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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: Kmart, Sears, GameStop, Financial Planning, Media Industry
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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: Walmart, Nicki Minaj, Memorial Day, Sears, Kmart
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Retail roundup: J.C. Penney loan, Abercrombie apology, Mattel layoffs
The week before the Memorial Day holiday has been a busy one for retailers. Here's a sampling of happenings from Mattel, J.C. Penney and Abercrombie & Fitch. Mattel: As the El Segundo-based toymaker adapts to its newly created North America division, it...
Tags: JC Penney Company Inc., Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Corporate Officers, Fisher-Price, Dwayne Johnson
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'Star Trek Into Darkness' takes flak for Alice Eve in lingerie
"Star Trek: Into Darkness" is taking some flak for a scene in which Alice Eve, playing Dr. Carol Marcus, strips down to panties and bra ... for no real reason. Screenwriter Damon Lindelof acknowledged via Twitter, "We should have done a better job of...
Tags: Khloe Kardashian, Hugo Boss, Gwyneth Paltrow, Fox News Channel (tv network), Lindsay Lohan
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World Nutella Day survives after Ferrero reaches out to superfan
Devotees of Nutella hazelnut chocolate spread can call off the riots -- the brand’s Italian parent Ferrero says it reached a peaceful understanding with the superfan founder of World Nutella Day, an annual appreciation event that the company tried...
Tags: Walmart, Social Media, New Products, Italy
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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: Walmart, Disasters and Accidents, Consumers, Work Rules Contract Issues, Activism
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Abercrombie CEO tries to stem backlash
After days of silence during which long-held resentment toward Abercrombie & Fitch Co. began to boil over, Chief Executive Michael S. Jeffries tried to stem a backlash against the teen-focused retailer. Jeffries, in a statement Thursday, discussed...
Tags: Freedom of the Press, Consumers, Minority Groups, Politics
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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: JC Penney Company Inc., Arts and Culture, Sears, Entertainment, IKEA
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Ottavio Missoni dies at 92; patriarch of Italian fashion brand
Ottavio Missoni, patriarch of the Italian luxury fashion brand built on zigzag-patterned knitwear, died Thursday at his home in Sumirago, Italy. He was 92. A family spokesman announced his death but did not give the cause. The Missoni label gained...
Tags: Neiman Marcus, Track and Field, Nordstrom, Italy
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Duck fat, lamb sausage, bittersweet chocolate at a North Hollywood warehouse sale
The anticipation outside Epicure Imports on Saturday morning was as thick as the French accents inside. Customers of the gourmet warehouse sale, which happens seven times a year, lined up in this industrial part of North Hollywood well before they would...
Tags: Tacos, Sausages, Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurants, Foods and Beverages
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Moviegoing at the midnight hour
El Monte high school teacher Trevor Schoenfeld is an omnivorous moviegoer, the kind who wants to see films he's interested in at their first possible screening. For years, he's been willing to line up at the multiplex for the first midnight showings of...
Tags: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Services and Shopping, Music, The Perks of Being a Wallflower (movie), Halloween
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Gun buyback yields sniper rifle, AK-47, other weapons
Thanks to a push from local faith-based organizations and an assist from the Pasadena Police Department, 135 guns were taken off the streets Saturday at the Pasadena Area Gun Buyback and Peace-source Fair. More than a hundred gun owners drove up to...
Tags: Interior Policy, Gun Control, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Firearms, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Target Photos
There is such a thing as "cute wacky," as Julie Kessler...
(May 18, 2013)
Sarah Lo, 18, may have been in the audience at the MICA...
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There was great style both onstage at the MICA Annual B...
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