It takes a detective's instincts, an archaeologist's patience and experience to find savings. "Arleen is a digger", says Nancy Ploeger who was vice president of operations and human resources at Manhattan-based New York Sports Clubs when t…

Kicking off today at 6pm in a secret industrial space--okay, it's not that secret, you can find it at Pier 3--on the Embarcadero, The Bar Code sample sale will put the ping back in shopping. The Bar Code is slated to become a bi-monthly st…