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      <title>Comments On: Yanking Our Chains
    
      by Alex Woodward</title>
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    <author><![CDATA[David J Crappell]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Don't use Bluebag for IKEA Deliveries. THEY ARE HORRIBLE.
        
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          <a href="http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/Profile?oid=1908411">David J Crappell</a>]]>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:32:29 -0600</pubDate>
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    <author><![CDATA[spwitte]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I live in Atlanta and visit New Orleans about once a year and I’ve seen how chains move into areas which desire hot “big city” retailers. The rumor mill will run for a while.
        
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    <pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:53:35 -0600</pubDate>
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      <![CDATA[I only shop local anyway,so all those stores can go somewhere else.
        
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    <pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:39:41 -0600</pubDate>
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    <author><![CDATA[Red Cotton]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I can't find the story link now but about two years ago I read an article from a market research magazine that stated that one of the criteria the Trader Joe's family did fess up to is an area's median income be in the 50K + range. That rules New Orleans out.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[tah]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I remember hearing about IKEA negotiating with the NAgin Admin. just after the flood.
        
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    <pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:11:12 -0600</pubDate>
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      <![CDATA[IKEA... "typically needs a population of approximately 2 million people within a certain trade area to support one store," says company spokesperson Joseph Roth.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[wesbjack]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Why would a national retailer want to come here when they are expected to be grilled at meeting where (potential) customers quiz them on the merchandise, the size of the plastic bags, the origins of the wood in the furniture, and so on? don't you think the word is out about doing business in the city of NOLA?
        
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    <pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:20:12 -0600</pubDate>
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