Stop & Shop: Whole Foods stole slogan

So who's got the real deal, Stop & Shop or Whole Foods? Stop & Shop thinks it does. (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)

Big pitch to uneasy school shoppers

Anxious merchants are trying to get ahead of the sputtering economy by rolling out penny bargains and promoting price cuts to lure reluctant back-to-school shoppers. (Boston Globe, 7/22/08)

Desktop boutiques

Catalogs are coming to your desktop. Allurent, a provider of online shopping technology based in Cambridge, and clothing retailer Anthropologie are piloting a computer application that allows shoppers to browse Anthropologie's catalog and place orders through a button on their desktop, without downloading cumbersome portable document files or connecting to the Internet. (Boston Globe, 7/21/08)

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