Tag: Consumer services
Target’s 1Q profit surges as shoppers go out and spend
<p>NEW YORK — Target Corp. on Wednesday reported that its sales and profits surged in its fiscal first quarter thanks to shoppers eager to...
UK inflation spikes as retailers respond to lockdown easing
<p>LONDON — Britain’s inflation rate more than doubled in April as energy prices soared and clothing retailers hiked prices as the country's coronavirus lockdown...
Five Below to build distribution center in central Indiana
<p>INDIANAPOLIS — Discount retailer Five Below will locate a Midwest distribution center in central Indiana, creating more than 470 new jobs by the end...
Spain, in bid to rally economy, wants tourists within weeks
<p>MADRID — A senior Spanish government official says he expects British and other vacationers to return to Spain within weeks as the country races...
Restrictions reimposed as virus resurges in much of Asia
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taxi drivers are starved for customers, weddings are suddenly canceled, schools are closed, and restaurant service is restricted across much of...
‘City in transition’: New York vies to turn page on pandemic
NEW YORK — More than a year after coronavirus shutdowns sent “the city that never sleeps” into a fitful slumber, New York could be...
UK inflation spikes as retailers respond to lockdown easing
LONDON — Britain’s inflation rate more than doubled in April as energy prices soared and clothing retailers hiked prices as the country's coronavirus lockdown...
Five Below to build distribution center in central Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS — Discount retailer Five Below will locate a Midwest distribution center in central Indiana, creating more than 470 new jobs by the end...