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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: Economy, Business and Finance, Corporate Crime, Mexico, Earnings Forecasts, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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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: Science and Technology, Health and Medical Professionals, Cornell University, Internal Medicine, Internists
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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: Bank of America Corp., Ross Stores Incorporated, CVS Corp., Whole Foods Market, 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: Los Angeles International Airport, Sport Chalet Incorporated, Mattel Inc., Kohl's Illinois, Inc., Kohl's
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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: Starbucks Corp., Prices, Services and Shopping
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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: Economy, Business and Finance, Photography Supplies and Services, Target, Media Industry, Sears
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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: Hobbies, Holidays, J. Crew, Isabel Marant, Building Material
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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: Cheese, Paris (France), Services and Shopping, Potatoes
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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: Employees, Career and Workplace, National Government, Walmart, Labor Legislation
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U.S. official calls for probe of deadly factory fire in Bangladesh
A Bangladesh garment factory fire that killed 112 people has pushed Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis to call for an investigation into the tragic incident. The fire, which started late Saturday night, swept through a facility outside the city of Dhaka...
Tags: Hilda Solis, Bangladesh, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Sears
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Retail sales up a weak 1.6% in November due in part to Sandy
Superstorm Sandy pummeled retail sales in November despite a robust Black Friday weekend, raising worries about whether merchants can make up enough ground during the remaining holiday season. Major chains posted a 1.6% increase in retail sales in...
Tags: Thomson Corporation, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Black Friday (shopping), Victoria's Secret, The Wet Seal Incorporated
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Wal-Mart puts iPhone 5 on sale for $127; are iPhone sales dragging?
Wal-Mart has put various Apple products on sale, including the iPhone 5, marked down to $127. The retailer normally sells the smartphone for about $190, and the sale price is $72 less than the $199 price set by Apple and its carrier partners when...
Tags: Apple iPad, Verizon Communications, Apple iTunes, Walmart, New Products
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