Mr. Cohen, who based his conclusions on store interviews with consumers in the last 12 months, noted that many younger women wear furs discarded by their mothers.
It has already spent the TED Prize on the app's development, its companion website, and server space to store interviews.
"I know they keep saying he doesn't have a chance, but I think he still has a chance," said Kate Mau, 38, the owner of a yarn store interviewed outside a polling station in a middle-class neighborhood south of downtown Milwaukee.
In addition, photographs of the store taken from inside and outside the store, interviews with the store owner, a customer survey, and a more complete stock assessment form created by The Food Trust for their Healthy Corner Store Program will be utilized for baseline measurements.
Visit to Mother Nature & Sons, Ltd. on Bleecker Street, between West Tenth and Charles, a health-food store, & interview with Abbe Borov, proprietor.
Call or visit a local pet store and interview the store owner about his or her opinion on exotic animals.
Sample the product in the store, and interview other potential consumers or users of the product.
It's that time of year when news reporters run to the hardware store to interview the manager about the number of snow shovels he's sold.
Like many journalists working in Russia, she experienced a healthy dose of intimidation from officials, having to go so far as to store her interview tapes in the French embassy for fear that they'd be stolen or tampered with.
Their idea was that those musicians who couldn't make it into the store for interviews could film themselves talking about their memories.
And like most of the store owners interviewed for this article, he and Mr. Schaffer have kept their inventory lean: Mr. Foster cut his stock by 20 percent last year, Mr. Schaffer by 25 percent.
