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...market will be located at the corner of Brattle and Church streets, the former location of a Sprint PCS retail store and the previous home of Sage’s, the Square’s last grocery store that operated in the location for decades...
...site visits, isn't Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving) or even Cyber Monday (the following Monday). For the past four years, it's been Thanksgiving Day itself - I need a catchy phrase, like Brown Thursday or perhaps Cyburkey Day - when we rush to our computers to surf the retail sites, perhaps to kill time while the bird is roasting or to start our holiday buying research. Hitwise data reveals that a good portion of Internet traffic on Thanksgiving is research related - many people are searching for information on the biggest offline shopping day of the year, Black Friday...
...Beyond retail and rings, Cyburkey Day is a day spent searching on terms related to my favorite thing: food. Recipe searches reveal that most of us don't start menu planning until Thanksgiving week. And if last year is any indication, they also reveal that our favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner is the holy trinity of desserts: "pumpkin pie," "pecan pie" and "apple pie." After desserts, people search mostly for the old standbys - "sweet potato casserole" and "green bean casserole." Turkey-themed MySpace profile's excepted, its nice to see that some things never change...
...building and have your food cooked on the spot. Drinks and a meal will only set you back about $20. The restaurants stay open until midnight, which leaves you plenty of time to hit another gritty part of Seoul: Dongdaemun Market. This is a mixture of shopping malls and retail and wholesale stalls in their hundreds. Call the Tourist Information Center in Dongdaemun, tel: (82-2) 2236 9135, if you have queries. It takes about 20 minutes by taxi to get there from Noryangjin, and if you're looking for cheap sneakers and inexpensive clothing, this is the place...
...corporate outsiders means that the bookstore is now Harvard Square’s premier independent center for all things literary.STEADY GROUNDIn January 2007, the Harvard University Planning Office conducted a survey to determine the Harvard community’s opinions on the Square’s “retail mix and urban character.” Fourty-four percent of respondents identified the abundance of chains as their least favorite aspect of the Square; 28 percent said that it had become a worse place to visit because independent stores had been driven away. When asked which retail establishment...