Landlords look for an exit amid federal eviction moratorium
NEW YORK (AP) — When Ryan David bought three rental properties back in 2017, he expected the $1,000-a-month he was pocketing after expenses would be regular sources of income well into his retirement years.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Landlords look for an exit amid federal eviction moratorium
NEW YORK (AP) — When Ryan David bought three rental properties back in 2017, he expected the $1,000-a-month he was pocketing after expenses would be regular sources of income well into his retirement years.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Landlords look for an exit amid federal eviction moratorium
NEW YORK (AP) — When Ryan David bought three rental properties back in 2017, he expected the $1,000-a-month he was pocketing after expenses would be regular sources of income well into his retirement years.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
NLRB preliminary finding revives labor organizing at Amazon
NEW YORK (AP) — A recommendation to nullify the election results of an Amazon union vote in Bessemer, Alabama is breathing new life into the labor movement.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
NLRB preliminary finding revives labor organizing at Amazon
NEW YORK (AP) — A recommendation to nullify the election results of an Amazon union vote in Bessemer, Alabama is breathing new life into the labor movement.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
NLRB preliminary finding revives labor organizing at Amazon
NEW YORK (AP) — A recommendation to nullify the election results of an Amazon union vote in Bessemer, Alabama is breathing new life into the labor movement.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Nervous workers struggle to adjust to new mask policies
An abrupt relaxation of mask policies has left workers at supermarkets and other stores reeling as they try to sort out what the new environment means for their own safety and relationship with customers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Nervous workers struggle to adjust to new mask policies
An abrupt relaxation of mask policies has left workers at supermarkets and other stores reeling as they try to sort out what the new environment means for their own safety and relationship with customers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Nervous workers struggle to adjust to new mask policies
An abrupt relaxation of mask policies has left workers at supermarkets and other stores reeling as they try to sort out what the new environment means for their own safety and relationship with customers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Nervous workers struggle to adjust to new mask policies
An abrupt relaxation of mask policies has left workers at supermarkets and other stores reeling as they try to sort out what the new environment means for their own safety and relationship with customers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Workers worry about safety, stress as states ease mask rules
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Leo Carney worries that bigger crowds and mask-less diners could endanger workers at the Biloxi, Mississippi, seafood restaurant where he manages the kitchen. Maribel Cornejo, who earns $9.85 an hour as a McDonald's cook in Houston, can't afford to get sick and frets co-workers will become …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Workers worry about safety, stress as states ease mask rules
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Leo Carney worries that bigger crowds and mask-less diners could endanger workers at the Biloxi, Mississippi, seafood restaurant where he manages the kitchen. Maribel Cornejo, who earns $9.85 an hour as a McDonald's cook in Houston, can't afford to get sick and frets co-workers will become …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Workers worry about safety, stress as states ease mask rules
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Leo Carney worries that bigger crowds and mask-less diners could endanger workers at the Biloxi, Mississippi, seafood restaurant where he manages the kitchen. Maribel Cornejo, who earns $9.85 an hour as a McDonald's cook in Houston, can't afford to get sick and frets co-workers will become …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Stores drop MyPillow after CEO pushes election conspiracies
NEW YORK (AP) — The founder and CEO of MyPillow, who amplified President Donald Trump's claims of election fraud, said a backlash against his company has begun after a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol this month.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Stores drop MyPillow after CEO pushes election conspiracies
NEW YORK (AP) — The founder and CEO of MyPillow, who amplified President Donald Trump's claims of election fraud, said a backlash against his company has begun after a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol this month.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Poshmark's shares soar in debut to public markets
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Poshmark Inc. more than doubled in their debut trading in the public markets Thursday, a testament to the strength of the online marketplace for second-hand goods even during a pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Target continues to thrive in whirlwind retail environment
NEW YORK (AP) — Target's strong sales streak extended through a pandemic-shrouded holiday season after a hard push online and an increased effort to provide alternatives to customers who are trying to minimize risk.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Sephora to fight against racial bias with an action plan
