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Table of Contents Introduction 4 Chapter 1 Job Goes to the Mall 5 Chapter 2 Job Goes on a Shopping Spree 9 Chapter 3 Job Makes a Fashion Statement 13 Chapter 4 Job Gets a Fashion Makeover 17 Chapter 5 Job Shops Til He Drops 21 Chapter 6 Who Does What at Shopping Malls 25 Chapter 7 It’s Your Turn 28 Glossary 30 Index 32
Ready to shop till you drop If so you are not alone In the U S alone there are about 20 million kids affectionately known as tweens between the ages of 8 and 12 Experts say that all told billions of dollars are spent by or on tweens every year Lots of this money finds its way to local retail stores That’s where tweens buy clothes entertainment and technology It’s time for back-to-school shopping and a fictional kid named Jeremiah Oliver Baumgartner heads to the local mall with his mom The kid’s initials are J O B so his friends call him Job for short His parents like his nickname because sometimes it is hard work parenting a kid like Job It’s not that Job is a troublemaker He’s a great kid But trouble seems to go out of its way to find him Job expects a fun day playing arcade games while his mom shops for his new school wardrobe But Job’s mom has other plans for the day She’s about to turn him loose on his very first shopping spree while she enjoys a day of leisure at the spa Tag along with Job as he gains a new understanding of the saying shop till you drop As he explores the mall you can explore the different jobs people do to fill all those stores with products you want to buy Shopping Bit Retail accounts for one in four American jobs Retail and all the jobs it supports adds 2 6 trillion to the U S economy 4
Chapter 1 Job Goes to the Mall Whoa It’s like a superhighway for feet 5
