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In the Era of the Hypermarket, Don’t Forget Your Local Dekkeneh
['Lama Hajj']
Beirut.com
I tell myself it’s so I get the walk in, but in reality I’m just used to it for some reason.
The Shelf and the LandlordToday, a hypermarket doesn’t just sell you other people’s products anymore.
The hypermarket gets to be the landlord of the shelf and a competitor on the shelf, using your purchase data to decide what to clone next.
But every dollar you spend there keeps money in the neighborhood, keeps a storefront active, keeps someone employed who lives three streets away.
I’m going to start buying my water from the dekkeneh on Abdel Aziz.