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Thanksgiving has passed, which means memories of fighting family members will soon be replaced by images of fighting consumers, pummeling each other inside our nations’ Wal-Marts. But in the 5,000-person town of Saranac Lake, New York, people have a different option. The town opened a community-owned department store, which they named the Community Store. Melinda […]
Thanksgiving has passed, which means memories of fighting family members will soon be replaced by images of fighting consumers, pummeling each other inside our nations’ Wal-Marts. But in the 5,000-person town of Saranac Lake, New York, people have a different option. The town opened a community-owned department store, which they named the Community Store. Melinda Little, the president of the Community Store, talks about her town’s efforts to make another kind of shopping experience.