NEW YORK (AP) — Beauty products retailer Sephora said Wednesday that it will bolster the number of Black-owned brands, scale back on third-party security guards and offer more inclusive marketing as part of a plan to combat racial bias at its stores.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Airbnb to block, cancel DC bookings ahead of inauguration
NEW YORK (AP) — Airbnb said Wednesday it will be blocking and canceling all reservations in the Washington, D.C., area during the week of the presidential inauguration.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Sephora to fight against racial bias with an action plan
NEW YORK (AP) — Beauty products retailer Sephora said Wednesday that it will bolster the number of Black-owned brands, scale back on third-party security guards and offer more inclusive marketing as part of a plan to combat racial bias at its stores.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Airbnb to block, cancel DC bookings ahead of inauguration
NEW YORK (AP) — Airbnb said Wednesday it will be blocking and canceling all reservations in the Washington, D.C., area during the week of the presidential inauguration.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Airbnb to block, cancel reservations in D.C next week
NEW YORK (AP) — Airbnb says it will be blocking and cancelling reservations in the Washington, D.C. area during the week of the presidential inauguration.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Target continues to thrive in whirlwind retail environment
NEW YORK (AP) — Target's strong sales streak extended through a pandemic-shrouded holiday season after a hard push online and an increased effort to provide alternatives to customers who are trying to minimize risk.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Tiffany posts holiday sales gain helped by China, online
NEW YORK (AP) — Tiffany & Co. on Tuesday reported a 2% gain in preliminary holiday sales, helped by strong sales in China and online.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Tiffany posts holiday sales gain helped by China, online
NEW YORK (AP) — Tiffany & Co. on Tuesday reported a 2% gain in preliminary holiday sales, helped by strong sales in China and online.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Retailers brace for flood of returns from online shopping
NEW YORK (AP) — A huge surge in online shopping during the pandemic has been a savior for retailers, but it comes at a price.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Retailers brace for flood of returns from online shopping
NEW YORK (AP) — A huge surge in online shopping during the pandemic has been a savior for retailers, but it comes at a price.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Retailers brace for flood of returns from online shopping
NEW YORK (AP) — A huge surge in online shopping during the pandemic has been a savior for retailers, but it comes at a price.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Retailers brace for flood of returns from online shopping
NEW YORK (AP) — A huge surge in online shopping during the pandemic has been a savior for retailers, but it comes at a price.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Feds sue Walmart over role in opioid crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department sued Walmart on Tuesday, accusing it of fueling the nation’s opioid crisis by pressuring its pharmacies to fill even potentially suspicious prescriptions for the powerful painkillers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Feds sue Walmart over role in opioid crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department sued Walmart on Tuesday, accusing it of fueling the nation’s opioid crisis by pressuring its pharmacies to fill even potentially suspicious prescriptions for the powerful painkillers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Feds sue Walmart over role in opioid crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department sued Walmart on Tuesday, accusing it of fueling the nation’s opioid crisis by pressuring its pharmacies to fill even potentially suspicious prescriptions for the powerful painkillers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
The holidays could make or break struggling stores
NEW YORK (AP) — Clothing stores and specialty retailers are offering big discounts and heavily promoting curbside pickup in hopes of rescuing a lackluster holiday shopping season in which surging coronavirus cases have kept many shoppers at home.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
The holidays could make or break struggling stores
NEW YORK (AP) — Clothing stores and specialty retailers are offering big discounts and heavily promoting curbside pickup in hopes of rescuing a lackluster holiday shopping season in which surging coronavirus cases have kept many shoppers at home.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Retailers urge shoppers to buy early amid shipping crunch
NEW YORK (AP) — A number of retailers, including J.C. Penney, Lowe’s and Kohl’s, are telling shoppers they need to place their online orders soon or else pay expedited shipping fees if they want to get their packages delivered in time for the holidays.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Retailers urge shoppers to buy early amid shipping crunch
NEW YORK (AP) — A number of retailers, including J.C. Penney, Lowe’s and Kohl’s, are telling shoppers they need to place their online orders soon or else pay expedited shipping fees if they want to get their packages delivered in time for the holidays.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Retailers urge shoppers to buy early amid shipping crunch
NEW YORK (AP) — A number of retailers, including J.C. Penney, Lowe’s and Kohl’s, are telling shoppers they need to place their online orders soon or else pay expedited shipping fees if they want to get their packages delivered in time for the holidays.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Retailers urge shoppers to buy early amid shipping crunch
