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Franchise opportunities

Big Fat Whale
Potential stores to be seen at your local strip mall.
By BRIAN MCFADDEN | December 28, 2011

Portland's year in progressive politics, the Press Herald , and pop-up shopping
If it seems like the year of the Occupy movement, that's a huge testament to the power of the effort that arose in New York on September 17, and had its Maine debut on October 1, spreading from Portland through the entire state over the course of that month and into the fall.
By DEIRDRE FULTON, JEFF INGLIS, AND NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | December 21, 2011

Gifts for the 99%

Plaid tidings we bring to you and your kin
Plaid Friday has come and gone, but no time like the present to stick it to capitalism this holiday season.
By BOSTON PHOENIX STAFF | December 08, 2011

Picking the season’s best books — for everyone from plutocrats to paupers

Reading class
In recent months, Americans have become acutely aware of class divisions — thus it’s possible to choose books for your friends and family based on their income bracket. Below are picks for plutocrats and paupers alike.
By EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | December 06, 2011

Gadgets for both sides of the Occupy divide

Gearing up
Is Santa a one-percenter? Sometimes it seems that way.
By MIKE MILIARD | December 06, 2011

Holiday treasure hunt

We search high and low for great gifts at thrift and secondhand shops
Is it trash or treasure? The editorial team here at the Portland Phoenix compiled this year's incarnation of our annual local gift guide by searching for diamonds in the rough.
By DEIRDRE FULTON, NICHOLAS SCHROEDER, AND JEFF INGLIS | December 07, 2011

Deep tracks and minutiae for music lovers, rich and poor

Box-set match
Ah, box-set season, that time of year when you go to your nearest record store, looking for gifts for that special someone you know who would really appreciate a super-cool addition to their record collection.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | December 09, 2011

Gifts for the 1%

Deck the halls with wretched excess
They say the best things in life are free. But you know what makes those things even better ? Swag!
By BOSTON PHOENIX STAFF | December 08, 2011

Shopping, simplified

Balls, pucks, and monster trucks
With the holidays, and their attendant sturm und drang , upon us again, I was thinking about sports news in the context of Thanksgiving.
By RICK WORMWOOD | November 30, 2011

28 cent book bin

Big Fat Whale
For some reason, these books have been relegated to the bargain bin.
By BRIAN MCFADDEN | May 17, 2011

Customer service

Hoopleville
It's that special time of year ...
By DAVID KISH | December 22, 2010

Adventures at Tech Mart

Hoopleville
Finding a cell phone is a little different these days.
By DAVID KISH | December 08, 2010

Providence Student Survival Guide: List of lists

New to Vo Dilun? Trust us, you need this
It's back-to-campus time. You've got shopping lists, book lists, syllabi, class rosters, and Facebook. Who would possibly think you could handle more lists? We would, that's who.
By PROVIDENCE PHOENIX STAFF | August 31, 2010

Regier's NuPenny hits Portland

Roving installations
The latest incarnation of Randy Regier's NuPenny Toy Store installation is sequestered in Portland's Bayside neighborhood, tucked under an overhang behind the white-washed New System Laundry building on Parris Street.
By ANNIE LARMON | June 16, 2010

Layers of buying local

Going green
When we drink a glass of organic milk, or eat organic pork sausage with our organic scrambled eggs, it’s easy to forget what goes into securing that “organic” label.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | June 09, 2010

Photos: Crystal Friends at the MEME Gallery

Crystal Friends at the MEME Gallery | May 28-30, 2010
The Crystal Friends, a.k.a. Dave Ortega and Ken B, showcased their art and wares at the MEME Gallery on May 28-30.
By SCOTT LACEY | June 01, 2010

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October already!

Folk + blues + noise + alt-pop + Mr. Young
Only 11 weeks and counting of Christmas shopping remain, so head out to some budget-friendly shows in the meantime.
By PROVIDENCE PHOENIX STAFF | September 30, 2009

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Boston's Best City Life 2009

Rocking in the cradle of eccentricity
There’s so much to love about Boston, it’s hard sometimes to know where to start. Traffic? Obnoxious Sox fans? Irritating students? Norway rats? Inflated rents? An inferiority complex unlike any on the Eastern seaboard?
By BOSTON PHOENIX STAFF | April 16, 2009

Boston's Best Shopping 2009

The only marketing survey that counts
There are two kinds of people in the world: people who love to shop and people who would rather prepare for a colonoscopy than enter a store. This latter bunch could account for the Best Readers’ Poll write-in “votes."
By BOSTON PHOENIX STAFF | April 16, 2009

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