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Shame On Wal-Mart

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:41:51 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I am leaving for Mexico in just a few months and this gives me even more reason.

I am looking forward to living in nation, in fact a region, where political lines are drawn clearly and boldly.

Clip Source: www.reuters.com

UPDATE 1-Mexico court rules against Walmex worker vouchers

MEXICO CITY, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Mexico's Supreme Court ruled that the country's top retailer, Wal-Mart de Mexico, violated the constitution by paying a worker in part with store cards only usable in the chain's outlets, the court said on Friday.

Wal-Mart de Mexico (WALMEXV.MX: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), also known as Walmex and a unit of U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), gives electronic store cards as part of salaries, which the court said harked back to exploitative wage practices of over a century ago.

For now, the ruling only applies to the one worker and will not oblige Walmex to scrap the card scheme.

But if enough other employees group together to bring a similar case to court it could ensure all future rulings on the card scheme would go the same way, a court spokesman said.

Tags: mexico, capitalism, politics, success

Retail sites still making rookie mistakes

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:22:15 GMT

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Clip Source: industry.bnet.com

Retail sites still making rookie mistakes — Only 3 percent of Web sites passed Forrester Research’s usability test during a recent study analyzing e-commerce. “The No. 1 failure, believe it or not, is text legibility,” Forrester Vice President Bruce Temkin said, adding that a positive customer experience is vital for online retailers. Inefficient checkout processes that force customers to complete too many steps are among other common pitfalls, he said. [Source: Internetretailer]

Coal for Christmas

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:34:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Slide 27 in this deck by Sequoia Capital shows the extent to which Americans used their homes as ATMs... and won't be able to going forward.

Clip Source: www.slideshare.net

Sequoia Capital on startups and the economic downturn

Tags: consumer spendding, home equity, mortgage, real estate, retail spending

Vibrating 12 Alarm Pager, Pill Timer and Reminder

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:27:11 GMT

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Clip Source: www.epill.com

VIBRATING 12 Alarm PAGER

Pager Sized Vibrating MultiAlarm with up to 12 Daily Alarms from e-pill. Never Forget to take your Medications Again! Avoid Medication Errors & Feel Better. Popular Item! FREE Gift with order.

STRONG Vibration Alarm (or Sound Alarm)

Up to 12 Daily Alarms

Fits in your Pocket, Purse or use included Belt Clip

Count down timer and more!

Some programing required

No Monthly FEES or Paging Service required

Vibrating Pendant Pill Reminder!

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:16:38 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Now this can be just the thing for us forgetful types, it's discreet because it doesn't beep, it vibrates And it just looks like a nice piece of jewelry.

Clip Source: www.epill.com

vibrates once a day to privately notify you to take your medication at the time you select. Home Page | Medical Jewelry | e-pill Products | Popular Reminders
Easy to program - simply insert the battery at the time you want it to remind you (vibrate) each day. Four minutes after the first reminder the Chronostone vibrates again, giving you a second-chance reminder. Uses a replaceable watch battery (included). FREE shipping and Handling. 30 Day money back guarantee.(click on image to enlarge)

Easy to program

Vibrating daily reminder (once per day)

Discreet functional jewelry

Second chance reminder

Size: 1 1/8" x 5/8 thick. Weight (with battery): 1.3 Oz Chain length: 27" Ships: 1st Class or UPS Ground (US only)

medical Labs and clinics in charlotte

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:43:09 GMT

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Out Patient Radiology Clinic - William E Campbell Jr MD

Categories: Hospitals, Medical & Dental X-Ray Laboratories, Radiology Physicians & Surgeons, X-Ray Equipment & Supplies Retail

805 N Morgan Street, Shelby, NC 28150

www.clevelandregional.org

Send flowers to a patient or a nurs...

