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In honor of beloved East Village shop Kurowycky Meat Products, closing tomorrow after 52 years of business. Photo via Flickr/thepigmon
Local
· The Strand is really old [Oxfeld]
· New show at The Museum at F.I.T. all about luxury [The Shophound]
National
· Starbucks helps fight obesity (well, sort of helps) [NY Post]
· Apple Outlet up and running [Gizmodo]
· Jennifer Aniston shills for a bottled water company [FWD]
· The reasoning behind Ikea's new Stockholm collection [UnBeige]
· Wal-Mart decides to cool it with all the expansion [NY Post]
· The Apple store not the best place to purchase an iPhone [Consumerist]