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...From lecture hall to checkout counter, Schor puts these theories to the test in some of Harvard Square's most conspicuous establishments. Dishing the dirt on Abercrombie & Fitch, Pacific Sunwear, and the newly renovated Harvard Coop, Schor deconstructs hidden advertising tricks, rants about the shrinking fashion cycle and issues advice on how to avoid impulse buying...
...Number two is what's around the counter." Rushing around the corner to the checkout, she motions at the barrage of colognes, lotions and beauty products. "You come in for a sweater, but they assault you with all these other things. It's all about creating impulse purchasing...
...bottom line is that those plastic bags at the end of the checkout counter will never be filled with groceries. Customers will no longer sit at the store's granite counter, gazing out the window onto Mass. Ave. as they eat their gourmet lunches...
...discounts offered by online booksellers have hurt the Coop, but the store has stepped up its efforts to shorten checkout lines and to procure more used books, Coop General Manager David Sullivan said in April...
...account number on every roll. Then the bank would accept them--for deposit only, the sum to be held against my account until the bank got around to its own count. The message seemed clear: even banks don't want pennies. By the way, that penny dish at many checkout points is a nice idea, but it doesn't help. I contribute often but rarely withdraw because I wither under the lethal stare of the cashier, who I assume has a penny jar far larger than...