NEW YORK (AP) — A number of retailers, including J.C. Penney, Lowe’s and Kohl’s, are telling shoppers they need to place their online orders soon or else pay expedited shipping fees if they want to get their packages delivered in time for the holidays.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Walmart to give 4th round of bonuses to workers since virus
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart says for the fourth time during the pandemic it will be giving its 1.5 million U.S. part-time and full-time employees additional cash bonuses for their work.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Walmart to give 4th round of bonuses to workers since virus
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart says for the fourth time during the pandemic it will be giving its 1.5 million U.S. part-time and full-time employees additional cash bonuses for their work.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Mastercard SpendingPulse: November holiday sales up 5.1%
NEW YORK (AP) — Retail sales rose 5.1% in November, as spending on home furnishings and consumer electronics helped offset a drop in sales of clothing and at department stores, a widely watched industry gauge shows.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Walmart drops $35 minimum for its members' online orders
NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers on Walmart.com who pay a $98-a-year membership fee will get free shipping on orders of any size starting Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Sephora to take over cosmetics in Kohl's stores
NEW YORK (AP) — Sephora will be replacing all cosmetics areas at Kohl's with 2,500 square foot shops, starting with 200 locations in the fall of year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Walmart drops $35 minimum for its members' online orders
NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers on Walmart.com who pay a $98-a-year membership fee will get free shipping on orders of any size starting Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Walmart drops $35 minimum for its members' online orders
NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers on Walmart.com who pay a $98-a-year membership fee will get free shipping on orders of any size starting Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Sephora to take over cosmetics in Kohl's stores
NEW YORK (AP) — Sephora will be replacing all cosmetics areas at Kohl's with 2,500 square foot shops, starting with 200 locations in the fall of year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Virus keeps Black Friday crowds thin, shoppers shift online
NEW YORK (AP) — The raging coronavirus pandemic kept crowds thin at malls and stores across the country on Black Friday, but a surge in online shopping offered a beacon of hope for struggling retailers after months of slumping sales and businesses toppling into bankruptcy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Virus keeps Black Friday crowds thin, shoppers shift online
NEW YORK (AP) — The raging coronavirus pandemic kept crowds thin at malls and stores across the country on Black Friday, but a surge in online shopping offered a beacon of hope for struggling retailers after months of slumping sales and businesses toppling into bankruptcy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Holiday trends to watch: Adult Play-Doh; stores that ship
NEW YORK (AP) — The pandemic is turning this into a holiday shopping season like no other.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Virus keeps Black Friday crowds thin, shoppers shift online
NEW YORK (AP) — The raging coronavirus pandemic kept crowds thin at malls and stores across the country on Black Friday, but a surge in online shopping offered a beacon of hope for struggling retailers after months of slumping sales and businesses toppling into bankruptcy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Holiday trends to watch: Adult Play-Doh; stores that ship
NEW YORK (AP) — The pandemic is turning this into a holiday shopping season like no other.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Virus keeps Black Friday crowds thin, shoppers shift online
NEW YORK (AP) — The raging coronavirus pandemic kept crowds thin at malls and stores across the country on Black Friday, but a surge in online shopping offered a beacon of hope for struggling retailers after months of slumping sales and businesses toppling into bankruptcy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
In pandemic era's isolation, meaning of 'self-care' evolves
NEW YORK (AP) — These days, with a pandemic raging, this is what life can look like:
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Black Friday offers beacon of hope to struggling stores
NEW YORK (AP) — After months of slumping sales and businesses toppling into bankruptcy, Black Friday is offering a small beacon of hope.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Holiday trends to watch: Adult Play-Doh; stores that ship
NEW YORK (AP) — The pandemic is turning this into a holiday shopping season like no other.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Black Friday offers beacon of hope to struggling stores
NEW YORK (AP) — After months of slumping sales and businesses toppling into bankruptcy, Black Friday is offering a small beacon of hope.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Holiday trends to watch: Adult Play-Doh; stores that ship
NEW YORK (AP) — The pandemic is turning this into a holiday shopping season like no other.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
In pandemic era's isolation, meaning of 'self-care' evolves
NEW YORK (AP) — These days, with a pandemic raging, this is what life can look like:
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Victoria's Secret reshuffles executive ranks before holidays
Victoria's Secret reshuffled its executive ranks Wednesday, including the position of CEO, as it tries to revive the struggling lingerie brand.
