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Tip-Seeking Robot Barista Froths Up Debate Over Gratuity Culture
Coffee shop owners grapple with whether to include tips in employees’ base pay.
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via DNAInfo
Water Work Dries Up Business
Some Brooklyn shopkeepers say they city hasn't done a very good job of keeping them informed about construction-linked water shutoffs, hurting business.
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‘Cash Mobs’ Help Local Shops
Organized groups of shoppers are buying goods in some uptown mom-and-pop stores help save struggling neighborhood business.
Designer Struggles to Sew Up Clients
Jessica Martin opened Nippy Lavern Fashions Boutique in January in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Despite ample runway exposure, the young designer's biggest challenge is staying afloat.
via Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Struggling Merchants Get Creative
When Victor Ricardi opened the Sports Page bar in Gravesend eight years ago…