The Coach bag was a new kind of purse for a new era. Unlike the handbags of the 1950s, it was built to wear, and to hold a lot. Part of the reason: its original design was based on the Depression-era ...

Just a bit more than a year ago, department store Brown Thomas began charging customers 60 cent for branded paper carrier bags. There was much gnashing of teeth, with some customers irked by being ...

There was much gnashing of teeth a month ago when it emerged that Brown Thomas was going to charge customers 60 cent a pop for branded paper carrier bags. No doubt some customers would be irked by ...