Retail

The Recessionista: Ready For Her Close-Up

Kira Craft | Posted 12.11.2008 | Style

Read More: Couture, Affordable, Recessionista, Consumers Spending Less, Economy, Fashionista, Retail, Fashion, Leslie Ann Horgan, Recession, Budget Fashion, Budget Living, Style News
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She's ready for her close up now and poised to become America's new sweetheart, the girl who's super stylish on a dime and wears her tight budget as comfortably as couture.

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Retailers Post Sluggish Sales in March

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 04.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Wal-Mart, Retail, Retailers, Spending, Costco, Business News

NEW YORK — With little money left after buying food and fuel, American shoppers handed most retailers their most dismal March in 13 years. As r...

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Sales, Dollar Plunge; Oil Soars

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Retail Sales, Consumerism, Weak Sales, Retail, Retail Sales, Shopping, Weak Dollar, Recession Fears, U.S. Consumers, Commerce Department, Recession, Credit Crunch, Consumers, Mall Sales, Malls, Business News

WASHINGTON — Oil hit a record high, the dollar sank again, and consumers stopped buying pretty much everything. Stocks kept gyrating, too, on T...

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Shoppers Snap Up Bargain, Avoid Luxe Goods

Los Angeles Times | Leslie Earnest | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Gas Prices, Discount Shopping, Retail, Wal-Mart, Shopping, Retail Sales, BJ Wholesale, Recession, Costco, Business News

Retail sales rose more than expected in February as shoppers headed to discounters in search of bargains. But with Americans in no mood to splurge, lu...

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Retail Chill: Consumers Give Stores The Cold Shoulder

Los Angeles Times | Leslie Earnest, | Posted 11.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Retail, Consumer Caution, Marketplace, Consumer Spending, Wal-Mart, Ipods, Business News

Consumer spending slowed to a crawl in January, with retail sales at major chains rising just 0.5% in what was by one measure the month's worst perfor...

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Weak Holiday Shopping Season Worse Than Expected

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO, | Posted 11.22.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Retail Economy, Ann Taylor, Limited Brands, Marcy's, Retail, Consumer Spending, Wal-Mart, 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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Drop In Women's Clothing Sales Ominous Sign For Retailers

New York Times | Michael Barbaro | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Retail, Holiday Sales, Fashion, Holiday Retail, Business News

Sales of women's clothing, a traditional pillar of the holiday shopping season, are unusually bleak so far this year, according to a major credit card...

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Retailers Lower Forecasts Amid Bleak Sales Reports

New York Times | MICHAEL BARBARO | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Target, Retail Industry, Retail, Wal-Mart, Nordstrom, Big Box Stores, Business News

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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Castro Loves A Good Sale

Huffington Post's Eat The Press | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Alan Greenspan Book, Communism, Borders, Retail, Capitalism, Sales, Fidel Castro, Castro, Home News

We just received this AP photo of Castro holding Greenspan's book, forwarded by HuffPost reporter Max Follmer. So! We shall see what Perez has to say ...

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Rooftop Zoo Planned For Famed London Retailer Harrods

The Observer (U.K.) | Zoe Wood | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: London, Department Stores, Retail, Harrods, Zoo, Mohamed Al-Fayed, Home News

Harrods owner Mohamed al-Fayed has a pet project to build a zoo on the roof of the world-famous London store. What would be a retail first is the bra...

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WSJ Editor Caught "Stealing" From Kmart

Wall Street Journal | Laura Landro | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Shoplifting, Retail, Wall Street Journal, Kmart, Business News

Amid mounting theft and other merchandise loss in recent years, retailers face a daily battle against scam artists. But let the customer beware: With ...

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Branson Ditches Virgin Megastores

The Guardian (U.K.) | Owen Gibson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Recording Industry, Richard Branson, Virgin, Virgin Megastores, Retail, Home News

Sir Richard Branson yesterday severed his last remaining link with the high street, offloading his Virgin Megastore chain at a time when record shops ...

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