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Victoria's Secret reshuffles executive ranks before holidays
Victoria's Secret reshuffled its executive ranks Wednesday, including the position of CEO, as it tries to revive the struggling lingerie brand.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Best Buy reports 3Q results that exceed Wall Street views
NEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy Co. reported fiscal third-quarter results that blew through analysts' expectations as the nation's largest consumer electronics retailer enjoyed surging demand for items like home theater and appliances that help people learn, cook, work and connect in their homes during the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
In pandemic era's isolation, meaning of 'self-care' evolves
NEW YORK (AP) — These days, with a pandemic raging, this is what life can look like:
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Best Buy reports 3Q results that exceed Wall Street views
NEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy Co. reported fiscal third-quarter results that blew through analysts' expectations as the nation's largest consumer electronics retailer enjoyed surging demand for items like home theater and appliances that help people learn, cook, work and connect in their homes during the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
In pandemic era's isolation, meaning of 'self-care' evolves
NEW YORK (AP) — These days, with a pandemic raging, this is what life can look like:
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Retail trade group sees solid holiday sales despite pandemic
NEW YORK (AP) — The National Retail Federation, the nation's largest retail trade group, expects that holiday sales could actually exceed growth seen in prior seasons, despite all the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Retail trade group sees solid holiday sales despite pandemic
NEW YORK (AP) — The National Retail Federation, the nation's largest retail trade group, expects that holiday sales could actually exceed growth seen in prior seasons, despite all the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Retailers brace as virus bears down on consumers and economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — LaTonya Story is every retailer’s worst fear.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Retailers brace as virus bears down on consumers and economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — LaTonya Story is every retailer’s worst fear.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Retailers brace as virus bears down on consumers and economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — LaTonya Story is every retailer’s worst fear.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Macy's loses money in 3Q; virus surges into holiday season
NEW YORK (AP) — Macy's swung to a quarterly loss and sales tumbled 22% as the department store chain struggled to bring shoppers back to stores during a pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Macy's loses money in 3Q; virus surges into holiday season
NEW YORK (AP) — Macy's swung to a quarterly loss and sales tumbled 22% as the department store chain struggled to bring shoppers back to stores during a pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
3Q loss for Macy's, but early holiday kickoff eases pain
NEW YORK (AP) — Macy's swung to a loss and sales tumbled 22% as the department store chain struggled to bring shoppers back to stores during a pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Macy posts 3Q loss but early holiday shopping season helps
NEW YORK (AP) — Macy's swung to a loss and sales tumbled 22% as the department store chain struggles to bring shoppers back in a pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Target gains steam heading into crucial holiday season
NEW YORK (AP) — Target is the latest big box U.S. retailer to show that it's prospering during the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Toilet paper limits, empty shelves are back as virus surges
NEW YORK (AP) — Looking for toilet paper? Good luck.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Target gains steam heading into crucial holiday season
NEW YORK (AP) — Target is the latest big box U.S. retailer to show that it's prospering during the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Toilet paper limits, empty shelves are back as virus surges
NEW YORK (AP) — Looking for toilet paper? Good luck.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Another booming quarter for Walmart, but sales are slowing
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart turned out another stellar quarter as the world’s largest retailer powers through a pandemic that has felled other national chains.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Toilet paper limits, empty shelves are back as virus surges
NEW YORK (AP) — Looking for toilet paper? Good luck.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Another booming quarter for Walmart, but sales are slowing
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart turned out another stellar quarter as the world’s largest retailer powers through a pandemic that has felled other national chains.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Walmart grows stronger in pandemic; quarterly sales up 5.3%
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart turned out another stellar quarter as the world’s largest retailer powers through a pandemic that has felled other national chains.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Ulta to open beauty shops at 100 Target stores in 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — The nation's largest beauty store chain, Ulta Beauty, has a deal to place shops in more than 100 Target stores by mid-2021.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Online shopping surge could lead to holiday delivery delays
NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers and carriers are preparing for an online holiday shopping surge that could tax shipping networks and lead to delivery delays.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Online shopping surge could lead to holiday delivery delays
NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers and carriers are preparing for an online holiday shopping surge that could tax shipping networks and lead to delivery delays.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
U.S. bankruptcy court approves sale of J.C. Penney
NEW YORK (AP) — J.C. Penney is on course to emerge from bankruptcy by Thanksgiving, after a U.S. bankruptcy court approved the sale of the ailing 118-year-old retailer to its two largest landlords and its primary lenders.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ulta to open beauty shops at 100 Target stores in 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — The nation's largest beauty store chain, Ulta Beauty, has a deal to place shops in more than 100 Target stores by mid-2021.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Online shopping surge could lead to holiday delivery delays
NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers and carriers are preparing for an online holiday shopping surge that could tax shipping networks and lead to delivery delays.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
U.S. bankruptcy court approves sale of J.C. Penney
NEW YORK (AP) — J.C. Penney is on course to emerge from bankruptcy by Thanksgiving, after a U.S. bankruptcy court approved the sale of the ailing 118-year-old retailer to its two largest landlords and its primary lenders.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ulta to open beauty shops at 100 Target stores in 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — The nation's largest beauty store chain, Ulta Beauty, has a deal to place shops in more than 100 Target stores by mid-2021.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
U.S. bankruptcy court approves sale of J.C. Penney
NEW YORK (AP) — J.C. Penney is on course to emerge from bankruptcy by Thanksgiving, after a U.S. bankruptcy court approved the sale of the ailing 118-year-old retailer to its two largest landlords and its primary lenders.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
U.S. bankruptcy court approves sales of J.C. Penney
NEW YORK (AP) — J.C. Penney is on course to emerge from bankruptcy by Thanksgiving, after a U.S. bankruptcy court approved the sale of the ailing 118-year-old retailer to its two largest landlords and its primary lenders.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ulta to open beauty shops at 100 Target stores in 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — The nation's largest beauty store chain, Ulta Beauty, has a deal to place shops in more than 100 Target stores by mid-2021.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Walmart agrees to sell its business in Argentina
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart will sell its business in Argentina as it continues to restructure its international division.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Walmart agrees to sell its business in Argentina
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart will sell its business in Argentina as it continues to restructure its international division.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Walmart agrees to sell its business in Argentina
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart will sell its business in Argentina as it continues to restructure its international division.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Walmart agrees to sell its business in Argentina
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart will sell its business in Argentina as it continues to restructure its international division.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Pandemic reinvents holiday hiring for retailers
NEW YORK (AP) — Wanted this holiday shopping season: Cart sanitizers, curbside delivery workers and mask enforcers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Walmart returns guns and ammunition to US store displays
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart has reversed course, announcing it is returning ammunition and firearms to their displays in its U.S. stores.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Pandemic reinvents holiday hiring for retailers
NEW YORK (AP) — Wanted this holiday shopping season: Cart sanitizers, curbside delivery workers and mask enforcers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Walmart returns guns and ammunition to US store displays
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart has reversed course, announcing it is returning ammunition and firearms to their displays in its U.S. stores.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Pandemic reinvents holiday hiring for retailers
NEW YORK (AP) — Wanted this holiday shopping season: Cart sanitizers, curbside delivery workers and mask enforcers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Walmart returns guns and ammunition to US store displays
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart has reversed course, announcing it is returning ammunition and firearms to their displays in its U.S. stores.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Walmart returns guns and ammunition to US store displays
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart has reversed course, announcing it is returning ammunition and firearms to their displays in its U.S. stores.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Walmart removes guns, ammunition on display at U.S. stores
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart says it has removed ammunition and firearms from displays at its U.S. stores, citing “civil unrest" in some areas.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Walmart removes guns, ammunition on display at U.S. stores
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart says it has removed ammunition and firearms from displays at its U.S. stores, citing “civil unrest" in some areas.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Walmart sues US in pre-emptive strike in opioid abuse battle
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is suing the U.S. government in a pre-emptive strike in the battle over its responsibility in the opioid abuse crisis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Walmart sues US in pre-emptive strike in opioid abuse battle
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is suing the U.S. government in a pre-emptive strike in the battle over its responsibility in the opioid abuse crisis.
