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Facebook users hit 'like,' stores jump into action
CHRISTINA REXRODE,Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Facebook isn't just for goofy pictures and silly chatter. Whether shoppers know it or not, their actions online help dictate what's in stores during this holiday season. After polling customers on the social media site, Macy's...Tags: Walmart, Twitter, Inc., Elections, Business, Services and Shopping
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Protests greet shoppers at Wal-Mart in South Bend, nationwide
Black Friday was the perfect backdrop for a union protest at Wal-Mart blasting the wages, benefits and treatment of employees of the world's largest retailer. Maybe you saw it today. About 30 people stood by the door of the Ireland Road Wal-Mart....
Tags: Work Relations, Walmart, Labor Legislation, Black Friday (shopping), Career and Workplace
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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: Fiscal Cliff, Black Friday (shopping), Best Buy Co., Inc., Toys "R" Us, Inc., Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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Buyer Beware: Company offers free groceries .. sends coupons instead
Buyer beware: A national company claims to provide $2,000 in free groceries … but a local customer claims it's a big scam.
American Value Grocery claims in a local radio commercial consumers can get $2,000 in free groceries.
When you call...Tags: Grocery Coupons, Economy, Business and Finance, Entertainment, Services and Shopping, Companies and Corporations
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Police see spike in purse thefts in recent weeks
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND – The holidays draw more than just shoppers to area businesses. They also bring out thieves looking to capitalize on crimes of opportunity, police say. One of those, they noted, is purse thefts, which have increased over the past few...Tags: Walmart, Theft, Criminals, Meijer, Inc., Services and Shopping
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Law: Michigan grocery pricing change makes 'cents'
It's the end of an era for grocery stores in Michigan. After 30 years, a new pricing law takes effect Thursday that's sure to change the way you shop.Stores are no longer required to place individual price labels on items. Instead, shelves will be labeled...Tags: Rick Snyder, Michigan, AFL-CIO, Consumers, Prices
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Poorest poor in U.S. hits new record: 1 in 15 people
Associated Press ReportersWASHINGTON (AP) — The ranks of America's poorest poor have climbed to a record high — 1 in 15 people — spread widely across metropolitan areas as the housing bust pushed many inner-city poor into suburbs and other outlying places and...Tags: Washington, DC, Marketing, Apartments, Population and Census, Rentals
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A really early start at Friday
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterMISHAWAKA - Moms and dads, with children piled in the back seats of their cars and minivans slowed up as they drove past shoppers wrapped in blankets, or warming their hands over wood-burning firepits, or playing football Thursday afternoon in the parking...Tags: Toy Industry, Black Friday (shopping), Best Buy Co., Inc., Vehicles, Services and Shopping
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