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Brick and mortar bookstores report good quarter. Wait, what?
Believe it or not, something good has happened to brick-and-mortar bookstores. In the first quarter of 2013, more book buyers walked in their doors -- a lot more. Retail watcher Placed Insights found brick-and-mortar booksellers saw a 27% increase in...
Tags: Old Navy, Target, Financial Planning, Media Industry, GameStop
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Kmart 'Ship My Pants,' 'Big Gas Savings' campaigns go viral
Kmart’s woes — sliding sales, worried investors — would make any retailer want to curse. But as it turns out, the discounter’s dirty mouth may prove to be a saving grace. The chain, which has a bit of a fuddy-duddy reputation,...
Tags: Marketing, Memorial Day, Target, Media Industry, Nicki Minaj
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In Bangladesh, shock may give way to status quo
NEW DELHI — The disaster caused shocking loss of life among young, mostly female garment workers, awoke the conscience of a nation, spotlighted dismal working conditions and spurred loud calls for construction and labor reform. So far, that...
Tags: Consumers, Activism, Religion and Belief, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Islam
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Cinemark to build 14-screen movie theater at Carson mall
Cinemark Holdings Inc., the nation's third-largest theater chain, is bulking up in Los Angeles County with plans to open a multiplex at the SouthBay Pavilion shopping mall in Carson. Vintage Real Estate, which owns and manages SouthBay Pavilion, said it...
Tags: Old Navy, Target, JC Penney Company Inc., IKEA, Entertainment
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Wal-Mart reports weak 1st-quarter sales, blames weather, tax issues
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported slight upticks in revenue and profit in its first quarter, but the retail behemoth still missed Wall Street’s expectations and watched its stock suffer in morning trading. The Bentonville, Ark., mega-chain blamed...
Tags: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Weather Reports, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Weather
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Kardashians' Khroma makeup renamed
Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian's Khroma beauty line is being renamed Kardashian Beauty after a legal challenge from Florida-based Kroma Makeup. The products should arrive in stores including Sears and CVS in two to three weeks. [The Cut] The Obama...
Tags: Kourtney Kardashian, True Religion Apparel Inc., Giorgio Armani S.P.A., CVS Corp., Bangladesh
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Men accused of stealing women's clothes at Sears
Two Arleta men were arrested Saturday after they stole women’s clothing from Sears in Burbank and returned to the store, police said. The men -- Richard Munje, 46, and Paul Rey, 30 -- stuffed a yellow plastic bag with women’s shorts, pants...Tags: Theft
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John Galardi dies at 75; founder of Der Wienerschnitzel
When John Galardi saw a man hosing down the parking lot of a modest Mexican restaurant in Pasadena, he asked for work. Galardi was young and broke, a college student freshly arrived from Missouri and looking for anything to help him scrape by. It turned...
Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Consumer Goods Industries, Food Industry
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John Galardi dies: Wienerschnitzel maverick 'had to be wealthy'
John Galardi has died, placing a period on one of the fast-food industry's greatest rags-to-riches stories. The Wienerschnitzel founder once said, simply: "I had to be wealthy." At age 19, the Midwestern boy of humble origins had never eaten out or...
Tags: Russ Parsons, Pancreatic Cancer, Consumer Goods Industries, Tiffany Hsu, Food Industry
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Kroger to put vehicle charging stations at California, Arizona stores
To your grocery list, add electricity. Kroger Co., the country's largest grocery store owner, with chains including Ralphs and Food 4 Less, plans to install a total of 225 vehicle charging stations at 125 supermarkets in California and Arizona. San...
Tags: Vehicles, Hybrid Vehicles, Consumers, Services and Shopping, IKEA
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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, Media Industry, Services and Shopping, Photography and Video, Computer Hardware
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J.C. Penney reports another loss in fourth quarter; sales slide 28%
J.C. Penney Co. is falling deeper into a rut, reporting yet another quarter of tanking sales and net loss as the department store chain struggles in its reinvention. The Plano, Texas, company reported a net loss of $552 million, or $2.51 a share, in its...
Tags: Martha Stewart, JC Penney Company Inc., Target, Walmart, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements
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