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Retail Chains

The Biggest Chains In New York

Posted 01.02.2012 | New York
Read More: New York Business, National Chains, Ihop, Ny News, Starbucks, New York City Chains, Dunkin Donuts, Dunkin Donuts New York, Retail Chains, New York News

According to a new survey conducted by the Center for an Urban Future, chain stores are spreading more slowly throughout the city with 31 percent of n...

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

Posted 09.26.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Walmart, Big Box Retailers, Chatham Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, Walmart Chicago, Walmart Expansion, Retail, Business, Chatham, Wal-Mart, Food Deserts, Retail Chains, Chicago News

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...

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Store Closings, Weak Sales Could Mean $27 Billion Boon For Competitors

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO and MAE ANDERSON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: U.S. Retail Sales, Retailers, Retail Industry, Retail Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy, Retail Sales, Retail, Consumers, Consumer Spending, Store Closings, Retail Chains, Business News

NEW YORK — Retailers left standing amid the carcasses of their competitors are going after orphaned customers. They're using aggressive mailers,...

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Food Costs Rising Fastest in 17 Years

AP | ELLEN SIMON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Global Economics, Rising Food Prices, Food Costs, Weak Dollar, High Wheat Prices, Food Prices, High Dairy Prices, Worst Food Inflation, Food Inflation, Emerging Markets, Bankruptcies, Bankruptcy Wave, Retail Chains, Business News

NEW YORK — Steve Tarpin can bake a graham cracker crust in his sleep, but explaining why the price for his Key lime pies went from $20 to $25 re...

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Retailing Chains Caught In Wave Of Bankruptcies

New York Times | MICHAEL BARBARO | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Wave of Bankruptcies, Financial Crisis, Bankruptcies, Retail Chains, Business News

The consumer spending slump and tightening credit markets are unleashing a widening wave of bankruptcies in American retailing, prompting thousands of...

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