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Big Box Retailers

LOOK: Best Buy Makes Epic Mistake

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.22.2013 | Business

If you ever see a Best Buy coupon that is too good to be true, it very well might be. The electronics retailer recently promoted a very simple int...

Organizing McDonald's and Walmart, and Why Austerity Economics Hurts Low-Wage Workers the Most

Robert Reich | Posted 01.30.2013 | Business
Robert Reich

America is becoming more unequal by the day. So wouldn't it be sensible to encourage unionization at fast-food and big-box retailers? Yes, but here's the problem.

Rock-Bottom Prices Luring Shoppers

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 10.16.2012 | Business

NEW YORK — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported a 5.7 percent increase in second-quarter net income and raised its outlook for the full year as the wor...

Bomb Scares Hit Walmarts Across The Country

Posted 06.28.2012 | Business

Multiple Walmarts across the country have been victim to bomb threats in recent days. On Wednesday, two Walmarts were evacuated after a 911 dispat...

Walmart's New Ad-vantage Over Best Buy

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 05.30.2012 | Business

Walmart turned Best Buy's retreat into an advertising diss. Walmart has taken out full-page newspaper ads telling shoppers not to worry about the anno...

'I Am Going To Burn Home Depot To The Motherf***ing Ground'

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.29.2012 | Business

It may be National Small Business Week, but lighting fires in a big box retailer to express support for a local shop owner seems a bit extreme. Ran...

Apparently Bribery Allegations Aren't Hurting The Bottom Line

Reuters | Posted 07.17.2012 | Business

* Q1 EPS $1.09 vs Wall Street view of $1.04 * Walmart U.S. same-store sales up 2.6 pct * International bribery probe ong...

Best Buy Chairman And Founder Steps Down In Wake Of CEO Scandal

Reuters | Posted 07.14.2012 | Business

* Schulze failed to inform audit committee about Dunn allegations-probe * Tyabji to become chairman June 21 * Dunn gets...

Ex-CEO May Have Used A Company Airplane During Inappropriate Relationship

Reuters | Posted 07.10.2012 | Business

* Investigators checking if execs failed to report allegations -newspaper * Also checking whether Dunn used company-leased aircraft -...

More Bad News For Walmart De Mexico

Reuters | Posted 06.23.2012 | Business

* Q1 profit 4.712 bln pesos vs 4.502 bln pesos year earlier * Revenue up 14 pct * Executives discuss recognition, not br...

LIVE UPDATES: Retailers Use Early Openings, Deals To Lure Black Friday Shoppers

Posted 11.25.2011 | Business

Black Friday: It's one of the biggest shopping days of the year -- famous for long lines, huge deals and shopper stampedes. And this year, even in a d...

Rod Kurtz

Ask Rod: How Can We Take On Big-Box Retailers?

HuffingtonPost.com | Rod Kurtz | Posted 11.23.2011 | Small Business

A small business is never going to beat Walmart, Target and other big-box retailers on price. So how can they convince customers to stick with indepen...

Target Workers: Please Let Us Stay Home On Thanksgiving

Posted 11.16.2011 | Business

The lines between Thanksgiving day and Black Friday are blurring this year and some aren't happy about it. Tens of thousands have signed a petitio...

UPDATE: Urine Test On Aisle Five? Walmart Looks To Expand Medical Services

Posted 01.09.2012 | Business

Walmart shoppers may soon be able to get a physical or have an allergy test after picking up their groceries if the big-box retailer gets its way. ...

Walmart Benefiting From Americans' Frustration With Big Banks

Posted 01.08.2012 | Business

It's not just local non-profit credit unions that are benefiting from anger directed at big banks -- the world's largest retailer is also getting a bo...

Wal-Mart Opens First City's 'Express' Store

Posted 09.26.2011 | Chicago

With the opening of the chain's first-ever 10,000-square-foot store in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood Wednesday, Wal-Mart officially launched the firs...

Lowe's Profit Falls On Cold Rain, Chilly Weather

AP | By MICHELLE CHAPMAN | Posted 07.16.2011 | Business

NEW YORK -- Lowe's Cos. profit fell 6 percent in the first quarter, as the bad weather that plagued much of the country kept customers away from their...

No Downturn For Walmart As Retailer Posts Big Quarter

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

NEW YORK — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported a 9.3 percent increase in third-quarter net income as the world's largest retailer benefited from cost ...

Black Friday Blues

Alexia Parks | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Alexia Parks

What makes us happy? Shopping until we drop? Or dropping out of the feeding frenzy taking place at "Big Box" stores, and focusing on the basics? These...