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When thirtysomethings tire of London they move to Brighton, where they wear expensive Japanese denim and talk in an accent just this side of Michael Caine. After a few years, their aspirations shift to Lewes,...
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Cinda Baxter has gotten tons of support since the veteran consultant and onetime retailer launched a March offensive in support of locally owned merchants.Baxter and her cohorts at the 3/50 Project urge us at www.the350project.org...
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It was a Louis Vuitton purse. A woman walked into the Hoboken University Medical Center Auxiliary Thrift Shop on Garden Street last week and hung on the rack a slightly weathered but authentic Louis Vuitton...
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Aptos -- Sure, there's a recession, but locally owned business are adapting to survive. Take, for example, John and Jerri Hammond, owners of Outside-In Home in the Aptos Center. When they saw the recession bite...
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Grand Central Terminal is a curious kind of threshold — rooted in Midtown Manhattan, but belonging as much to the suburbs as it does to the city.When the hordes from the north spill into the...
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The plugs will be pulled this week at Simpson's Lighting, but the closing of the South End store will be a financial bright spot for Habitat for Humanity.Owner Vernon Simpson is giving all his unsold...
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Last October, then-presidential candidate Barack Obama acknowledged the vital role small businesses play in the economy, citing Small Business Administration (SBA) statistics when he said: "Small businesses employ half of the workers in the private...
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The economy's in the tank. Consumers have no spare cash. And the financial outlook is bleak. So, guess what the savviest consumer product makers are rolling out these days: happy stuff. That's right, products that...
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