I think, is that he has sold out. He has entered into a partnership with Huckabees, a chain of K-Mart-like stores, to throw some muscle behind his coalition to save a local wetland. Russell’s sly appropriation of American corporate-speak provide the best moments in the Huckabees script: therapy would be unbecoming for a corporate executive, so Brad rationalizes his sessions with “existential therapists” by insisting they...
...Kabbalah is taught in the appropriate way, Strich said, the Harvard Chabad course “can stop a lot of people from buying overpriced red string from Wal-Mart,” referring to the bendel bracelet commonly worn by celebrity Kabbalah followers...
...that reminds students not to forget, among other things, the toaster oven, popcorn maker, snack table, blender and, that campus sine qua non, the George Foreman grill. Meal plans be damned. And after a few early attempts, gift registries for the college-bound caught on this year too. Wal-Mart, for example, rolled out its College Wishlist in July. Now students can pick up a merchandise scanner, wander the store zapping products, and then alert friends and relatives who want to buy presents...
Retailers, never shy about hyping a reason to spend more money on more stuff, are falling over themselves to appeal to the new dorm-room demographic. In the past few years, big players such as Wal-Mart, Target, Kmart, Ikea, the Container Store, Bed Bath & Beyond and Linens 'n Things have been breaking out big chunks of floor space from July to early September for departments with cute names like Destination Dorm. They have been plying college-bound kids (and their parents) with targeted catalogs and emails, setting up gift registries, giving student discounts, even accosting kids on campus with...
...Times that, on trade, fellow economists are “dead wrong about the necessary surplus of winnings over losings.” And what of the economic benefit of lower priced goods for American consumers? “Being able to purchase groceries 20 percent cheaper at Wal-mart does not necessarily make up for the wage losses...