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  • Indian Shoppers Given Taste Of The New

    11/03/2006 6:41:00 PM PST · by blam · 7 replies · 489+ views
    The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 11-4-2006 | Peter Foster - Sanjeev Narang
    Indian shoppers given taste of the new By Peter Foster and Sanjeev Narang in Hyderabad Last Updated: 1:11am GMT 04/11/2006 The Indian shopping experience took its first, tentative steps into the 21st century yesterday when the country's first nationwide supermarket chain opened its doors in the tech-city of Hyderabad. With air-conditioned aisles, spotless floors, smartly uniformed staff and perfectly arranged rows of high quality fruit and vegetables, the Reliance Fresh stores hope to revolutionise the way middle class India does its shopping. As the doors were thrown open at 8am there began a trickle of curious shoppers which Reliance, India's...
  • Bird Flu Strikes Fear Into Italy's Shoppers

    02/13/2006 5:50:08 PM PST · by blam · 10 replies · 374+ views
    The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 2-14-2006 | Hilary Clarke
    Bird flu strikes fear into Italy's shoppers By Hilary Clarke (Filed: 14/02/2006) Poultry sales in Italy have plunged by more than 50 per cent after bird flu was discovered in a wild swan in Sicily last Friday. Amid the panic, one driver for a battery chicken farm who had lost his job killed his wife and daughter before cutting his own throat. Police believe Claudio Robello, 48, of Grezzano, near Verona, was tipped over the edge by being laid off because of falling sales. He killed his 44-year-old wife and 10-year-old daughter with a knife and hammer in a frenzied...