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...BerkShares has helped solidify local ties, says Witt. "It's cash, so you have to pay your bills by walking into the store or dentist's office." Local pride does have its challenges, however. In September the town of Lewes in Sussex, England, issued the Lewes Pound - complete with a special-edition beer from Harvey's, a local brewery, to celebrate the introduction. There was an immediate run on the currency, limiting its circulation; Lewes Pounds were going for 35 pounds sterling on eBay. The organizers quickly went back to press and dealt with the situation. As Witt...
November broke some economic records, like the biggest drop in same-store sales, the largest decline in home values, and the longest decline in purchases since record keeping began. A record that probably drew less attention, though, was the one-day sales record for a computer game. In a month when, despite holiday shopping, retail sales actually fell 1.8 percent, Blizzard sold 2.8 million copies of their new World of Warcraft expansion, “Wrath of the Lich King,” at $40 a pop and in just...
...turns out that a lot of the chefs had already cooked Spam. Rick Moonen, the brilliant seafoodie in Las Vegas, once made some exhausted mountain-biking friends Spam and eggs procured at a produce-unfriendly general store in the middle of the Catskills. "They say it was one of the best meals of their life," he says. Likewise, Michael Fiorello of Chicago's Mercat a la Planxa was with a girlfriend a couple of years ago in an area without an open grocery store, so after a trip to CVS, he worked up a pizza with canned pineapples, canned corn...
Sigg Traveler The sales clerk at Whole Earth, an Austin, Tex., based outdoors store, told me Sigg is considered the "hippest" of all water bottles, favored by such celebrities and eco-stars as the Dave Matthews Band. The Swiss company Sigg has been making lightweight, recycled-aluminum bottles for a hundred years; inside, they're lined with a secret coating to prevent the aluminum from flavoring the contents. The Sigg Traveler certainly is light and trendy-looking, and comes in two sizes and a variety colors, including classic, simple steel. One problem for those of us living in hotter climes...
...months back. New Buicks used to leave his shop by the dozens each week, but these days, not even discounts of 15-18% can draw in the same number of paying of customers. "We used to sell 120 to 150 cars per month at this store," Wang says. "But starting from November, the number has shrunk to 90." The reason, he says, is simple: "The economic crisis...