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Subway to Combine Loyalty Program With Your Credit Card
A new program called SingleSwipe could be a win-win for consumers and business owners alike. Loyalty cards aimed at winning your consistent business often go to waste. They may end up collecting in your wallet and forgotten about until the next time you visit a store, at which point you inevitably can't find the little card.
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- Complaining to the company after a bad travel experience could score you a free ticket for next time. — Glamour
- Twilight has put the spotlight on Forks, WA and the local economy is booming; the restaurant where Edward and Bella have their first date sold 4,500 $17 bowls of mushroom ravioli this year.
Will Starbucks Survive the Recession?
Starbucks has never been in so much trouble, financially speaking. The company's same-store sales continue to worsen as consumers visit the chain less frequently, and CEO Howard Schulz admitted, "We're beating ourselves up every day because we've just never seen numbers like this." He predicts that 2009 will be an even bigger challenge than the second half of this year but thinks the company will get by until the economy begins to improve.
Decluttering Your Purse
My bag is big. And I love it. I have a never-researched theory that a woman's purse habits tend to mimic those of her mother, but that's just based on my own experience.
How Often Do You Bring Lunch to Work?
Many restauranteurs are reporting a decrease in lunch-time traffic, and say that customers are bringing their lunch to the office more often or selecting $5 Subway over a more expensive deli sandwich.
Workers opting to bring their lunch usually spend a fraction of what they would eating out. How often do you bring a bagged lunch?
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