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...cannot think of another marketplace where the vendors rather than the consumers so determine what product is sold, or where selling a lot of product is viewed as a negative. If professors were retail stores, many of us would have gone out of business long ago. But we are almost invulnerable to negative consequences of small enrollments, and are even encouraged to teach small courses rather than large ones...
Locals have complained for years that oppressive landlords and skyrocketing rents have gentrified a once distinctive mix of independently owned mom-and-pops and larger retail stores and restaurants...
After 16 years in retail, Irma B. King Licorish has decided...
Dannon, for one, recently reduced its 8-oz. yogurt container 25%, to 6 oz., saying "most people prefer a 6-oz. cup of yogurt." The company did lower its suggested retail price (though only 19%), but grocery stores don't always make the recommended price adjustments, and people often end up paying more for less...
...Ostensibly, that's good news for a city obsessed with maintaining its bill of good health. "My stocks are going up because Shanghai has escaped SARS," says Xie Lingzhen, as he scans the stock ticker at a local retail brokerage. "Other places in the world have been affected, but our future will continue brightly." To show just how serious Shanghai is about keeping the virus at bay, the municipal government earlier this month mandated a limited quarantine on anyone coming from a SARS-infected area?a policy that runs counter to Premier Wen Jiabao's vow last month...