Reinvent Retail

I agree, both with the sentiments and aesthetics of this sign.

Photographs of Garage Sale Signs Using The Clash and Sex Pistols Graphics.

Interesting interview on the Brian Lehrer Show with author Kit Yarrow about how tweens are revolutionizing retail.

P.S. I’ve always loved his theme music

via WNYC – The Brian Lehrer Show: Retail and Teenagers September 18, 2009.

Origami: Origami Vinyl on Current.com.

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Love It!

If any, there should be very minor outages, feel free to get in touch via twitter (@reinventretail) with any weirdness. But you shouldn’t notice a thing.

Thanks! This means more awesomeness and better performance all round, so we’re pretty excited.

How’s this for financial innovation? A group of artists in North Brooklyn is trying to develop a local Brooklyn currency — the Brooklyn Torch — that’s meant to encourage locals to spend within the community, and boost local pride.

via Brooklyn Artists Propose Local Currency – Planet Money Blog : NPR.

It has to be a great album with demonstrable sales potential.

via Exclaim! Canada’s Music Authority.

“If you don’t support the community, the community won’t support you.”

via Artist takes $190,000 out of bank because they won’t give him a mortgage – Boing Boing.

What three independently owned business would you miss if they disappeared? Stop in. Say hello. Pick up something that brings a smile. Your purchases are what keeps those business around.

Please join and show your support!

Kramer’s device, the IXI, was flash-based, even though flash memory in 1979 only could have held about three minutes of audio, and featured a screen, four-way controls, and was about the size of a cigarette pack. Even weirder, he envisioned the creation and sale of digital music and foresaw all the good and bad that would come from this: No overhead, no inventory, but a great push for independent artists, with the risk of piracy looming large.

via Suspiciously Prescient Man Files Patent for iPod-Like Device in 1979 – kane kramer – Gizmodo.

At the end of the day, it’s about remembering that whether we’re a customer or an employee, we’re all human, foibles and all.

via Not Always Right | Funny & Stupid Customer Quotes » About.