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‘Retail’ Archive
Retailers plan for a safe Black Friday
by Alexandra Biesada, November 20, 2009, 12:59 pmAfter years of whipping shoppers into a frenzy with predawn doorbuster deals, US merchants …
Gloom on the Ginza
by Alexandra Biesada, October 9, 2009, 12:32 pmJapan’s appetite for luxury goods was thought to be insatiable. For years, purveyors of high fashion and other luxury items, such as France’s …
For whom the bell tolls
by Jeff Dorsch, October 2, 2009, 12:11 pmIt’s been a numbing, rough year in the automotive industry, thanks to the recession and the resulting downturn in consumer spending. Chrysler and General Motors went through Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganizations and cut …
A Retail IPO: OMG!!!
by Alexandra Biesada, September 11, 2009, 2:35 pmThe trendy teen apparel chain rue21 has filed to go public in what, according to Hoover’s IPO Central, is …
Cautious Optimism on the Retail Front
by Alexandra Biesada, September 4, 2009, 1:22 pmAugust has come and gone without the big bounce in sales that retailers have come to expect when kids head back to school. Despite the tax holidays (…
$750 Million Dollar General
by Alexandra Biesada, August 21, 2009, 12:46 pmAfter much anticipation and speculation, buyout firm KKR & Co. made it official Thursday by filing to take dollar store …
Back-to-school shopping meets budget-conscious mom (tax-free weekend here I come!)
by Anne Law, August 20, 2009, 1:40 pmOnly four days until my daughter’s middle school classes begin and I have yet to buy a single school supply or article of clothing. Like many parents on a tight budget, I plan to hit the bargain bins and …
Great Mall of China isn’t so great
by Laura Huchzermeyer, August 20, 2009, 12:06 pmThe South China Mall in Dongguan, China sounds good on paper. The holder of the title “World’s Largest Mall” is more than twice the size of the previous record holders, Mall of America in …
