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Wal-Mart's profit, sales disappoint
It was a tough quarter for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. The world's largest retailer reported Thursday that its first-quarter profit edged up slightly, but the company struggled with a sales slump in its namesake business. The company, based in Bentonville,...Tags: Mexico, Earnings Forecasts, Companies and Corporations, Bribery, Services and Shopping
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Grocery shopping on an empty stomach leads to dieting disaster
Attention dieters: If you want to maximize your chances of success, don’t go to the grocery store on an empty stomach. So says a new JAMA Internal Medicine study from two members of the Cornell University Food and Brand Lab, where researchers...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Internists, Services and Shopping, Cornell University, Internal Medicine
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Midtown Shopping Center to see improvements after land sale
The owner of a mid-Los Angeles shopping center that was destroyed by rioters in the 1990s and then rebuilt has acquired more land and seeks to expand and upgrade the mall. Plans call for making the Midtown Shopping Center a more family-friendly meeting...
Tags: Whole Foods Market, Bank of America Corp., CVS Corp., Services and Shopping, Rental Service
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In the Inland Empire, an industrial real estate boom
Nestled on the windy plains at the foot of the San Bernardino Mountains, once austere stretches of agricultural land have morphed into the country's most desirable industrial real estate market, and it is growing faster than any other industrial region in...
Tags: E-Commerce Industry, Mattel Inc., Los Angeles International Airport, Homes, Property
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Starbucks to cut list price for packaged coffee
Starbucks is knocking down the suggested retail price for its packaged grounds. The discounts, set to begin May 10, will cover the Seattle coffee giant's packaged coffee in U.S. grocery stores and other retailers, but not at its ever-present coffee...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Prices, Starbucks Corp.
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Portrait studios suddenly close in Sears, some Wal-Marts
Portrait studios at Sears and some Wal-Mart stores — the scenes of innumerable family photos — have unexpectedly closed as their operator, CPI Corp., goes out of business. The portrait provider said in a statement on its website that all...
Tags: Photography Supplies and Services, Services and Shopping, Kmart, Economy, Business and Finance, Market and Exchange
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Retail Boom: LA's shopping scene is picking up again
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAs the postprandial fatigue of the Thanksgiving meal gives way to the adrenaline rush of the holiday shopping season, those hitting the streets are likely to notice a whole new crop of bricks-and-mortar stores that weren't there during the last candy-...Tags: New Products, Services and Shopping, Isabel Marant, Lifestyle and Leisure, J. Crew
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Shopping like a Parisian in L.A.
Los Angeles TimesIn L.A., grocery shopping is an extreme sport. Weekly, I threaten my husband that I'm going to start keeping a log detailing how many miles and how much time I spend shopping. I can tell you right now the carbon footprint is not pretty. When I was a...Tags: Potatoes, Services and Shopping, Cheese, Paris (France)
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UFCW union will stop Wal-Mart protests -- for now
The United Food and Commercial Workers union has promised “not to engage in any picketing or confrontational conduct” at Wal-Mart facilities for at least two months, according to a government agency. The giant retailer filed a complaint...
Tags: National Government, Politics, Employees, Career and Workplace, Services and Shopping
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Wal-Mart's iPhone 5 sale ends Saturday, adds phone to Straight Talk
Wal-Mart's in-store sale on the iPhone 5 and other Apple products is coming to an end this Saturday. After Jan. 12, the big-box retailer will no longer sell the iPhone 5 at the $127 reduced price it introduce last month in time for the holiday...
Tags: New Products, Computer Hardware, Services and Shopping, Walmart, Apple iPhone
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Wal-Mart can be made defendant in workers' lawsuit, judge rules
A federal judge ruled that Wal-Mart can be added as a defendant to a class-action lawsuit brought by temporary warehouse workers in the Inland Empire. The battle involves a warehouse operated by Schneider Logistics, which receives containers from the...
Tags: Judges, Macy's, Career and Workplace, Employees, Services and Shopping
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Wal-Mart opens first store in Irvine
L.A. NOWWal-Mart opened its first store in Irvine. Employees, city officials and a line of shoppers christened the 134,376-square-foot supercenter at 71 Technology Drive with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The chain's supercenters combine Wal-Mart's normal retail...
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