Tag: Retail industry
Houston furniture store’s new truck to help during flooding
HOUSTON — A Houston furniture store owner who’s rescued and sheltered people at his business during past flooding events, including Hurricane Harvey, has some...
Walmart to close its US stores on Thanksgiving – again
NEW YORK — Walmart will close its U.S. stores on Thanksgiving for the second consecutive year.
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Workers win round in equal pay lawsuit against Tesco
LONDON — Workers at Britain’s largest grocery chain won the latest round in their equal pay lawsuit Thursday, when the European Union’s Court of...
California eyes shuttered malls, stores for new housing
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California state lawmakers are grappling with a particularly 21st-century problem: What to do with the growing number of shopping malls and...
High gasoline prices unlikely to deter holiday travelers
NEW YORK — Memorial Day weekend gasoline prices are at their highest levels in seven years, but experts don’t expect the steep prices at...
Shoppers go back to stores, but retailers face challenges
NEW YORK — Americans are going back to one of their favorite past times: store shopping.
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Indie bookstores avoid the worst — so far — from pandemic
NEW YORK — Through the first year of the pandemic, the country's independent booksellers have — so far — avoided disaster.
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Best Buy raises 2021 comparable store sales expectations
NEW YORK — Three months after saying that comparable store sales may actually fall in 2021, Best Buy on Thursday released a much more...
Millennial Money: Set your strategy for Memorial Day sales
Last Memorial Day, Americans were dizzy from the pandemic, recession and widespread shutdowns.
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AP FACT CHECK: House GOP falsely blames Biden for gas prices
WASHINGTON — Heading into the Memorial Day travel weekend, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy and other members of his party are falsely blaming President...