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What do the demographics of American’s shoppers look like, and where do they shop based on their incomes? Gallup claims…
ThinkstockMany holiday season analysts point to the skies to determine how well retail sales may do. Their logic is that…
ThinkstockProtests and strikes by fast-food workers are expected to spread to 100 U.S. cities Thursday. This comes a little more…
courtesy Wal-Mart Stores Inc.The holiday season seems as good a time as any to question whether Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:…
thinkstockMarkets opened down Wednesday morning and aside from a late morning push into positive territory, stocks have languished below the…
Wikimedia CommonsWithout mentioning a single fact, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) said Wednesday morning that the past weekend’s shopping was the…
ThinkstockProtests demanding a minimum wage of $15 an hour from fast-food restaurants will begin Wednesday with demonstrations at McDonald’s Corp.…
courtesy of TargetMany retail stocks are higher over the past month. Investors have either received hard news, or have seen…
ThinkstockE-commerce has come of age, and is no longer the little brother of bricks and mortar retail. What proponents of…
ThinkstockA survey for the National Retail Federation (NRF) estimated that more than 141 million different shoppers hit the stores over…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) has to have a spectacular record for the 2013 holiday…
ThinkstockThe worst fears of the retail industry were realized as holiday retail sales fell below expectations. Research firm ShopperTrak reported…
courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Thanksgiving online sales may have gone above $1 billion for the first time. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.…
ThinkstockResults for the shopping extravaganza known as Black Friday have begun to come in and by all accounts, Thanksgiving Day…
ThinkstockWhat has become the largest day for online sales in any given year is nearly upon us again. Cyber Monday,…
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