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Article: American Pride owner stays ahead of trends.(BUSINESS)(HEADLINER)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- December 23, 2001
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Byline: Melissa Levy; Staff Writer
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The phone started ringing at 8:03 a.m. the day after Thanksgiving - soon after CNN aired a live segment from the American Pride store at the Mall of America.
People from as far away as New York City and Los Angeles wanted to buy the store's patriotic and Sept. 11-inspired goods. Some consumers even had merchandise suggestions: How about carrying President Bush bobbleheads or toilet paper imprinted with a likeness of Osama bin Laden?
Maybe not. But Ramesh Wahi's store on the third floor of the Bloomington megamall and similar kiosk on the first floor have gained recent notoriety by ...