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Walmart sues US in pre-emptive strike in opioid abuse battle
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is suing the U.S. government in a pre-emptive strike in the battle over its responsibility in the opioid abuse crisis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Gap Inc. exiting malls, to shutter 350 stores by 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Gap Inc. is moving away from the nation’s malls.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Walmart sues US in pre-emptive strike in opioid abuse battle
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is suing the U.S. government in a pre-emptive strike in the battle over its responsibility in the opioid abuse crisis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Gap Inc. exiting malls, to shutter 350 stores by 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Gap Inc. is moving away from the nation’s malls.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Walmart sues US in pre-emptive strike in opioid abuse battle
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is suing the U.S. government in a pre-emptive strike in the battle over its responsibility in the opioid abuse crisis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Gap Inc. exiting malls, to shutter 350 stores by 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Gap Inc. is moving away from the nation’s malls.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Walmart to spread out deals to avoid Black Friday crowds
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart says it will spread out its traditional one-day Black Friday deals over three weekends in November in an effort to reduce crowds in its stores during a pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Walmart to spread out deals to avoid Black Friday crowds
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart says it will spread out its traditional one-day Black Friday deals over three weekends in November in an effort to reduce crowds in its stores during a pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Landlords are getting squeezed between tenants and lenders
NEW YORK (AP) — When it comes to sympathetic figures, landlords aren't exactly at the top of the list. But they, too, have fallen on hard times, demonstrating how the coronavirus outbreak spares almost no one.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Walmart to spread out deals to avoid Black Friday crowds
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart says it will spread out its traditional one-day Black Friday deals over three weekends in November in an effort to reduce crowds in its stores during a pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Walmart to spread out deals to avoid Black Friday crowds
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart says it will spread out its traditional one-day Black Friday deals over three weekends in November in an effort to reduce crowds in its stores during a pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Landlords are getting squeezed between tenants and lenders
NEW YORK (AP) — When it comes to sympathetic figures, landlords aren't exactly at the top of the list. But they, too, have fallen on hard times, demonstrating how the coronavirus outbreak spares almost no one.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Walmart to spread out deals to avoid Black Friday crowds
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart says it will spread out its traditional one-day Black Friday deals over three weekends in November in an effort to reduce crowds in its stores during a pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Landlords are getting squeezed between tenants and lenders
NEW YORK (AP) — When it comes to sympathetic figures, landlords aren't exactly at the top of the list. But they, too, have fallen on hard times, demonstrating how the coronavirus outbreak spares almost no one.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Walmart to close its stores on Thanksgiving Day
Walmart will close its namesake stores and Sam’s Clubs on Thanksgiving Day this year, saying that it wants to have its employees spend time with their families during the coronavirus
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
List of national retail chains requiring masks is growing
Target, CVS Health and Publix Super Markets on Thursday joined the growing list of major retailers that will require customers to wear masks as cases of COVID-19 spike
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Walmart latest to require masks in stores
Walmart will require customers to wear face coverings at all of its namesake and Sam’s Club stores, making it the largest retailer to introduce such a policy that has otherwise proven difficult to enforce without state and federal requirements
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Walmart to require customers to wear masks at all its stores
Walmart has become the latest major retailer to require customers to wear face coverings at all of its namesake and Sam’s Club stores
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Volunteers sew masks for health workers facing shortages
CHICAGO (AP) — Bill Purdue waterproofs basements for a living, but he has spent the past few days in his buddy's Washington, Indiana, auto trim and upholstery shop cutting rectangles of cotton fabric that his friend sews into face masks.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Volunteers sew masks for health workers facing shortages
CHICAGO (AP) — Bill Purdue waterproofs basements for a living, but he has spent the past few days in his buddy's Washington, Indiana, auto trim and upholstery shop cutting rectangles of cotton fabric that his friend sews into face masks.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Volunteers sew masks for health workers facing shortages
