Reuters - Hadje Hawa Mahamat came back home from the market with little in her shopping bags besides rice, tomatoes and dry meat. "I haven't brought you anything, everything is so expensive," Mahamat, wearing an orange headscarf and wrap dress, said in Arabic Humiliating a proud generation News.com.au - Maybe she will choose to walk out the side entrance of the shopping plaza, so she won't get distressed passing stores with the nice underwear she desperately needs. Diane would like to buy a loose-fitting shirt but can't afford it. She wants to hide Coming Week: Shoppers Flop Street.Com - The Institute of Supply Management reported that its index on nonmanufacturing activity dropped unexpectedly in December to 41.9% for the month, indicating a contraction. On the consumer front, the holiday shopping season was largely a Dinners, spa visits gain popularity for Valentine's Day Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - More men are also shopping at Serendipity of Pittsford, 6 S. Main St. on the lower level, to book appointments for special Valentine's Day spa packages, according to owner Amy Riedinger. She said among the spa packages, available through Feb. 29 No need to speak it: People feel R-word Chicago Tribune - With gas prices above $3 a gallon, she has stopped driving 30 miles to her favorite upscale mall and shops locally instead. "It used to be a no-brainer, because that's a really good mall," she said of the shopping mecca she no longer visits. 1 2 next Waitrose signs SAS to stock shelves Silicon.com - The software will correlate past product history with projected demand based on seasonal and casual variables - from public holidays and major events to the effect the weather has on our shopping habits. In the most basic terms, the deal will make Alert issued on bogus shopping scam Oxfordshire News - TRADING standards officers today warned elderly people in Oxfordshire to beware of a bogus shopping scam. The alert comes after incidents in Wantage and Henley involving telephone calls from someone claiming to work for South Oxfordshire District BOOK IT! New York Post - In Barrett and Nickle's world, the mall is peopled with pelicans, dogs and deer, all toting shopping bags. As it turns out, one should always shop with a pelican. "THERE'S NOTHING TO DO ON MARS" by Chris Gall (Little, Brown; $16.99) Every parent has

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