There's nothing wrong with offering different prices to different shoppers if that's being done "to reward good customers, " Alper said.

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Outside court, Mrs Alper said a semi-permanent replacement for the barn would open next month and bookings for weddings had been taken.

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Alan Alper, an analyst at Gomez Advisors Inc. in Lincoln, Mass.

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"The fire started in the dead of night when the venue was deserted but the owner, Fiona Alper, and her son were asleep a matter of yards away, " he said.

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