Grant argues that new commercial categories of literature, which include poop fiction, chick lit, K-mart realism, and tart noir resemble the kind of fracturing that already occurred in the music world. Here’s the blog entry that got him...
coffin n.— «Wangjing’s Wal-Mart has light-emitting diode lighting, or LEDs, that reduces the store’s energy consumption by 15%, motion sensors in low traffic areas and open-air freezers—known in industry parlance as “coffins”—with sliding...
outboarding n.— «The leader of the biggest convention in Las Vegas is accusing operators of the city’s largest trade show venue of poaching buyers from the International Consumer Electronics Show.…Shapiro said the World Market...
run wild v. phr.— «His usual workweek is a five-day, four-night route around California or the Southwest—”running wild” in Wal-Mart trucker parlance—delivering goods to stores, used pallets to warehouses and...
cross-docking n.— «Cost savings are huge in Wal-Mart’s distribution and logistic functions as it employs a method called cross-docking. Products are received on one side of the warehouse and leave out of the other side, virtually...
Michigan left turn n.— «Drivers leaving Wal-Mart will be prohibited from taking a left onto U.S. 17 and instead will have to execute what’s known as a “Michigan left turn.” This requires drivers to make a right turn from the...