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PODCAST: The billion-dollar sweatshirt industry

Publisher Harper Collins picks a fight with Amazon. Plus, college admission season means sweatshirt for everyone.

For high school seniors, March and April mean the arrival of college acceptances – and a rush on college bookstores to buy sweatshirts to proclaim their new status.  A look at how admission seasons have created a billion dollar. More on that. Publishing giant Harper Collins is reportedly at odds with Amazon over details of its contract renewal. We explain how their fight will impact readers. 

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