November 29, 2007

Wharton Study: The Sky Is Freaking Blue

Wharton went out and and spent your application fee on a study that proves men like men's stores and women like women's stores.

Well, pretty much. The study, by Wharton's Jay H. Baker Retail Initiative and Toronto consulting firm Verde Group reveals women like to shop for female things and browse around all the time, while men like to get in, get out and get home and use it. No, really.

The article on Wharton's website about the study goes on for approximately 57,000 words, so I'll just shoot right to the best part:

Erin Armendinger, managing director of the Baker initiative, puts it this way: "Men and women are simply different," she says.

Wharton's next study will be about men and how they like girls' breasts.

'Men Buy, Women Shop': The Sexes Have Different Priorities When Walking Down the Aisles [Knowledge @ Wharton via Reason]

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November 27, 2006

Leftovers: Philly, By Way Of Bristol

• The New York Times did a little travel piece on Philadelphia in yesterday's issue; here's the article and the corresponding video. Your job as a Philadelphian is to read these articles and get unnecessarily angry at something the Times wrote or filmed. Best part of the video: When Philly's status as an "art city" is spoken about, the Dirty Frank's mural is shown. [NYT]

• Ahh, yes, it's Cyber Monday, the day when Internet businesses tell us that today is the day when everyone shops online and the news media follows suit with a billion stories about how everyone is shopping! Online! Whee! [KYW 1060]

• Wilkes-Barre: Not in the Poconos. The town's residents sure to love legalized gambling, though! [Daily News]

• The longtime mayor of Bath, Pennsylvania, has been arrested for stealing $9k from the Roman Catholic church she was secretary of. To toss her out of office would be like throwing the baby out.. oh, nevermind. [AP/6 ABC]

• The Willow Grove Mall was evacuated Saturday after a fire started in a women's clothing store on the third floor. No one was hurt, but 10 pairs of Steve Maddens were not so lucky. [Doylestown Intelligencer]

• Cherry Hill's township council has canceled a vote concerning some sort of new porn shop ordinance. Gasp! What exciting turn will this story take next? [Camden Courier-Post]

• Update, 5:50 p.m.: The Phillies have signed free agent pitcher Adam Eaton to a three-year deal worth around eight mil a year, or one million per earned run he'll give up per nine innings this season with the Phils' luck. [ESPN.com]

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August 02, 2006

Promise Of $10 Sends Shoppers Into Oppressive Heat

This morning, the new Macy's in the Wanamaker Building opened, and people flocked there.

The main reason people stood in lines that were "two blocks long, wrapping around two sides of the building" was the $10 gift cards Macy's was handing out to the first 1,000 customers. And 10 "lucky shoppers" won a cool thousand bucks to buy, buy, buy to their heart's content.

Of course, it was in the high 80s this morning when everyone lined up for the store's opening. Here's how the Inquirer describes it:

Joseph Burnside of Philadelphia said he arrived at 7:30 but wished he'd gotten there by 5. "I thought I would beat the crowd but the crowd beat me. I should have bugalooed down here." Occasionally, he'd shout out a suggestion for another giveaway: "Maybe you could pass out some water!" ¶ Other people were trying to handle the heat by fanning themselves with newspapers, and blotting their brows with tissues.

I can see the headlines tomorrow: 25 die of heatstroke at Macy's opening.

Still, it's not all possible bodily harm due to dehydration. Some people have shopping down to a science:

Lorraine Jamison and Leticia Robinson, both in town for a sorority convention, came straight from the gym. "We have a strategy," said Robinson. "If we see anything, we kindly ask them to put it on hold, we go back and shower, and get our credit cards."

And they say shopping's not an art form.

Crowd forms early for Macy’s opening this morning [Inquirer]

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March 28, 2006

Blogicized: Worst Of The Worst

• Surely, this is political discourse for the 21st Century: Claiming John Perzel is the worst person ever. I'm not saying that's not true. Wait. Yes I am. Not when this man is still around. [Young Philly Politics]

• Some thoughts on what might happen if Jimmy Rollins approaches the all-time hits record. As you may know, he ended the season with hits in 36 straight games. We'll be keeping a countdown (up?) here at Philadelphia Will Do once he gets hit #37, of course. And, saying that, we just jinxed him. Shit. [Deadspin]

• Another Florida teacher has used mental illness to excuse her sex with a minor. I don't know if that was true or not -- in either case, actually -- but let's just hope she'll eventually decide to go into journalism like Debra Lafave. [The Trouble With Spikol]

• And, in case you spend all your money on your Internet connection, here's a guide to shopping at local garage sales, flea markets and the like. [About.com Philadelphia]

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