ISSUE VOLUME 62 2008/04/03 25 THE UNIveRSITY OF WINNIPEG StuDENT weeKLY Exploring the possibilities of the city with our special urban issue April 3, 2008 The Uniter contact:
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[email protected] Consumer culture: The battle of small corner stores PRODUCTION MANAGER Melody Morrissette »
[email protected] “The key difference is a more PHOTO EDITOR personalized business.” Colin Vandenberg »
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[email protected] Corpell’s Water NEWS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR ig box stores are increasingly Stacy Cardigan Smith »
[email protected] moving into the city of Winni- peg, making it harder for smaller NEWS PRODUCTION EDITOR Bbusinesses to gain a foothold in the mar- Ksenia Prints »
[email protected] ket. But smaller venues are finding ways COMMENTS EDITOR to fight back. Ben Wood »
[email protected] “We are like small fish and they are like big fish,” said Mohammad Ayub. ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR “Their prices are lower and they have Whitney Light »
[email protected] more products.” Mohammad Ayub is the owner of LISTINGS COORDINATOR Luxton Grocery in the North End. Hav- Kristine Askholm »
[email protected] ing bought the 75-year-old company four years ago, Ayub said he was finding SPORTS EDITOR Kalen Qually »
[email protected] it more and more difficult to compete in the retail market.