"The next day, the buyer came to the store and bought all 35 ties, doubled the price and sold them all at the gift shop, " Konheim says.

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According to staff at the conference gift shop, 30 badges bearing the face of former health spokesman Evan Harris have been sold.

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Michael Flancman is busy preparing for the spring rush in the gift shop at the Toronto Zoo.

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Highlights include the Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, the food court and gift shop at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center and a "windshield tour" near the flight line where F-16s, KC-135s, F-22s, F-35s, B-1s or C-17s might be visible, said the spokesman.

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As is the selection of children's books (perennial favorites like "Curious George, " "Madeline" and "The Giving Tree") at Burlap, the intriguing Cobble Hill clothing and gift shop.

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Guests can also scan to shop with in-store QR codes, use the interactive gift finder at Target.com, on tablets and mobile devices, and shop Target in a few unexpected places, like high-traffic bus shelters.

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In their 50 years of marriage, she had never itched for a college education, being more than content to raise a big family, run a gift shop, manage the banquet hall at a golf club, lead Girl Scout and Boy Scout troops and, as a convert to Catholicism, explore the contours of her religious faith.

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At the adjacent South African National Gallery there are always interesting exhibitions, plus a great gift shop stocked with plenty of local crafts.

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