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...course, publishers are not the first to view so-called micropayments as a potential source of revenue for digital content. Apple's iTunes store showed it was possible to build a billion-dollar business by selling songs for 99 cents each. And, although many analysts doubt publishers can make the switch from free to fee, there is another industry that is currently making a similar transition: online gaming...
...well-served industry." That it may be. But as Amazon Encore demonstrates, Amazon does have one very important skill: it gathers better data on how readers buy books than anybody else. "We're lucky enough to have a passionate customer base who comes to our store and tells us about books that they like," Grandinetti says. "Even great books can be overlooked." When they are, Amazon is the first to know about...
...Teen retailers, once thought recession-proof, have suffered in this downturn. For example, Abercrombie & Fitch, which has maintained its premium price points, saw same-store sales dip an incredible 28% in May. But amid such carnage, two stores stand out. Buckle, a Nebraska-based retailer that offers a wide range of brand-name selections at its 393 stores across the country, saw first-quarter profits jump 43.5%. Then there's Aéropostale, which targets 14-to-17-year-old boys and girls and operates more than 900 locations in 47 states. Same-stores sales increased 11% in the first...
...According to Klinefelter's research, teens are making fewer trips to the store; teen spending on fashion products fell 13% this spring. Only 35% of the teens Piper Jaffray surveyed had part-time work this spring, compared with 50% four years ago. "Teens definitely have much greater awareness of what's going on around them now than they did eight years ago," says Klinefelter. "They're seeing the news on their computers and cell phones, and are very aware that we're in a recession." (See the top 10 business deals...
...grow their own food and raise children. The problem is that rural areas can be very lonely, isolating places. There's not necessarily a sense of community. In the city, people all have different backgrounds and they can share that information and wisdom. The owner of a liquor store down the street used to be a goat farmer in Yemen; I can run down and say, "Hey, does my goat look okay...