[Magdalen] Changing Tastes.

[James Handsfield]

There’s a significant push to get people to buy local, encouraged by several credit cards.  I get notices about once a month from American Express that if I shop at one of the stores listed (and use my card, of course) I will get either a dollar amount rebated or a percentage rebated.  I try to use them.

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Jim Handsfield
jhandsfield at att.net

> On Mar 17, 2017, at 8:33 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:
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> The plaint this side of the pond is that the development of out of town superstores is killing downtown shops. In my small town we still have two department stores of modest size but for major shopping people will travel to another town with better choice. There is even a half-hourly bus service there which takes 40 minutes. The other big, big problem downtown shops of all kinds face is that of parking. Having driven into downtown Chicago and looked for parking there it is not always easy to find.