CHICAGO (AP) — Bill Purdue waterproofs basements for a living, but he has spent the past few days in his buddy's Washington, Indiana, auto trim and upholstery shop cutting rectangles of cotton fabric that his friend sews into face masks.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Panic buying leaves retailers scrambling to restock
NEW YORK (AP) — Grocers big and small are hiring more workers, paying overtime and limiting purchases on certain high demand items as they scramble to restock shelves that have been wiped out by panic shopping in response to the global viral pandemic.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
With spreading virus comes fears -- and lots of stockpiling
NEW YORK (AP) — As an Arizonan, Gregory Cohen has never had to stock up ahead of a hurricane or other natural disaster.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
With spreading virus comes fears -- and lots of stockpiling
NEW YORK (AP) — As an Arizonan, Gregory Cohen has never had to stock up ahead of a hurricane or other natural disaster.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
With spreading virus comes fears -- and lots of stockpiling
NEW YORK (AP) — As an Arizonan, Gregory Cohen has never had to stock up ahead of a hurricane or other natural disaster.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Virus could weigh on toy shopping starting this summer
NEW YORK (AP) — From Baby Yoda to eco-friendly stacking rings, toymakers displayed an array of goods last week that they hope will be on kids' wish lists for the holiday 2020 season.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Target offers solid profit outlook despite virus uncertainty
NEW YORK (AP) — Target Corp. offered a solid annual profit outlook on Tuesday and said that it hasn't seen anything related to the spreading new virus so far that would affect its financial targets.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Fewer antibiotics, more room to roam
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Half-million of Walmart's U.S. workers to get pay raises
BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Walmart Stores Inc. is hoping its decision to boost workers' paychecks will help it boost its bottom line.
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Is shopping fatigue setting in?
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Good news for bargain hunters
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Toy makers' new darlings
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In a spending mood?
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Wal-Mart to increase holiday hiring by 10 percent
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Retailers take on Silicon Valley
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Target falls on shopper caution
NEW YORK - Target Corp. on Wednesday became the latest in a string of companies that have lowered their business expectations as they contend with an uncertain economy.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Spending still sluggish
WASHINGTON - Bleaker outlooks at retailers like Wal-Mart and Macy's are raising doubts that consumers will spend enough in coming months to lift the still-subpar U.S. economy.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Retailers see slow start to back-to-school season
NEW YORK - Shoppers are holding off on back-to-school shopping, and those who delay long enough might be rewarded with some steep discounts from desperate retailers.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Hudson's Bay buying Saks for $2.4 billion
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Retailers report strong June gains
NEW YORK - June sales heated up for stores, in a sign that Americans likely will continue to spend during the important back-to-school shopping season.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Penney CEO's challenge: Can it be fixed?
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Is home where the profit is?
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Anybody buying this trend?
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Wal-Mart: We'll fix U.S. economy
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Feeling stronger every day
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Retailers report best sales growth since March
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Target raises profit outlook on solid sales
NEW YORK - Target Corp. raised its full-year profit projection Wednesday after the cheap-chic discounter reported better-than-expected second-quarter revenue that showed healthy spending in food, beauty, fashion and other items.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Economy appears weaker as retail sales slump
WASHINGTON - The outlook for the U.S. economy appeared dimmer Monday after a report that Americans spent less at retail businesses for a third straight month in June.
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Walmart first quarter profit up 10.1 percent
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Americans remain confident in April
NEW YORK - Americans' confidence in the economy was resilient in April despite rising job cuts and falling home values.
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Consumer confidence holds steady
NEW YORK - Americans' rosy outlook about the U.S. economy remains resilient as they focus on the good in the barrage of conflicting economic news.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Americans feeling better about economic recovery
NEW YORK - Americans are feeling better about the economy again, but will it last this time?
