Recessions come and recessions go, but one thing remains constant: Americans love a bargain. No one knows that better than Kathleen Mason, president and CEO of quirky retailer Tuesday Morning Corp., a purveyor of deeply discounted name-brand gifts and home furnishings. Her customers typically line up hours before regular "event sales" that start―when else?―on Tuesday mornings, to snatch up such items as a 20-piece Wedgwood china dinner set for $69.99. And clearly the bargain-hunting extends far beyond those on a tight budget: While Mason was attending a recent charity event at the home of a leading Dallas businessman, the executive's wife proudly showed off the Tuesday Morning treasures that shared space in her cabinets with the family crystal.
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