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  • By Sam Parker Metropolitan living may mean having more restaurants, boutiques and bars down the street, but it may also mean having less grocery marts or electronic stores to choose from. Unless urban dwellers are willing to trek outside of the city limit signs, they are often left to shop at small markets or downsized grocery stores when trying to stock up the house. As a way to introduce their products into the hearts of large metropolitan areas in the United States, Target Corp. is experimenting with smaller store layouts...

    Target Introduces Fun-Sized Shops to Urban Dwellers

    Posted on October 18, 2012 | No Comments
    By Sam Parker Metropolitan living may mean having more restaurants, boutiques and bars down the street, but it may also mean having less grocery marts or electronic stores to choose from. Unless urban dwellers are willing to trek outside of the city limit signs, they are often left to shop at small markets or downsized grocery stores when trying to stock up the house. As a way to introduce their products into the hearts of large metropolitan areas in the United States, Target Corp. is experimenting with smaller store layouts...

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  • By Sam Parker Miles and piles of produce? Soul-draining fluorescent lights? Apathetic, mop-haired youths in polo shirts? You must be shopping for groceries, a particularly un-fun form of shopping little changed from the first aisle-based supermarkets. But South Korean supermarket chain Homeplus has implemented an easier method of grocery shopping for busy commuters. After questioning how to become No. 1 in South Korea’s online market without increasing the number of stores, the outlet turned its subway advertising into a way for commuters to shop while they wait for their train....

    Buy Groceries Online: Shopping Made Simple With Homeplus’ On-The-Go Grocery App

    Posted on July 9, 2012 | 3 Comments
    By Sam Parker Miles and piles of produce? Soul-draining fluorescent lights? Apathetic, mop-haired youths in polo shirts? You must be shopping for groceries, a particularly un-fun form of shopping little changed from the first aisle-based supermarkets. But South Korean supermarket chain Homeplus has implemented an easier method of grocery shopping for busy commuters. After questioning how to become No. 1 in South Korea’s online market without increasing the number of stores, the outlet turned its subway advertising into a way for commuters to shop while they wait for their train....

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