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Alison Roman Is Opening First Bloom in Brooklyn Heights

Photo: Arturo Holmes/Getty Images It looks as if Alison Roman is opening a permanent location of her boutique grocery, First Bloom, this fall in Brooklyn. As the cookbook author and food personality a…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Cooking #alisonroman #brickandmortar #BrooklynHeights #Cafe #CookingTopics #grocerystore #openings #therealestate
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2652906/alison-roman-is-opening-first-bloom-in-brooklyn-heights/

The Death of the Brick and Mortar Toy Store

https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/05/the-death-of-the-brick-and-mortar-toy-store/

#HackerNews #DeathOfRetail #ToyStore #Nostalgia #OnlineShopping #RetailTrends #BrickAndMortar

For $REASONS, I wanted to buy something locally. Looking online, I ended up finding it in stock at #Visions, so I bought it there and paid online, and chose the pick up option. Because they do "free" shipping, if you pick up you get a gift card for a few bucks as a discount.

But that gift card expires in, like, a month, so I had $35 burning a hole in my pocket. I went back there today to spend it on a MicroSD card that would just about use the whole amount.

And boy, was it difficult to get them to complete the sale without giving them my name, address, and all the rest. Eventually prevailed, but ... I haven't seen this level of aggressive info collection on walk-in customers since Radio Shack was still a (real) thing.

Do brick-and-mortar retailers not realize just how off-putting this sort of thing is?

#retail #retailer #BrickAndMortar #online #shopping #privacy #data #DataCollection #FreeShipping #GiftCard

7/5/24 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.

Larry Flynt & HUSTLER rubbed folks the wrong way. His tools were shameless sex, brutal honesty, vulgar humor, and calling out political & celebrity hypocrisy.

His journey began with strip-clubs here in Dayton. "The Hustler" was a newsletter for his clubs–a fact usually ignored in local PR.

Of the big 3 men's mags, his is the only one still in print.

#BonnettsBooks #DaytonOhio #BrickAndMortar #Hustler #LarryFlynt #BackIssueMagazines

4/18/24 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.

Enjoying #XMen97? This ©2000 book hits the spot, chronicling the history of the #MarvelMutants from their comics origin through the millennium, including personal character details and info about their mansion/school/HQ, powers, vehicles, equipment, friends, foes, and alternate timelines! Just in at #BonnettsBooks!

#DaytonOhio #BrickAndMortar #UsedBookStore #UltimateXMen #DKBooks #MarvelComics #XMen
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10/16/23 Open 6-9p. No open containers, please.

Cryptic books from the cobwebbed stacks in the dark secret vault of the hidden cellar in the deepest chamber of the dank tunnels and haunted passages beneath the innocent looking bookshop named BONNETT'S. What more waits for you? Do you dare enter to examine the tomes of a forgotten age?

#BonnettsBooks #DaytonOhio #BrickAndMortar #UsedBookStore #VintagePaperbacks #StrangeStories #Prophesies #Nostradamus #PsychicPowers
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