An open question indeed. I wouldn't know. I'm a smoker. Isadore Barmash covered the retailing industry during a distinguished career with The New York Times, where he won seven Publisher's Merit Awards and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. The Investor Features service spotlights columns by several well known financial journalists.
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