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Holiday Shopping Season

Bleak Holiday Shopping Season For Local Retailers

Crain's Chicago Business | Monée Fields-White | Posted 01.21.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Crate and Barrel, Chicagor Retail Forecast, Retail Sales, Holiday Shopping Season, Recession, Christmas Shopping, Holiday Shopping, Chicago Retail Sales, Chicago News

With Christmas just a few days away, the holiday shopping season is bearing out predictions that it will be the worst in decades. Local retailers suc...

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Jdimytai Damour, We Will Slow Down

Reverend Billy | Posted 01.01.2009 | Style

Read More: Valley Stream, Wal-Mart, Long Island, Black Friday, Jdimytai Damour, Wal-Mart Death, Economy, Wal-Mart Stampede, Holiday Shopping Season, Style News
Reverend Billy

Last night, Sunday the 30th, the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir embarked in vans and a pace car with a lawyer -- journeying to the Wal-Mart in Valley Stream, Long Island -- for a vigil and songfest.

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Retailers' Discounts May Make For Worst U.S. Holiday Season In Six Years

Bloomberg | Beth Jinks and Allison Abell Schwartz | Posted 12.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Retailers, Retail Sales, Holiday Shopping, Black Friday, Discount, Holiday Shopping Season, US Economy, Business News

U.S. retailers that lowered prices as much as 70 percent on the day after Thanksgiving may see sales eroded by steeper price cuts in what may be the w...

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What's Your Favorite Progressive Business?

Justin Krebs | Posted 12.26.2008 | Style

Read More: Holidays, Progressive Values, Economy, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Liberal Card, Living Liberally, Fair Trade, Shopping, Holiday Shopping Season, Style News
Justin Krebs

In every community, there are these businesses -- and we should support them. But first, we have to learn about them. So, which are your favorites?

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Amazon Doubles Profit

New York Times | LAURIE J. FLYNN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Holiday Shopping Season, Amazon.com, Amazon Profits, Jeff Bezos, Amazon, Business News

Amazon.com, the leading online retailer, had a lot of good news in its financial report Wednesday, but it was overshadowed by just a small bit of bad ...

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Weak Holiday Shopping Season Worse Than Expected

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO, | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Retail Economy, U.S. Economy, Retail, Wal-Mart, Ann Taylor, Marcy's, Holiday Shopping Season, Consumer Spending, Limited Brands, Business News

An already weak holiday shopping season turned out to be even worse than expected for many of the nation's retailers, who reported Thursday they had d...

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Stocks Close Flat After Erratic Trading Week

AP | Tim Paradis | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Holiday Shopping, Benazir Bhutto, Home Sales, New Home Sales, Commerce Department, Holiday Shopping Season, Post-Holiday Shopping, Stocks, Business News

Stocks finished an erratic week narrowly mixed Friday after a government report of a steep decline in new home sales stirred concerns that weakness in...

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Holiday Shopping Season Disappoints Retailers As Expected

New York Times | MICHAEL BARBARO | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Holiday Shopping Season, MasterCard Advisors, Holiday Shopping, American Consumers, Business News

American consumers, uneasy about the economy and unimpressed by the merchandise in stores, delivered the bleak holiday shopping season retailers had e...

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Retailers Get Holiday Wish: Last-Minute Shopping Surge

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Holiday Shopping Weekend, Holiday Shopping Season, Holiday Shopping, Holiday Season, Christmas Shopping, Business News

Just weeks ago, the holiday shopping season seemed headed for disaster. But in the waning hours before Christmas, the nation's retailers got their wis...

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Booze It Up... And Four Other Ways To Go Green This Season

Danny Seo | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Preparing for the Holiday Season, Chanukah, Hanukkah, Holiday Season, Green Holiday, The Green Life, Christmas, Tips for Holiday Season, Going Green, Holiday Shopping Season, Green Living, Danny Seo, Living News
Danny Seo

There's so much talk right now about having a green Christmas. There's one camp that says don't buy anything, skip the malls, forget presents. Bah-H...

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Record Cyber-Monday Sales Bring In $733 Million

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Cyber Monday, Holiday Shopping Season, Cyber Monday Record, Cyber Monday News, Cybermonday, Holiday Season, Cyber Monday Ads, Cyber Monday Shopping, Business News

U.S. online shoppers spent a record $733 million in a single day on "Cyber Monday," according to market research firm comScore. Cyber Monday is the f...

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Weak Dollar Bringing Droves Of European Shoppers To US Stores

Boston Globe | Jenn Abelson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: US Economy, Holiday Shopping, Shopping, Weak Dollar, Strong Euro, Foreign Shoppers, Holiday Shopping Season, Business News

Hours after her flight from Dublin landed in Boston on Thanksgiving, Alice Kinsella headed in a white van with a dozen relatives and friends to Wrenth...

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