Target is easily the department store of choice by urbanites and creatives (who endearingly pronounce it tar-ZHAY) simply because it combines two of their favorite qualities - affordability and classy talent-over-big-name design.
Still, if such a national chain is still sending most of a community’s dollars out of town, is there any viable alternative?
How about a department store that stocked what you wanted, say, because you owned it?
Residents of Plentywood, Montana did just that -
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The next generation of music buyers won’t be shopping at Wal-mart and Best Buy, they’ll be visiting their local music store or staying at home.
Local music stores
What if you could walk into your local neighborhood music store and listen to the hottest new local area artists - live? What if that music store turned into a live band juke box? That’s the idea behind the fast-growing trend of independent music alliances, typically about 30-40 non-competing small music stores, with the first
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