Word: redeeming
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...retailers may have to pin their hopes on the week after Christmas, when shoppers typically return gifts, redeem gift cards and look for post-holiday discounts. Lots of leftover product in stores and even deeper discounts, analysts say, could provide a year-end boost. Still, it will not be enough to save a bleak 2008 for most retailers. "For many stores, there is no first, second, or third quarter - 25 to 30% of their volume comes from the back-end of the year," says NPD's Cohen. "There is no second chance. You wait the whole year for the holiday...
...local currency at the farmers' market and regular greenbacks at the supermarket. "It doesn't try in any way to replace cash," says Christoph Hensch, a Swiss national and former banker living in Christchurch, New Zealand. Rather, it offers a way "for people to share and redeem value they have in the community." He says the currencies are most useful in geographical areas or social sectors where money doesn't flow sufficiently, citing, for example, New Zealand's Golden Bay, which is so remote that it sometimes nearly functions as its own economy...
...topic and tried to find something that didn't fit in either category. Did you ever find anything? That's an idea from [Canadian writer and activist] Jane Jacobs. The one that I propose that doesn't [fit] is a pawnshop, because you can pledge an item and then redeem it later. Sometimes it's taking, and sometimes it's trading. It's the shifting, ambiguous nature of pawnshoppery. You can't put it into either of those boxes and make it stay there...
...best course at Harvard” and discussed his role at PBHA since 1974. “A good thing cannot be killed, spoilt or ruined,” he said. “The best that is in Brooks House will always flourish and redeem Harvard in the long term...
...member of the Marriott Rewards loyalty program, you're in luck. The company has announced it will do away with blackout periods beginning Jan. 19, 2009, so you can use your points for free stays anytime. Marriott is also adding some new perks for members - when you redeem points for any four-night stay, you get a fifth night free. The offer is good at all Marriott hotels and resorts worldwide...