(704) 482-8353
(704) 484-9303 (fax)

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Presbetarian Laboratory

Categories: Medical Diagnostic Clinics

1101 North Morgan Street, Shelby, NC 28150

(704) 482-5920

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Pisgah Laboratories Inc

Categories: Medical Diagnostic Clinics, Chemists

Old Highway 64, Brevard, NC 28712

http://www.pisgahlabs.com

(828) 884-2789

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Integrated Laboratory Systems

Categories: Medical Diagnostic Clinics

601 Keystone Park Drive, Morrisville, NC 27560

(919) 991-1111
(919) 281-1118 (fax)

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Apple’s $800 Laptop Set to Debut

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:55:20 GMT

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Clip Source: truemors.nowpublic.com

Apple’s $800 Laptop Set to Debut

Has Apple finally opted to target consumers not willing to drop more than $1000 on a laptop? Seems so, or at least according to an exclusive piece over at Inquisitr, that claims a source confirms that Apple retailers have received a price sheet detailing 12 price points for the latest laptops with costs ranging from $800 to $3100. With a crappy economy and Apple’s surge in popularity amongst poor college kids, it seems like a likely and smart move for Steve Jobs and Co.

Tags: apple, sub $1k, apple computer, mac, retail

The Leading Credit Card Issuers

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:26:01 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A complete list of all the leading issuers of credit cards.

Clip Source: www.meritcreditcards.com

Consumers today have a very wide range of choices when it comes time to select a credit card. Credit card issuers range from well-known companies with a long history such as Visa, MasterCard and Discover, to others companies more centralized on a particular style of card such as cards issued to those with poor or no credit. While most card issuers offer cards with similar features and options, there are differences between the cards that extend beyond where the cards are accepted and how rewards are distributed. You may find that your favourite retail establishments accept some of the major issuers, such as Visa and MasterCard, but don’t accept others such as American Express or Discover.

Tags: credit card, credit-card, credit-cards, creditcard, creditcards, credit, card, cards, issuer, issuers

Slate Picks Up On What We've Known All Along...

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:52:58 GMT

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clipper's remarks: That the NYT's Sunday Styles trend stories are sometimes, well, not really trends but simply goofy, self-indulgent ideas.

Clip Source: www.slate.com

If the New York Times' Sunday Styles were a hairdo, it would be a wig. If it were on the menu, it would be a meringue. If it were a retail outlet, it would be Spencer's Gifts. As a mélange of fashion notes, celebrity reporting, personal essays, and piffle, Sunday Styles resembles the old-fashioned supermarket tabloids in that it knows that it's a stinking pile of entertaining trash and makes no apologies for it.

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Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:32:21 GMT

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What does your eye color mean?

Blue eyed people tend to be very playful. They like to get out and have fun and to be the center of attention. They love to love & love to be loved. Very passionate individuals although they tend to wear their hearts on their sleeves. They tend to be a little hyper and sometimes a bit nieve, but are still very lovable. Beautiful people inside and out.

Take This Quiz

Blue eyes

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christine's Details

Status:	Single
Here for:	Friends
Orientation:	Bi
Hometown:	modesto
Body type:	5' 5" / Average
Ethnicity:	White / Caucasian
Religion:	Christian - other
Zodiac Sign:	Capricorn
Children:	Proud parent
Education:	Some college
Occupation:	retail
Income:	$30,000 to $45,000

christine's Schools

Thomas Downey High
Modesto, CA
Graduated: 1997
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Major: graphic arts

1994 to 1997

On the Clock: Are Retail Sales People Getting a Raw Deal?

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:56:38 GMT

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Clip Source: knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu

On the Clock: Are Retail Sales People Getting a Raw Deal?

Ann Taylor Stores -- a New York-based retailer of upscale women's clothing -- is using a new computer scheduling system that assigns the busiest and most desirable hours to employees with the strongest sales numbers. Those with less success on the selling floor get far fewer and less desirable hours when new schedules are posted.

Building on success in controlling inventory and other retail operations, new software programs are being used to manage another critical asset for stores -- sales people. While the systems can help improve productivity, Wharton faculty and others warn that they are no substitute for hands-on management when it comes to dealing with employees.

