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How Do You Shop?

Like 1998?

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Addison Del Mastro
Dec 11, 2021
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As you know, one of the topics I write about often, adjacent to urbanism and built-environment stuff, is retail. Here’s a post that links to a bunch of my articles about stores, shopping, and retail in general, following an article I wrote about Borders and the fate of its old storefronts.

Today I wanted to share this fascinating tweet I saw on Black Friday, a scan of a newspaper article from 1998. Here’s a cropped image that makes the article easier to read:

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