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Archive for January 13th, 2010

PRC Chair Wants To Hear From You

Postal Regulatory Commission Chairman Ruth Goldway, who assumed the reins of the PRC last August, wants to hear what you have to say. more

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Ahhh, Life is Good for Bert Jacobs

The founders of Life is good, the T-shirt brand that found wild success in the simple concept of spreading optimism, sold the shirts from a van that the two brothers wound up and down the east coast for five years.


The brothers, Bert and Johnnie, slept on the inventory, stashed the cash under the front passenger seat and christened the van “The Enterprise” because it contained everything they needed to run the business at the time.

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Ahhh, Life is Good for Bert Jacobs

The founders of Life is good, the T-shirt brand that found wild success in the simple concept of spreading optimism, sold the shirts from a van that the two brothers wound up and down the east coast for five years.


The brothers, Bert and Johnnie, slept on the inventory, stashed the cash under the front passenger seat and christened the van “The Enterprise” because it contained everything they needed to run the business at the time.

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Sears Has the Geolocation Right, Demographic Wrong

Give Sears an “A” for targeting me with this e-mail based on my zip code, but the offer is a bust… unless they think I’ve wasted precious time at the gym.


Sears says my bra may not fit right. I can register to go to a custom fitting at the Danbury, CT store (about 20 miles from by house, as the bird flies). The problem is, it’s a “girls-only gathering.”


I don’t even wear a “manziere” (or a “bro”). more

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Sears Has the Geolocation Right, Demographic Wrong

Give Sears an “A” for targeting me with this e-mail based on my zip code, but the offer is a bust… unless they think I’ve wasted precious time at the gym.


Sears says my bra may not fit right. I can register to go to a custom fitting at the Danbury, CT store (about 20 miles from by house, as the bird flies). The problem is, it’s a “girls-only gathering.”


I don’t even wear a “manziere” (or a “bro”). more

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