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Retail Chains

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

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO and MAE ANDERSON | Posted 04.03.2009 | 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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Retailing Chains Caught In Wave Of Bankruptcies

New York Times | MICHAEL BARBARO | Posted 04.22.2008 | 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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Food Costs Rising Fastest in 17 Years

AP | ELLEN SIMON | Posted 04.22.2008 | 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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