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retail The return of Tower Records David Pescovitz
treasure hunting Jewelry store buried $1 million in treasure for others to find David Pescovitz
POS Every item scanned as "Mr Potato Head" in glitch at department stores David Pescovitz
stores The lost Apple Store design of the 1990s David Pescovitz
grocery stores Visiting what may be the most remote and expensive supermarket in America David Pescovitz
naps Woman "accidentally" spent the night in a mattress store David Pescovitz
bad timing Tip: Don't shoplift when store is holding 'Shop With A Cop' event David Pescovitz
headshops Amazing, spaced-out 1982 TV commercial for a headshop David Pescovitz
olly olly oxen free Thousands sign up to play unauthorized hide-and-seek game at Ikea, police called in David Pescovitz
malls The Mall, footage from a dying mall in 1994 David Pescovitz
materialism Arbitrage nomads are stripping the carcasses of America's dying big-box stores and moving the choicest morsels into Amazon warehouses Cory Doctorow
party pooper Helium shortage deflating Party City's business David Pescovitz
chess king Mallwave: nostalgic synth music for imaginary and abandoned shopping centers David Pescovitz
red queen's race Blame Big Data for CVS's endless miles of receipts Cory Doctorow
retail Watch thousands of robots pack groceries in a warehouse Andrea James
"One price to all" has been the default since 1840, but online retail is sneakily killing it off Cory Doctorow