The Gods of Retail

Minyanville Staff  Mar 12, 2009 8:33 am

The Gods of Retail
 
Ten companies with faith in their business models.
 

 
 
The Gods Of Retail    
In-N-Out Burger The Christian way to Indulge in the sin of gluttony. By Justin Rohrlich
Forever 21 That miniskirt and bustier scream, "I love Jesus!" By Justin Rohrlich
Alaska Airlines Planes fly on a wing and a prayer. By Scott Reeves
The Washington Times Our capital, brought to you by the Moonies. By Scott Reeves
Chick-fil-A And on the seventh day, they had waffle fries. By Cory Bortnicker
Curves International Bringing women to Jesus, one pound at a time. By Mike Schuster
ServiceMaster Fighting the plague of termites with the power of faith. By Mike Schuster
Domino's Behold the power and the glory of pizza. By Nico Carbellano
McGospel Worship at the altar of the Golden Arches. By Mike Schuster
eHarmony That miniskirt and bustier scream, "I love Jesus!" By Nico Carbellano
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03-24-2009, 9:30 am
It seemed like it was hard to get to the meat of this article. I would personally choose a retailer with a conscious and a value system that was based on biblical principles over one that wasn't.
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03-24-2009, 9:41 am
A tablet of Mitzvot and you include not one Jewish business, you have blinders on? It seems somewhat sleazy for a place called Minyanville to only talk about Christians. Surely there are Jewish related business of the Pritzkers, Wexners, Stones, Br
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03-24-2009, 10:04 am
I, also by coincidence initialed CJ,
:-), agree w/ CJ. When we had Schottensteins until recently, it was ALWAYS closed on Shabbat. During Christmas season it opened at 6:00 PM on Saturdays for its Christian seasonal shoppers. I actually rea
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03-24-2009, 8:42 pm
Too many links, and someone's comment got lost on a comment for the linked piece.

Creative layout, just get the text on one page; I'd much rather scroll than play link hopscotch.

I respect stores, Jewish, Christi
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03-28-2009, 1:42 am
Devil Worshippers, Witches, Atheists, Non- Believers, Agnostics and just plain old Haters.... This world belongs to God. It's his money, it's his land and everything in it belongs to him. Stop trying to block God and get in where you fit
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