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Retail sales rise 5.8%, but cold weather and payroll taxes sting
Shoppers trod carefully in January, lured into stores by retailers dangling post-holiday clearance deals but spending sparingly to balance out higher payroll taxes and lingering economic uncertainty. Same-store sales at major retailers such as...
Tags: Target Brands, Inc., Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Thomson Corporation, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements
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Home video revenue stops falling
Hollywood’s era of plummeting home entertainment revenue is finally over. After seven straight years of falling returns driven by the collapse of DVD sales, Americans in 2012 spent more money watching movies at home than they did the previous year,...
Tags: Redbox, Amazon.com Inc., Electronics, Apple iTunes, Consumers
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Wal-mart plans $50 billion 'buy American' push
NEW YORK CITY -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc will buy an additional $50 billion in U.S.-made products over the next decade in areas like sporting goods and high-end appliances in what the world's largest retailer called a bid to help boost the U.S. economy. Wal-...
Tags: Employment, Personal Weapon Control, Consumer Goods Industries, National Retail Federation, Memorial Day
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Wal-Mart, Humana reward healthy food purchases
Reuters(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world's largest retailer, is joining with healthcare insurer Humana Inc to trim the cost of healthy foods for some customers. More than 1 million members of Humana's healthy rewards program will get a 5 percent credit...Tags: Humana Incorporated, Kroger Company, Cancer, Weight, Michelle Obama
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Stores try to make holiday shopping cheap and easy
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 up to 70 percent to lure shoppers during the busy holiday period. But the ease of...
Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Kmart, Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, E-Commerce Industry, National Retail Federation
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ConAgra bets on store brands with Ralcorp deal
NEW YORK (AP) - ConAgra Foods is set to become the country's biggest maker of private-label foods, with its $5 billion purchase of Ralcorp expanding its stake in the fast-growing market for cereals, crackers and other packaged foods sold under store...Tags: Kroger Company, McDonald's, Ralcorp Holdings Incorporated, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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Stores Borrow From Fast-food Industry's Playbook
AP Retail WriterNEW 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...Tags: Amazon.com Inc., The Gap, Electronics, Food Industry, Kmart
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Wal-Mart, Kroger said to be bidding for Twinkies maker Hostess
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Ralph’s owner Kroger Co. and Sara Lee parent Grupo Bimbo are all said to be in the running to buy up assets from liquidating Twinkies maker Hostess, according to a report this week. The companies, along with Midwest baked...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Kroger Company, Companies and Corporations, Employees, Economy, Business and Finance
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Kroger stops selling sprouts due to health risk
Kroger Inc. says it has stopped stocking sprouts as of Monday because of their "potential food safety risk." The nation's largest traditional grocer joins Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, which pulled sprouts in 2010. The grocer says...
Tags: Salmonella Infection, Food Industry, E. coli Infection
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Retailers hope back-to-school season will boost spending
It's the height of summer, but inside many Baltimore-area stores, fall has arrived.
While shoppers sorted through racks of discounted shorts and tank tops, retailers at White Marsh Mall began displaying school backpacks and uniforms. Area Target stores...Tags: Mother's Day, Aeropostale Inc., White Marsh, Prices, National Retail Federation
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Damn you, Sam Walton
The Baltimore SunWe're trying to plug a few gaps in our electronic dictionary, and one editor has suggested that we make sure that Walmart is on the list of objectionable words to be flagged, because the Associated Press Stylebook specifies Wal-Mart. I pointed out that ...Tags: The Associated Press, Walmart
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