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Sears shedding stores, reports loss
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Permanent markdown
NEW YORK - J.C. Penney is permanently marking down all of its merchandise by at least 40 percent so shoppers no longer have to wait for sales to get bargains.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Discounts crimp retailers' profits
NEW YORK - The 2011 holiday shopping season will go down in the record books as the year the Grinch stole stores' profits.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Doubling up for savings
NEW YORK - The holiday shopping season turned out to be two seasons: the Black Friday binge and a last-minute surge.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Consumer confidence index surges in December
NEW YORK - Americans are gaining faith that the economy is on the upswing.
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Holiday shopping season is strong
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Take that back!
NEW YORK - Ah, the warm feelings of the holidays: Comfort and joy. Good cheer.
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Consumer confidence surges
NEW YORK - Americans are beginning to feel more confident about the U.S. economy just as the all-important Christmas shopping season begins. But their optimism may be short-lived.
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Big stakes on Black Friday
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Just in time for the holidays, a bad economic mood
NEW YORK - Americans say they feel worse about the economy than they have since the depths of the Great Recession. And it's a bad time for a bad mood because households are starting to make their holiday budgets.
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Price matters for 2011 holiday season
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Wal-Mart trims health care coverage for some
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS AGO
Retailers getting desperate
NEW YORK - Retailers are so desperate this holiday season that they're willing to lose money to get you to spend yours.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS AGO
Wal-Mart brings back layaway for holiday shoppers
NEW YORK - Wal-Mart is bringing back something its customers have been asking for since the Great Recession: layaway.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Consumers gloomy? Spending says otherwise
WASHINGTON - Economists have advice for anyone worried that consumers are too fearful to keep spending: Look at what they're doing, not what they're saying.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Higher prices: the big trend for back-to-school
NEW YORK - Stores are trying everything they can think of to disguise the fact that you're going to pay more for clothes this fall.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Shoppers lift economy but will they keep spending?
WASHINGTON - The economy might not be on the brink of another recession after all.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Duke pushes to keep Wal-Mart growing
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. unveiled a $15 billion share buyback program Friday as it hammered home its message to shareholders at its annual meeting that the world's largest retailer will keep growing.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Malone's Barnes & Noble bid a bet on the Nook
NEW YORK - Why buy a bookstore?
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Strong holiday for retail sales
NEW YORK - The holiday shopping season was the best since 2006, as a strong November more than offset spending that tapered off in late December.
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After holiday spree, economic doubts linger
NEW YORK - Holiday spending surged this year, but Americans still have their doubts about the economy.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Holiday shoppers came out to spend in November
NEW YORK - Shoppers had retailers' registers ringing in November, getting the holiday season off to a roaring start.
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What recession?
For one day at least, you could almost imagine the recession never happened. Millions of the nation's shoppers braved rain and cold to crowd stores while others grabbed online bargains on what could be the busiest Black Friday ever.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Holiday shopping battle begins
NEW YORK - From free shipping from Walmart to Sears stores open on Thanksgiving for the first time, the battle for holiday shoppers' dollars has begun in earnest.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Disney Store opens in Times Square
NEW YORK - With fireworks, fanfare and fairy dust, The Walt Disney Co. officially opened its largest store in North America in Manhattan's Times Square Tuesday, touting it as the crown jewel among approximately 360 worldwide.
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Economy recovering, but recession's shadow is long
NEW YORK - Layaway, once the province of the poor, has gone mainstream. At the Mall of America in Minnesota, shoppers dart in for just one or two things. In New York, socialites do the unthinkable: They wear the same ball gown twice.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Midnight grocery runs capture desperation
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. - Once a month, just after midnight, the beeping checkout scanners at a Walmart just off Interstate 95 come alive in a chorus of financial desperation.
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Want cheapskates to spend? Hawk gizmos that save
NEW YORK - How do you get penny pinchers to spend these days? Pitch products that promise to save them money.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Retail sales post strongest gains since late 2007
NEW YORK - Shoppers returned to the nation's malls last month, buying a surprising amount of spring clothing and other items and helping stores post the strongest retail sales since November 2007, a month before the recession began.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
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