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Pacsun is reporting that in the last year, baggy jeans went from 8% to 80% of its denim sales.

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Circling back: Last week, we told you about eight supermarkets in Alabama, Oklahoma, and Texas where shoppers could purchase gun ammunition from vending machines, and asked if you approved. More than 9 out of 10 of you (90.4%) did not, saying gun ammo vending machines should not be located at grocery stores, while 6% of you thought they should and 3.6% of you didn’t know or weren’t sure.