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Melancholy (MM #3687)

I’ve been feeling a bit bummed out the last couple of weeks. I guess you could call it melancholy. And it’s honestly about something you might think is silly. A friend from Northeast Ohio passed along the news about a special place that was closing…

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Orange Julius (MM #3398)

I felt a little wave of nostalgia come over me the other day. I saw something on the internet about Orange Julius. Back in the day you could find one of those beverage stands in nearly every shopping mall…

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How We Shop (MM #2776)

How we shop has changed so much in my lifetime. We’ve gone from shopping centers to shopping malls, and now we’ve got Amazon. The mall was a big part of my younger days, but sadly that experience has changed drastically…

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Store Closings (MM #2199)

If you’ve been to the mall lately you’ll notice many of your favorite stores are going out of business. Many people blame these store closings on the internet. And while websites like Amazon have hurt retailers, it’s not all their fault…

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Here’s The Deal (MM #1346)

Some people love it, some people dread it. But there’s one thing we have to admit, it’s tough to escape Black Friday…

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This Floors Me (MM #1305)

Sometimes I wonder about the strangest things. Things that don;t necessarily matter in the big picture of life, yet drive me crazy…

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Retail Daze (MM #611)

To some today is simply Friday.  But to many, the day after Thanksgiving has taken on a new moniker…

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Long Gone (MM #398)

The other day my wife and I got to talking about retail stores that have disappeared in recent years.  And it got us to wondering…

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When Black Friday Comes… (MM #247)

In the retail world they call today “Black Friday”.  It’s normally the second biggest shopping day of the year (just behind December 26th).  As I do most years, I think I’ll pass on the madness…

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