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Shopping and the Impact of Digital Bias

September 20, 2012 – 1:57 pm

A recent experience entailed visiting a prominent big box retailer’s physical location, comparing prices on a smartphone while in the building, and finding that the chain’s own E-retail site had the desired item for a lower price than in the store. When the sales associates refused to honor or match the price from the store’s [...]

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Retweet to Eat

May 29, 2012 – 2:46 pm

**From the pages of Junction’s notebook: Read about the experiences, perspectives, and ideas of Junction team members. Scrolling through my Twitter timeline, one particular tweet caught my eye. “Want to dine with us on our opening weekend? RT this w/ your email addy.” Within the rise of the ‘new’ food industry, restaurant openings from locally [...]

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A Prime Cut of the New Food Business

April 12, 2012 – 11:52 am

Eating is a biological necessity. Every human being must eat, but for millions of people nationwide, developments in recent years have placed an increasing emphasis on gastronomy that is healthier, more localized, more gourmet – providing something far beyond mere sustenance. As a result, massive changes in social and economic behavior surrounding this shift are [...]

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