Returns

Walmart, Target, Macy's and More: Guide to Gift Return Policies

The Stir | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Holiday Shopping, Returns, Shopping, Target Return Policy, Gift Returns, Return Policies, Macy's Return Policy, Walmart Return Policy, Best Buy Return Policy, Business News

Sure, you're grateful that your sister-in-law or great aunt thought of you this year, but did you really need a pair of polka dot socks or a critter cap?

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Holiday Sales Up, But So Are Customer Returns

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Fraud, Return Windows, Holiday Shopping, Consumer Confidence, Returns, Unemployment, Retail Sales, Wardrobing, Holiday Shopping 2011, Theft, Business News

At the start of the holiday shopping season, retailers breathed a collective sigh of relief. Unemployment has remained stubbornly high and consume...

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Gold May Glitter But Can It Deliver?

Gemma Godfrey | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: Capital Flows, Russia, Investments, Wealthbriefing, Commodities, Economy, Cpi, Monetary Policy, Dividends, Soveriegn Defaults, Bank of England, Returns, Wealth, Middle East, Hedge Funds, Dollar, Diversification, US, Asia, Risk, Interest Rates, George Soros, Central Bank, Money, Stock Market, Currency, Gold, Investing, Inflation, United States, Assets, Bubble, Japan, Economic Growth, Europe, World Gold Council, Gemma Godfrey, China, Capital, Business News

The classic safe-haven investment has seen a strong uptrend in value since the autumn of 2008. Various factors have been credited as drivers of this move, but what is the risk gold could lose its luster?

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Legendary Trader's Fund Takes Huge Oil Losses

Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Commodities, Returns, Phibro, Andrew Hall, Oil Prices, Occidental Petroleum, The Astenbeck II Fund, Commodity Fund, Citigroup, Business News

NEW YORK - The flagship commodity fund run by top Phibro trader Andrew Hall suffered a 12 percent fall last week as oil prices tumbled, a fund inv...

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The Sadness Of Books We Can't Sell

charlotteashley.wordpress.com | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Book Publishing, Returns, Books, Unsold Books, Nyr, Young Adult Books, Nyrb, Bookstores, Chinese Literature, Books News

There's a depressing side to returns season. It comes near the tail-end of the fiscal year, when we can delay the inevitable no longer and have to sen...

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Libya -- Oil, Water, Gold Are the Real Issues

Gemma Godfrey | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Investors, Management, International, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, Imf, Sanctions, Eia, Opec, Eu, Goldman Sachs, Risk, Foreign Minister, Information, Energy Agency, Import, Middle East, Volatility, Supply, German, Investment, Asset, Bubble, Demand, Iea, Gold, Reserves, Administration, Returns, Commodities, Oil, Wealth, Government, Markets, Population, Investing, Irrigation, Allocation, Bloomberg, Libya, Water, Dividends, Sentiment, Economy, Export, Turmoil, Vaults, Business News

The oil price has skyrocketed over the past few months and the finger often points to Libya and claims of supply disruptions have dominated the press. However, are these claims grounded in fact or are we watching yet another sentiment driven bubble?

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20 Life Lessons Learned From Shopping

Lillian Daniel | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Bargains, Returns, Giving, Shopping, Gratitude, Workers Rights, Consumerism, Debt, Boycotts, Spending, Faith, Spirituality, Inspiration, Healthy Living News

Be grateful for what you have. Sometimes we search for the treasure out there when it is already waiting for us back at home.

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Six tips for happy returns

Kit Yarrow, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Consumer, Retail, Returns, Kit Yarrow, Holiday Shopping, Holiday Return Policies, Shopping, Wardrobing, Healthy Living News

One out of three American shoppers will head to the mall this week to return a holiday gift. That amounts to nearly 50 billion dollars worth of reject...

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Why Won't Borders Donate Their Soon-To-Be-Trashed Books?

Erik Ose | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dumpstering, Economy, New Books, Sustainability, Philanthropy, Returns, Publishing Industry, Ceos, Activism, Climate Change, Waste, Environmental Destruction, The Recession, Job Losses, Bankruptcy, Huffpost Books, Corporate Misconduct, Books, Libraries, Nonprofits, Bookselling, Store Closings, Green Living, Facebook, Bad Business Practices, Bestsellers, Layoffs, Holiday Sales, Pulping, Corporations, Protests, Environment, Borders, Take Action, Waldenbooks, Authors, Books News

Current Waldenbooks employees have come forward to alert the public that the company plans to dispose of many unsold books in the cheapest, easiest, least responsible way possible - by trashing them.

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