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...many retailers undervalue the checkout, which is their last best chance to make a good impression. "If you're going to mess up the store experience, don't mess it up at the checkout," says Delhagen. A good checkout hinges on preventing a wait that can sour a shopper's whole day. Ikea, which doubled its number of checkout stands when it recently moved a store from King of Prussia, Pa., to bigger quarters in nearby Conshohocken, is looking even further ahead to a roving pre-checkout system, using wireless technology for mobile cashiers. Home Depot, based in Atlanta, recently...
...That left a very sour feeling in the squad,” Skey said. “This year was pretty much a rectifying of what happened and to not let that happen. That’s going to carry into the next two years. The kids who were part of that are not going to let that happen again...
...ingrained that the man behind the counter readies his special 40-ounce-sized paper bag the moment Costello walks through the threshold. One rainy night before finals however, Costello’s regular pattern was broken when he reached to pay for his two 40s and packet of Sour Patch Kids only to be interrupted by “Louie” presenting him with a free bottle of champagne...
...pretty good heat and semifinal, but we knew going into the final we had to row a little better,” Blomquist said. “[The semifinal] only gave Wisconsin and Cal a sour taste and they’d be gunning for us and it made the other crews want to chase us down. We went in thinking we’d have to race as hard as we could for the full 2000 meters...
...Dewar's or Wild Turkey. Catching their eye means selling at bars; bars in turn influence retailers. That's why the bar show is a must for firms like White Rock Distilleries of Lewiston, Maine, which flogs such novelties as schnapps in flavors called Poison (Wild Berry) and Sting (Sour Raspberry). Because the slogan for the new line is Have You Had Your Shots Today?, samples are served by statuesque blonds in white-vinyl nurse uniforms and thigh-high stockings. The visual becomes even more apt after a slug of Poison, which tastes almost exactly like paregoric...