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The Case for a No-Account Checkout
Thursday, January 7th, 2010Requiring a customer to create an account is fine for a store I shop at all the time. When I visit the same place repeatedly, I tend to remember my password. Or at least Firefox remembers it for me. So no prob. But if you’re like me, you’ve got a gazillion usernames and passwords to remember by now. So what happens when you return to a store that you’ve not visited for a year or two?
(Read more...)Claim Your Change: Benefits of Banking Locally
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010A couple of years ago I met John and Linda Burroughs at a mixer hosted by my friend, winemaker Ryan Beauregard. John was in the process of starting a new local bank: Lighthouse Bank. I was asked to come in and do some design work for them, and in the process of that I got [...]
(Read more...)Think Local First
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010A couple of years ago a baker, a sockmaker and a… coffee maker started a grassroots organization in Santa Cruz in an effort to try to educate the public about the community benefits of shopping with independent, locally-owned businesses.
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