Word: marts
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...seems that activists will use any means available to undermine corporate America. “I’m Not Stealing” was created by two young activists who attempted to fix the effects of commercial materialism on their own, thus incurring the wrath of the monolithic Wal-mart Corporation. Recode.com featured a barcode generator that allowed clients to re-price commercial goods as they saw fit. After the website’s creators were forced to dismantle their project because of legal action, the response film played on the website. The cartoon’s host, a talking...
...year-old former private equity manager in London. Braun, who now has 19 employees, says he plans to open 30 more stores in and around London by the end of the year. Given the size of the eBay economy - goods worth $34.2 billion were sold through the online mart last year - Braun has plenty of competition. London-based AuctionAssist this week unveils a deal making its fledgling drop-off service available to as many as 10,000 British post offices over the next 12 months. Munich-based dropshop, which sold more than 15,000 items through eBay last year, expects...
...Stores warns that customers would have fewer choices of brands and longer waits in line, while big retailers would have to contend with a patchwork of confusing state laws. That is already true: at least 11 states have enacted some restraints. Meanwhile, some retailers are voluntarily restricting sales. Wal-Mart, for instance, limits customers to three boxes of products containing pseudoephedrine...
...Jews accept that changes must be made, but insist they be consulted. For now, policymakers and the Jewish community have agreed to lower the volume and jointly honor the 6 million dead. - By William Boston Temporary Sanity SPAIN Spanish AIDS campaigners were surprised and delighted when Father Juan Antonio Martínez Camino, secretary-general of the Spanish Catholic Church's Episcopal Conference, appeared to reverse Church policy by approving the use of condoms to combat the spread of the disease. But less than 24 hours later - following reports that Camino had received a sharp rebuke from the Vatican...
...products, once limited to the provinces of privately owned studios and niche catalogs, are turning up on the shelves of big-time retailers. All kinds of yoga-related accessories are now available at sporting-goods stores and department stores; you can even buy yoga gear at Costco and Wal-Mart. At REI, the specialty outdoor store, sales of yoga mats, blocks and other props were up 98% in 2004 compared with the year before...