retail

Help! I created a monster.

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on September 30, 2011

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Help! I created a monster. Guess where ‘Someone’ wants me to go and wants me to do once I get there. I’m so close to taking away the DTV box & telling her to go listen to the radio.

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Trying to shop at Target.com? You might have to wait a while.

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on September 14, 2011

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So much for seeing what they have before I go. Fortunately, there is a store within reach. Off I go to to shop “old school.”

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What about non-retail wishlists?

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on December 17, 2009

I have already discussed how to create your own wishlist of retail related items on the WildWE Blog. However, what about non-retail items like digital subscriptions and the like? There a solution for that. Its called Del.icio.us. For many, it has become a way to bookmark and archive links of interest. How to create a [...]

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Don’t blow your 15 minutes of online fame

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on February 27, 2009

Grandma called me excitedly to tell me about a product she’d see on the Martha Stewart show. She got the company and the product right, but this is when things start to get interesting.

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Blog Review: Peterman’s Eye

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on January 27, 2009

I’m trying out a new format, reviewing blogs that intrigue me. I hope to gain some insight as well as takeaways that can be applied to any blog.  So here we go. While watching a DVR recording of Your Business, I saw the feature story of the J. Peterman Company. During the story, they mentioned [...]

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Layway makes a comeback

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on November 28, 2008

On the Mama’s Keeper blog, Gram talks about how layway is coming back strong and what lessons people can use from the old school. Something to think about on a day like today being Black Friday and all.

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Sunday Drugstore Shopping: Comparing Online Store Circulars

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on November 23, 2008

Its another quiet Sunday Morning in the big city.  I was sound asleep when the phone rings.  Who is it?  Then I look at the caller id.  It could be one of two people that have veto power to call me.  Its Grandma. “Steph, if and when you go out, please get a 9 volt battery. [...]

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Going Back to Coupons to Save Money

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on November 18, 2008

We interrupt our regular scheduled blog post, with a topic that has been on my mind as well as everyone’s else for quite a while, saving money. A few months ago, I written about how Grandma sends me to get the Sunday paper. She actually reads the paper while, I go straight for the coupons [...]

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The Declining Literacy Rate of the American Mall

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on August 14, 2008

Closed Bookstore

Are bookstores going extinct? It sure seems so lately. I took Grandma to the mall the other day for a long overdue excursion. One of the items on my list was to buy a particular book. Sure I could have of ordered it online, but since I was going to the mall anyway, I figured [...]

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Beat the 404 error page offender rap

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on July 16, 2008

I was clearing out some items from my Google notebooks and ran across some links from a while ago. I visited an apparel store to see if they still have a dress I had my eye on. Aghast, they didn’t have the dress, but they weren’t even courteous about the fact:

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