Showing posts with label Shopping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shopping. Show all posts
Thursday, March 15, 2018

Toys R Us closing inspires some false narratives

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You know the "retail apocalypse" is bad when the nation can't support a toy store chain. Toys R Us is closing all of its store...
Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Emails that don't really help me at all

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We all get on a bunch of mailing lists--at least those of us too lazy to uncheck those boxes do--and some of what we get is useful, but some...
Saturday, June 13, 2015

Thanks for nothing, Wal-Mart

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That's right, last week I spoke to Hulu, and now this week it's time to address Wal-Mart. Cultureshark: Taking on the world ONE CORP...
Saturday, December 13, 2014

The worst thing about making a return

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I am proud to say I was not dumb enough to go shopping at Wal-Mart on Black Friday weekend. I am less proud to admit I was dumb enough to ...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

On the radio: Rockin' in the grocery store

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I have often said that one of the best and most underappreciated places to hear classic rock music these days is at the local grocery store...
Saturday, May 17, 2014

We have "Clearance," Clarence...or maybe not

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I got an email from a certain online retailer touting 350 new clearance DVDs. The first row in the actual email featured Star Wars  2-DVD Li...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

True Confessions: Ride like the wind

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Does anyone else, upon hearing Christopher Cross' "Ride Like the Wind" over the central sound system at the grocery store, imm...
Friday, July 24, 2009

Best Buy makes it hard to give them money

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I went to Best Buy to purchase a memory card a few weeks ago. Now, I could have bought the memory card lots of different places, but only Be...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Deep Discount, I kind of forgive you

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Sure, deep discount.com irritated the blazes out of me a few months back with their bait and snatch of canceling my Rocky and Bullwinkle Sea...
Saturday, January 3, 2009

Half-Assed Gourmet: Brat-loving bastard...

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I don't want to sound like an antisocial jerk here, but when I go to the grocery store, I generally prefer to get in, get out, and go ho...
Thursday, December 25, 2008

Gift GETTING Guide--selections from my wish list

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You may be saying to yourself, "Well, Mr. Shark, I loved those gift-giving ideas you shared the other day, but what about you. What do ...
Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Cultureshark Holiday Gift Guide

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Here are some last-last-minute suggestions I have for your gift-giving pleasure this year. For a music lover: Gift card to a a local rec...

Is it Bait and Switch when it's free?

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I say yes. Just got this email, one of the regular "Members Only Giveaway" drawing deals I get from Entertainment Weakly: Introdu...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Do we really need a reason?

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I went over to Trader Joe's today to get a few non-essentials (man can't live on staples alone--well, maybe he can, but it's not...

'Tis the season to be shopping

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You're about to hear, if you haven't already, scores of dire prognostications as to the upcoming holiday shopping season. With the ...
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

A gripe with video rental joints

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I've ranted this before, and I'll rant it again: Why in the world can't I search a video store's inventory online and see wh...
Thursday, November 6, 2008

It rhymes with "City," anyway...

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By now you've probably heard the news that Circuit City is closing 155 more stores as the troubled retailer struggles to stay solvent, ...