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Archive for December 26th, 2008

Scan As You Go Hits Stop & Shop

This isn’t a new story for grocer Stop & Shop, but it’s new for Norwalk, CT (and hopefully you won’t have to pay to read this story): Scan-as-you-go technology. You pick up a gun when you enter the store, you scan and bag your items, then you pay at a kiosk. Alleged convenience!


But it does remind me… what ever happened to The Epicenter Collection? more

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Scan As You Go Hits Stop & Shop

This isn’t a new story for grocer Stop & Shop, but it’s new for Norwalk, CT (and hopefully you won’t have to pay to read this story): Scan-as-you-go technology. You pick up a gun when you enter the store, you scan and bag your items, then you pay at a kiosk. Alleged convenience!


But it does remind me… what ever happened to The Epicenter Collection? more

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Are Things at Amazon All That Peachy?

Amazon.com always puts out interesting press releases that makes them smell like roses no matter how bad the economy gets. Today they claim this is its best Christmas ever.


But really, does a record number of orders processed mean it was its best Christmas ever? Or is Amazon spinning its numbers to look like its the e-commerce guru? We don’t know. But we do know that the weight of all GPS devices sold by Amazon from Black Friday through December equals the combined weight of 151 Mini Coopers… And that’s relevant to investors and analysts why? more

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Are Things at Amazon All That Peachy?

Amazon.com always puts out interesting press releases that makes them smell like roses no matter how bad the economy gets. Today they claim this is its best Christmas ever.


But really, does a record number of orders processed mean it was its best Christmas ever? Or is Amazon spinning its numbers to look like its the e-commerce guru? We don’t know. But we do know that the weight of all GPS devices sold by Amazon from Black Friday through December equals the combined weight of 151 Mini Coopers… And that’s relevant to investors and analysts why? more

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