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Shaking up e-commerce once again, the always innovative Fab.com is dropping the angle that made it big: flash sales. Shoppers now have full control over what product categories they follow and how they receive notifications. Does a drop of the flash sale format bode badly for other off-price retailers like Gilt? [Racked National]