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...something in the window catches my eye, I go in and find it, try it on, admire myself for a few minutes, pretend it’s mine, and put it back on the shelf and leave. And it’s not a problem because the salesgirls aren’t pit bulls like in so many other overpriced stores. They welcome you when you come in and tell you to have a nice day when you leave. Okay, so sometimes they give you dirty looks, but I can deal with that...
Many a harried Harvard student hurries by his peers on a day to day basis without so much as a wave. So too do the unconscious window- shopping minions hurry by artfully arranged window displays without so much as an inclination to spend...
Holiday shopping season is fast approaching, however, and store managers are gearing up to showcase the art of window design and the rash purchases it can induce...
Typically only the lucky few who preside over “one-of-a-kind” stores are confronted with the possibility of window design. As an employee of the Gap on Brattle Street notes, all Gaps are created equal; the large retail company gives decoration direction to every Gap the world over from a main office. But the Square’s Urban Outfitters presents an anomaly in the category of chain stores. As manager Laurie A. Kluender notes, the store receives initial corporate direction but relies on a store-specific display artist to produce the store?...
...with the strikers. (It helped that few people were seriously inconvenienced; tube and train lines remained open.) Across the country, motorists driving past picket lines honked in solidarity. Public sympathy strengthened FBU leader Andy Gilchrist's resolve to hold out for a bigger pay rise. "We now have a window of opportunity before the next strike to seek a resolution before any more lives are put at risk," he said at the conclusion of the first strike. Gilchrist, 41, emerged as the dispute's early winner. One of the so-called New Radical unionists, he is telegenic and articulate...