Outrage at Length of CVS Receipts
22 September 2013
Retailer CVS has come under fire on social media pages Twitter and Facebook for the continual use of elaborate coupons on their receipts.
According to an article by Matt Brownell published on dailyfinance.com, the addition of these coupons to the receipt has resulted in receipts measuring up to three feet long – all for the purchase of a single item.
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Grafton Country Music Festival Boosts Town Finances
28 February 2013
Cash register rolls were ticking over in Grafton during November 2012’s Fair Dinkum Country Music Festival. At least $16500 in extra revenue came into the town, thanks to out-of town visitors who were staying for the festival.
Many of the festival’s attendees were parked in the local caravan park, and subsequently spent up big in the town for repairs and upgrades—fridges, BBQs, batteries and servicing being big areas of expenditure.
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POS Vouchers Aiming to Boost Chicago’s Electric Fleet Trucks
25 February 2013
The City of Chicago will be rolling out a new incentive program as of spring 2013, encouraging fleet buyers to replace their diesel trucks with more eco-friendly electric ones.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel described the incentive program as “first-of-its-kind” which would make Chicago the leader in building both public and private fleets of electric trucks.
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