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Between the jewelry displays, wedding gifts, flasks, picture frames and clocks, Batmark's new location seems to have just about anything you'd ever want engraved. But items also come walking through the door, from heirlooms to iPods. Founded 12

Back-to-school shopping is like Christmas. “The season is the second-biggest season behind Christmas,” said Shannon Frederick, spokeswoman for Wal-Mart.

Years ago shoppers bustled in and out of the B&B Five and Dime Variety Store on Le Mars' Central Avenue. Later this spring, a new two-level variety store will open in the same buildings, offering cards, gifts, home decor and designer fashion jewelry.

Hidden amid the hip shoe stores, stylish coffee shops and Asian markets on Orchard and Grand Streets are tiny remnants of the Lower East Side of long ago.