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courtesy of General Motors Co.The latest promotion being offered by Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST) and General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) has been a rousing success according to an Tuesday...
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MicrosoftThe Xbox One is scheduled to launch on Nov. 22, but apparently a few lucky buyers have received their preordered consoles early. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) blamed it on a shipping error...
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courtesy Best Buy Co. Inc.“Showrooming” is one of the most significant enemies of the bricks-and-mortar retail world. Customers examine items in stores, and then shop for them online to get...
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courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.The market was initially impressed that J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) announced a tiny tick up in October same-store sales, a mere 0.9%. The retailer’s stock moved...
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courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.Struggling retailer J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) has started what it is billing as “Our Biggest Sale of Them All” and plans to run it through Saturday, November...
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Courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.; photo by Chris RupertThere is a growing school of thought that J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) has started to walk out of the deep woods of retail oblivion in which it...
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Courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.; photo by Chris RupertOctober was a very strange month for business and government alike. The federal government shutdown ground down many operations to a stall or...
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ThinkstockRetails sales in the United States totaled $425.9 billion in September, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. That was a seasonally adjusted 0.1% decrease from the previous...
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The National Rifle Association is perhaps best known for gun-ownership rights and lobbying hard against any efforts to limit those rights. How many individuals consider the NRA a great publishing...
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ThinkstockGasoline prices have started to head back toward $3, mostly because of falling oil prices and the anticipation that fracking will make the global inventory of petroleum grow. The drop...
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ThinkstockOne in four Americans are worried about the cost of the upcoming holiday season, according to results of a study released by RetailMeNot.com, the largest digital coupon website in the U.S....
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ThinkstockChocolate is big business, and Halloween is its biggest holiday. According to a recent survey from the National Confectioners Association, 72% of all candy spending this Halloween will be...
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courtesy Making Change at Walmart and UFCWWhen you are running Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) it must be frustrating about how hard it is to grow this company much further. There are many nations...
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Courtesy Ford Motor Co.While September sales were off slightly from last year, the U.S. auto industry is up more than 8% for the year. However, success relies heavily on the popularity of just a few...
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Jon OggThe government has decided to shut down, and investors and the public are trying to figure out what all of this really means. Is this good politics or bad? Is it good for economy or bad? Many...
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