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...Amazon. Much of this serves the same countercultural function that long hair did in the '60s, observes Rufus Camphausen, an author based in the Netherlands who has written extensively on tribal customs. Says he: "These symbols are a way of saying, 'I don't belong to the supermarket society...
...kind of practical morality operates on a larger scale too. Take the sale of alcoholic beverages. Wal-Mart does not sell beer and wine in its traditional discount stores. Yet if you walk into many Wal-Mart supercenters, stores as big as 220,000 sq. ft. that combine a supermarket with a traditional Wal-Mart, you'll find plenty of Budweiser to put in the coolers being sold in sporting goods. Wine and beer are also sold in Sam's Clubs and in the company's new chain of downsized Neighborhood Markets, a.k.a. "small marts...
Last week's news should have set press watchdogs yipping and gnashing. American Media, the company that already owns the National Enquirer and the Star, the two top-selling supermarket tabloids in the U.S., announced that it would pay $105 million to buy the Globe, the third biggest. The deal would also give American Media ownership of other Globe titles, including the Sun and the National Examiner, putting nearly all of America's tabloid gossip under one corporate umbrella. This raises big journalistic issues: Are the heady days when the tabs fought for JonBenet Ramsey and Prince William exclusives about...
...model has devout believers. "I'm absolutely thrilled," comments James D. Robinson, who as CEO of American Express in the 1980s tried to marry banking, credit cards and other products with brokerage services in a financial supermarket. His plan dissolved amid corporate infighting and data-sharing nightmares that are now easily remedied with more powerful computers and better software. Another booster is Congressman Jim Leach, chairman of the House Banking Committee. He predicts that the bill will save consumers $15 billion a year in lower rates and fees...
...senior known as Bee Gee. He grew up in North Webster, the district's predominantly black neighborhood. His father is a supermarket produce manager; his stepmother works at a department store. Bobby once worked at the Gap after school, but with chiseled good looks and at 6 ft. 2 in. and 195 lbs., he looked as if he should be posing in the clothing chain's ads, not restocking its shelves. He has an ability to seduce both kids and adults. When he works as an aide in the principal's office, visitors often just stare...