Word: stores
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...their belts to the point where it cuts off blood supply, this number was remarkably good. Starbucks, where a cup of coffee can cost over $4, is still a luxury, albeit a modest one. But, if the company is doing relatively well, then discretionary spending has not disappeared. Same-store sales at Starbucks for the period were down 8% in the US, but only 5% was due to a lower number of transactions. The rest was because people who did come into Starbucks spent less. (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...
Author T.J. Stiles spoke about his new book, “The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt,” yesterday evening at the First Parish in Cambridge. Along with co-sponsors like the Harvard Book Store, the Lowell Institute, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Cambridge Forum hosted Stiles as part of their weekly forums on “cost.” “We are looking at the idea of cost, and obviously the financial world is important in cost. Vanderbilt is one of the architects of the American economy today...
...folder, contains the student’s essential information and serves as a place holder when the application is being read.Once the official application and secondary school report arrive, yellow barcode sheets in the folder get scanned. “It’s like working in a grocery store sometimes,” Anderson says. “Scanning tells the system we have the minimum requirement for the folder to be read.”The students who work in the office create thousands of folders nearly each day.“You make one mistake...
...don’t think that’s what the sport’s about.” Nevertheless, he said he expects the line to do well. So far, Status Flow has found distribution online and with mid-Atlantic boutique Urban Chic. Alexandra R. Ebright, store manager and merchandiser at the chain’s Baltimore location, said that sales have been “great.” Ebright said she already sees the line as cornering an unexpected market: “It has sold really well to our guy customers just looking for something that...
...value to this original idea,” Andrew said. Some Square businesses have suffered visibly. Z Square restaurant and bar shut its doors after financial and management difficulties in January. But the recession has not prevented several new establishments from opening in recent months, including Sweet, a cupcake store that opened yesterday, and Tory Row, a European-style cafe. Dustin L. Frankus, the manager of Grendel’s Den, said that business has been looking up and that while they are participating in the promotion, the restaurant hasn’t had trouble attracting students...