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9 votes
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Regina Spektor - What's in my (record store) bag?
6 votes -
US grocery stores should cut prices as costs ease, Joe Biden White House says
29 votes -
Why a big box store started solving violent crimes
9 votes -
Turn dollar store birdhouses into fantasy buildings for tabletop gaming
9 votes -
US stores increasingly reverse course on self checkout
62 votes -
On the difficulty of giving books as gifts
13 votes -
Vanessa Lillie interviews Native American booksellers about their picks for Native American Heritage Month
10 votes -
Led by labor-backed mayor Brandon Johnson, Chicago could become the first big city in the US to open a publicly owned grocery store
31 votes -
Is cinema dying? And if so, who is responsible? – A murder mystery
23 votes -
Independent bookstores are thriving in Texas, and not just in big cities—in suburbs and in small towns, new shops are serving up classics, cocktails, and community
18 votes -
It's spooky how fast Spirit Halloween stores pop up. Here's how the US retailer does it
23 votes -
Welcome to Norway, the world's most unlikely wine hotspot – in Oslo, there are weeks-long campouts to secure top burgundies. What's going on?
14 votes -
Mobs of masked teens ransacked Philadelphia stores. Police have made over a dozen arrests
17 votes -
The off-kilter beauty of the NYC's shabby, singular storefronts
9 votes -
‘The love for music is still there’: saving the sounds of Afghanistan one cassette at a time
10 votes -
Rick Springfield - What's in my (record store) bag?
5 votes -
How dollar stores quietly consumed America
14 votes -
A supermarket chain in the Netherlands is helping to combat loneliness with so-called “slow” checkouts where chatting is encouraged
27 votes -
Supermarket in Finland is welcoming canine customers with specially-adapted carts which allow dog owners to bring their pooches grocery shopping
16 votes -
“Going shopping” is dead: How stores sucked the fun out of an American pastime
62 votes -
Could you, please, write down a monthly grocery list (and instructions if needed) to buy in a supermarket without carrying any plastic back home? Please, state your region/country/city.
I have tried that in New England and I have been unable to do so.
30 votes -
A charge on supermarket single-use plastic bags has led to 98% drop in use in England since 2015
88 votes -
Amazon plans to expand use of its palm scanning technology this year
7 votes -
Anders Behring Breivik's manifesto was listed for sale on Waterstones website – UK bookseller removes anti-Muslim document by Norwegian extremist
7 votes -
Ann Patchett talks about her new book, running a bookshop, and resisting censorship
8 votes -
Rodrigo y Gabriela - What's in my (record store) bag?
4 votes -
Barnes and Noble's surprising turnaround
18 votes -
Iceland Foods has lost its ongoing legal battle with the country Iceland over the frozen food retailer's trademark name after the EUIPO dismissed its appeal
7 votes -
Inside the hip-hop record store run by undercover cops
6 votes -
Bush (Gavin Rossdale) - What's in my (record store) bag?
2 votes -
For months, mustard has been tough to find on grocery store shelves in Europe. It's a combination of geopolitical instability and wild temperatures.
4 votes -
Fast-rising electricity bills and surging food price inflation are taking their toll in Sweden – Matmissionen and the social stores offering food at rock-bottom prices
7 votes -
Matt Berry - What's in my (record store) bag?
7 votes -
Where do you acquire books?
Hello! I do a fair bit of my reading via Libby (I have memberships at the NYPL and Brooklyn Public Library) but I like to pick up some physical copies as well. I've spent some time in a couple of...
Hello! I do a fair bit of my reading via Libby (I have memberships at the NYPL and Brooklyn Public Library) but I like to pick up some physical copies as well. I've spent some time in a couple of NYC bookstores but I'm curious about online portals folks here use to buy books. I've switched to bookshop.org for new books but what's the go to for used books?
Thanks!
20 votes -
Ten dead in Buffalo supermarket shooting
24 votes -
Drinking Harrods coffee from the 1930s
7 votes -
Mini-warehouses dubbed “dark stores” are quietly taking over urban retail space
7 votes -
Trader Joe wrote a memoir - The book is a sort of “Kitchen Confidential” for the grocery business, but without the drugs or rage
4 votes -
California to enforce 'gender neutral' toy aisles in large stores
15 votes -
Tesla wanted $22,500 to replace a battery. An independent repair shop fixed it for $5,000.
10 votes -
How many robots does it take to run a grocery store?
15 votes -
The economics of dollar stores
6 votes -
Good electronics repair shop?
I recently went into my attic and pulled out my old 1990s 4-track Fostex X-26 tape recorder. I was hoping to transfer some of my old band tapes to the computer. Alas, it is dead. While it turns...
I recently went into my attic and pulled out my old 1990s 4-track Fostex X-26 tape recorder. I was hoping to transfer some of my old band tapes to the computer. Alas, it is dead. While it turns on, the motor appears frozen, and the device hums. (I don't mean there's line noise when you plug a speaker into it, I mean the device itself audibly hums, even when not using the tape controls.)
I have seen online that some people repair theirs. It's probably beyond my skill level to do so, though. (And I don't really want to do it myself.) I have contacted a few shops near me (Los Angeles), but have gotten no replies, unfortunately. I was wondering if anyone here knows of a good shop that would repair an older device like this.
I have also contacted some places that claim to do cassette to digital transfers, but none have replied to my questions about whether they can deal with a 4-track recording. Also, just looking at their prices, it seems like it would cost significantly more to have them convert my tapes than to get the recorder repaired. (And I'm not sure what's on all of the tapes, so I don't really want to hand over some embarrassing practice tape or tape containing some out-of-context banter between takes on it.)
I've looked online for a used one, but all the listings I've found have been "for parts only", which is what mine would be if I were to sell it. And knowing how these things go, they probably all have the same broken part. So any recommendations are appreciated!
10 votes -
Black-owned record stores are disappearing while vinyl sales are skyrocketing. Some shop owners say it's a sign of a 'whitewashed' industry.
10 votes -
Fry’s Electronics is shutting its doors for good
23 votes -
Furniture giant IKEA is planning to sell spare parts for its furniture – its aim is to prolong the life of its products and dispel the idea that it makes disposable goods
19 votes -
Art markets: New York bodegas in watercolor
5 votes -
IKEA is to buy back its unwanted furniture from customers to resell as secondhand, as part of the Swedish group's efforts to become more environmentally friendly
10 votes -
Unstaffed, digital supermarkets transform rural Sweden – Lifvs start-up has opened nineteen stores across the country, choosing remote places that have lost their local shops
15 votes