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National trends in recent decades reveal an “emerging mortality penalty” for people living outside of metropolitan areas, Mississippi State researchers are reporting in American Journal of Public Health. For the first time in recent years, university scientists have identified data showing that more than 40,000 more people living in rural counties die annually than...
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1966 “Black Friday” is the name which the Philadelphia Police Department has given to the Friday following Thanksgiving Day. It is not a term of endearment to them. “Black Friday” officially opens the Christmas shopping season in center city, and it usually brings massive traffic jams and over-crowded sidewalks as the downtown stores are...
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A University of Utah study suggests how eating a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with turkey and mashed potatoes makes consumers less likely to buy on im
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New consumer polling data shows that an overwhelming majority of U.S. supermarket shoppers will continue purchasing store brand products after the recession is over. A poll conducted this month by GfK Custom Research North America for the Private Label Manufacturers Association reports that 91% of shoppers say they will keep buying store brand products...
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In these troubled times (drink) many consumers are shopping online and plan on staying home for ‘Black Friday’. In fact, more than 8 out of 10 shoppers will be on the look-out for discounts, 69% will be searching for free shipping, 53% will scour the web for one-day promotions and 32% will keep their...
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