Retail Industry

Analysts: Retail Will Not Improve In 2008

Reuters Via CNBC | Posted 01.13.2008 | Business


U.S. chain stores, reeling from the slowest holiday shopping season in five years, got some more bad news Sunday: 2008 will not be any better and coul...

Santa's Sweatshop?

Stuart Appelbaum | Posted 01.02.2008 | Business


Stuart Appelbaum

The combination of short staffing and long hours isn't squeezing retail workers; it's crushing them and taking a huge toll on family life.

Macy's To Shutter 9 Stores, Cut 900 Jobs

AP | Posted 12.28.2007 | Business


Department-store operator Macy's Inc. on Friday said it will shutter nine underperforming stores, which collectively employ nearly 900 staffers, the l...

Black Friday...Gray Thursday

Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 11.26.2007 | Business


Benjamin R. Barber

America's retail industry, now indistinguishable from its marketing industry, sees in every blank space a billboard, in every suburban meadow, a mall, in every screen a banner ad.

Gap Plans "Sweatshop Free" Labels After Child Labor Uproad

The Observer (U.K.) | Dan McDougall | Posted 11.03.2007 | Business


In what would be the biggest commitment to ending child labour ever undertaken by a major retailer, Gap Inc is drawing up plans to label its products ...

Retailers Lower Forecasts Amid Bleak Sales Reports

New York Times | MICHAEL BARBARO | Posted 10.11.2007 | Business


Retailers are in for a rough fall. Across the board, big chain stores reported bleak September same-store sales this morning. As a result, more than ...


 

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