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Saturday, December 11, 2004

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Devil Shoppers

Ready for a quiz? Do you actively pursue bargains? Do you return purchases to get the better deal, not once, but twice? Do you only buy items with coupons? If you’ve answered “yes” to one of those questions, watch out. You might be on a store’s naughty list. Marketplace's Jeff Tyler examines a new strategy employed by stores to get devil shoppers out of their aisles.

Shoppers walk towards the entrance to a Best Buy store December 1, 2004 in Niles, Illinois. (Photo: Tim Boyle / Getty Images)

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Marketplace Confessional

It's probably too late to do anything about it, but I want my word back. That word is "camp." The story about shopping camp at a Louisville Mall was the last straw. I should have spoken up earlier when band and football practices started to be called camps. Then sending kids to sit inside in front of a computer screen for several hours was called technology camp. But now we have passed the point of no return. I want my word back. Camp to me means outdoors, nature, and burning wood. . . . "

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Conversations from the Corner Office

Marketplace goes one-on-one with CEOs, company founders, head honchos...

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Working

Intimate profiles of workers in the global economy.

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Consumer Consequences game

Find out what the world would look like if everyone lived like you. An interactive game from American Public Media.

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Sustainability

What is "sustainability?" It boils down to this: Don't eat your seed corn.

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