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Stores borrow from fast-food industry's playbook
NEW YORK (AP) — This holiday season, Burger King won't be the only place where you can have it your way. It used to be enough for stores to promise discounts of up to 70 percent off to lure shoppers during the busy holiday shopping season. But the...
Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Kmart, Toy Industry, Sony Corp., Shoppers Food & Pharmacy
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Holiday sales to rise 4.1 percent
Associated PressNEW YORK – Americans are expected to spend more during what's traditionally the busiest shopping season of the year, but they're not exactly ready to shop 'til they drop like they have been in the past two years. The National Retail Federation, the...Tags: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Kmart, 401K, Credit and Debt, Consumer Confidence
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Sears to close 100 to 120 Kmart, Sears stores
NEW YORK (AP) — Sears Holdings Corp. plans to close between 100 and 120 Sears and Kmart stores after poor sales during the holidays, the most crucial time of year for retailers.
The company has numerous stores in the Michiana area: Sears stores...Tags: Holidays, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Lou D'Ambrosio, Companies and Corporations
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Tableau Software shares close up 64 percent in market debut
Reuters(Reuters) - Shares of Tableau Software Inc rose as much as 68 percent in their trading debut as investors expect the rising interest in big data to power the data analysis software maker's growth. Tableau Software shares closed up nearly 64 percent at...Tags: NYSE Euronext, Inc., Initial Public Offerings, Verizon Communications, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Business Enterprises
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Tableau Software raises IPO price range
ReutersMay 15 (Reuters) - Data analysis software maker Tableau Software Inc said it now expects to raise up to $248.4 million from its initial public offer, up from $215.3 million that it expected earlier. The company, whose customers include Deere & Co,...Tags: Initial Public Offerings, Verizon Communications, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Compuware Corporation, Deere and Company
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Newegg, Overstock win patent fight with Alcatel-Lucent
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - The online shopping sites Newegg and Overstock Inc won a patent battle on Wednesday with telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent SA , which had accused the companies of infringing its patented technology. The U.S. Court of...Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Alcatel SA, Overstock.com Incorporated, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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North American retailers devising own Bangladesh plans
Reuters(Reuters) - North American retailers on Tuesday discussed forging their own Bangladesh safety agreement, an alternative to a legally binding accord that many European retailers have signed on to, though details of any alternative accord were still...Tags: American Apparel and Footwear Association, Consumer Goods Industries, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., North America, Human Rights
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Sears rolls out lease-to-own program nationwide
Tribune reporterSears Holdings Corp. has launched a lease-to-own service allowing consumers without credit to purchase big ticket items such as washing machines and refrigerators and pay them down over time, the company confirmed Friday. With the service, customers...Tags: Services and Shopping, New Products
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Target tests if Facebook-driven deals bring shoppers into stores
ReutersMay 8 (Reuters) - Target Corp is rolling out Cartwheel, a service that combines social networking and discounts, the latest attempt by a U.S. retailer to lure shoppers into its physical stores rather that seeing them buy from online rivals. Target said...Tags: Kmart, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Best Buy Co., Inc., Marketing, Walmart
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COLUMN-Two ways to play the retail rebound
ReutersBy John Wasik CHICAGO, May 3 (Reuters) - With consumer stocks blazing this year, it makes sense for investors to focus on retailers as the U.S. economy continues an inchworm-like recovery. But retail is a fickle business. And trying to guess which...Tags: U.S. Congress, Consumer Confidence, Staples Inc., Office Supplies, Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC
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Two ways to play the retail rebound
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - With consumer stocks blazing this year, it makes sense for investors to focus on retailers as the economy continues an inchworm-like recovery. But retail is a fickle business. And trying to guess which companies will survive over the...Tags: U.S. Congress, Consumer Confidence, Staples Inc., Office Supplies, Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC
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Lampert touts mobile initiatives at Sears' annual meeting
Tribune reporterSears Chairman and CEO Edward Lampert kicked off the company's annual shareholder meeting touting the struggling retailer's successes last year and giving a glimpse of what's to come in 2013, namely how the company is using technology to woo customers....Tags: Kmart, Google Inc., Marketing, Online Advertising, Annual and Special Corporate Meetings
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