Tags: human resources, hr, computer scheduling, retail sales

Positive Systems Solutions provide, support and implement POS.

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:54:38 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Positive System Solutions is a market leader in Retail POS, Retail EPOS, POS System, EPOS System, POS Cash Register, and POS Tills.

Clip Source: www.pss.ie

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Tags: retail epos, retail pos, pos system, epos system, pos cash register, pos tills

wedding gift for darrel

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:46:09 GMT

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Clip Source: www.wineconn.com

CHATEAU CALON SEGUR 2003 - CLICK TO VIEW

"Bottled in July, 2005, the saturated ruby/purple-colored 2003 exhibits a tightly-knit, but promising nose of mulberries, blackberries, cherries, and hints of new oak and truffles. This 60% Cabernet Sauvignon / 40% Merlot blend possesses a gorgeous texture as well as an expansive, exotic softness, and 13% alcohol (according to the proprietor, Madame Denise Gasqueton). Generous and rich, this high class, full-bodied wine will undoubtedly be more approachable than its closest spiritual sibling, the 1982. Anticipated maturity: 2009-2030." 94 points Robert Parker

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Gift Ideas For Various Occasions

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:56:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Retail blog on Gifts provides gifts ideas and buying options available in India. It provides anniversary, birthday, wedding gift ideas for loved ones.

Clip Source: gifts.retailblog.in

Choosing The Right Gift For Her

Clip Source: gifts.retailblog.in

Gifts: Gift Ideas & Buying Options

Just another Blogs on Retailing in India weblog

Clip Source: gifts.retailblog.in

Although there are many variables to choosing the right gift for the woman in your life some rules always apply. Following are some basic tips to help you through the murky waters of choosing a gift.

Pay attention. Take a good look at the home decor of the woman who will receive your gift. Does she decorate with angels, candles, family pictures, posters or art. The items a woman chooses for her home will give many clues as to what she would enjoy receiving.

Ask questions. It never hurts to ask a woman what she enjoys receiving as a gift. Ask her to describe her most favorite gift. Ask her to tell you what she enjoys giving as a gift. This often will be the thing that she enjoys receiving as well. Encourage an open dialogue about gift giving and listen to the clues she is giving you.

Tags: gift ideas, gift buying options, anniversary gift ideas, birthday gift ideas, wedding gift ideas

The Next Financial Bailout Bill Will Not Work

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:29:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The truth is often so politically-incorrect. You will note that this was published in the UK, not in a US newspaper, and certainly not from the MSM.

In other words get ready for a second hard sell since the first bailout bill was rejected (due to pressure from average citizens). Bush will bully-pulpit, Pelosi and Ried will scream again, and even republicans will line up, both Obama and McCain will push the same pitch and try to get wary Americans to sign on the bottom line. But the plan would not work.

He says this is why bank stocks, not just investment firms are falling too:

traditional banking – collecting retail deposits and making loans to ordinary customers – is barely profitable. Compared with the potential gains from a day at the currency-swap races, or a night in the derivatives casino, current accounts are cold potatoes. That is why bonus-hungry executives, at what we used to think of as boring banks, were so keen to spin the red-hot wheel of fortune. [/quo
Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Why propping up banks will not rescue a debauched financial system
the West’s financial infrastructure is in severe distress. Yes, more banks are going to crumble. Yes, there will be a recession. But allocating $700bn (it would almost certainly turn out to be more) to a clean-up programme for toxic assets, in effect socialising the poison of private greed, has no merit other than to delay the inevitable.
There is a conspiracy of bankers and politicians whose self-interest is masquerading as sophisticated policy. They want us to believe that they have the keys to salvation.
a renewed effort in Washington to push through a package of national deliverance. Concessions will be made. The US taxpayer will be offered improved terms. And, having made their point, having stood up for “traditional American values”, some of the naysayers in the House of Representatives will cross over, enabling a deal to be done. Their consciences will be salved, but the crisis will not be solved.

Tags: banks, bailout, financial crisis, wall street, fed, bush, economy