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Tag Archives: shopping
Geography of Chewy.com’s fulfillment centers
The table included in this post lists the current and future fulfillment centers developed by Chewy.com, an e-commerce pet products company. As is clearly evident, there has been a rapid expansion of fulfillment centers since 2014. Pennsylvania has seen the … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, branding, business, cities, commerce, consumerism, distribution, ecommerce, economic development, Food, geography, health, Health care, history, infrastructure, land use, logistics, marketing, Pets, planning, shipping, shopping, spatial design, Statistics, technology, Trade, transportation, trucking, urban planning
Tagged Chewy, Chewy.com, distribution, ecommerce, fulfillment, fulfillment centers, logistics, pets, shopping
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Eliminate shopping bore by frequenting your city’s core
This holiday season is the first one in my life where I recall making most of our family purchases at downtown stores instead of at a shopping mall, big box retailer, lifestyle center, or other strip suburban commercial complex. One … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, cities, civics, civility, commerce, consumerism, culture, downtown, economic development, Economy, entertainment, geography, historic preservation, history, holiday, infrastructure, land use, marketing, placemaking, planning, shopping, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, Trade, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged cities, dining, downtown, entertainment, geography, land use, planning, retail, shopping, suburbs, urban planning
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A luminous urban Pearl (street)
There really is no other street like in the United States. The Pearl Street Mall in downtown Boulder, Colorado is an iconic place; and urban planner’s dream come true of walkable, urban shopping and entertainment packed into four glorious blocks … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, architecture, art, brewpubs, cities, civics, colleges, commerce, consumerism, Cuisine, culture, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, entrepreneurship, environment, Food, fun, geography, Geology, government, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, music, North America, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, revitalization, skylines, spatial design, sustainability, third places, tourism, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged architecture, art, art deco, Boulder, business district, cities, dining, downtown, food, fun, land use, malls, Pearl Street, planning, shopping
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A tangible benefit of malls versus power centers
I grew up in the shopping mall era. Many weekends, my friends and I would travel to Castleton Square or Glendale Mall on the north side in Indianapolis to wander, eat, people watch, see a movie, and/or play video games. … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, Alternative transportation, architecture, Cars, cities, commerce, consumerism, culture, entertainment, fitness, Food, geography, health, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, planning, product design, spatial design, sprawl, transportation, urban planning, walking
Tagged cities, culture, exercise, fitness, land use, lifestyles, malls, power centers, retail, sedentary, shopping, walking
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Don’t be a slave to greed and materialism
This Thursday, November 27th, is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Until recently, it was a lovely day for families and friends to gather, give thanks, watch parades and football, and share a hearty meal. Yes, some renegade retailers have … Continue reading
Stores where principles and people outweigh greed on Thanksgiving
The following retail stores deserve our praise, thanks, gratitude, and money for not putting greedy materialism ahead of both people and the nation’s most sincere national holiday. THESE are the places to shop this holiday season, not at those retailers … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, Advocacy, civility, consumerism, culture, family, holiday, humanity, Love, peace, Trade
Tagged consumerism, greed, holidays, materialism, money, principles, profits, retailers, shopping, stores, Thanksgiving
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Hey, Kohl’s – how about a bike rack?
Rode my new Trek Allant to the local Kohl’s store this morning. I ended up parking and locking it inside the vestibule, as there are no bike racks and not even any signs near the entrance to park my bike … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, advertising, Advocacy, architecture, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, civics, civility, commerce, Communications, consumerism, culture, economics, environment, fitness, geography, health, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, marketing, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, satire, spatial design, sustainability, Trade, trails, transportation, urban planning, zoning
Tagged advocacy, bicycling, business, cycling, environment, Kohl's, retail, sarcasm, satire, shopping, trade
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The good guys – stores NOT open on Thanksgiving!
Please consider doing more of your holiday season shopping at the stores listed below or any others that are closed this Thanksgiving Day, as this allows their employees to spend the holiday with their families. Kudos to each one of … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, Advocacy, branding, civics, civility, commerce, Communications, consumerism, culture, family, history, holiday, humanity, Love, marketing, peace, seasons
Tagged consumerism, family, good guys, Grinch stores, holidays, humanity, love, marketing, peace, retailing, shopping, thankfulness, thanks, Thanksgiving
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The need for greed and more shit
Once again, retailers across the land will be expanding their hours on Thanksgiving Day in order to fill their need for more corporate greed and for the American public to satisfy its gluttonous need to accumulate more shit. How sad … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, charities, civics, civility, commerce, consumerism, culture, diversity, Economy, family, Food, history, holiday, humanity, inclusiveness, Labor, Love, marketing, peace, Religion, seasons
Tagged Chrsitmas, civics, consumerism, culture, economy, family, George Carlin, holidays, labor, love, retailers, shopping, stuff, Thanksgiving
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Don’t participate in Black Friday creep
It appears that respecting what could arguably be considered the country’s least commercialized and most revered national holiday (Thanksgiving) is waning, as a number of national retailers chip away at the time employees can spend with their families. This Scrooge-like behavior strikes a nasty blow at … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, charities, civics, civility, Communications, consumerism, culture, diversity, economic development, Economy, entrepreneurship, family, holiday, humanity, psychology, seasons, Small business, technology, volunteerism
Tagged Balck Friday, charities, commercialism, economy, holidays, retailing, shopping, Small Business Saturday, Thanksgiving
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