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retail stores stories: 29 news summaries

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 Fake Lottery Winner 
 Causes Store Ruckus 

Ohio woman gets 'extravagant' without meds, daughter says

Oct 15, 09 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Ohio woman may be charged with inciting panic after telling a store full of shoppers that she had won the lottery and was treating. Police had to show up at the Burlington Coat Factory to put down the ruckus when word got out, the Columbus Dispatch reports. The... More »

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Ohio • mental illness • lottery • panic • retail stores • Columbus • chaos • shopping spree

 Disney Reinventing Stores 
 as 'Imagination Parks' 

Apple's expertise will help transform shopping into entertainment

Oct 13, 09 1:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Disney has unveiled ambitious plans to bring the theme park to the shopping mall by turning its network of stores into interactive "Imagination Parks." The overhaul—designed using the expertise of Steve Jobs and his Apple Stores team—will cost some $1 million per store and focus... More »

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Steve Jobs • Walt Disney Co. • Apple • Pixar • Disney • mall • retail stores

 Microsoft Pinching Apple 
 Employees to Staff Stores 

Managers enticed with higher salaries and sent back to poach sales people

Sep 22, 09 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft’s planned expansion into the brick-and-mortar retail sector will be staffed at least in part by…Apple Store employees, reports the Loop. The software giant is hiring away Apple managers with higher salaries, sources tell the tech blog. Those managers in turn are trying to bring aboard Apple's top... More »

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Microsoft • Apple • poaching • Macintosh • retail stores • computer • Apple Store • manager • employees

 Toys R Us 
 Pumped Up 
 for Holiday 
 Offensive 

Chain plans to open 80 temporary stores in time for holiday shopping season

Sep 15, 09 1:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Toys R Us is getting ready to go on the offensive in the battle for holiday sales, the Washington Post reports. The company—which snapped up the KB Toys and FAO Schwarz brands earlier this year—plans to open 80 temporary "Holiday Express" stores in malls across the country,... More »

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toys • Toys 'R' Us • mall • retail sales • holiday shopping • retail stores • Wal-Mart

OPINION

How Should Wal-Mart Handle Blog Ridicule? Ignore It

No right move on 'People of Walmart' pics of fashion misses

Sep 9, 09 6:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - A wildly popular new blog mocks Wal-Mart and its customers, and encourages others to join in by uploading their own photos and comments. So what should the retail giant do? Nothing, writes BL Ochman in Advertising Age. The site—People of Walmart—isn't “likely to do lasting damage... More »

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social networking • humor • photograph • website • retail stores • Wal-Mart • shoppers • People of Walmart

 Lousy Retail Sales Will Delay Recovery

Recession isn't over
as far as consumers
are concerned

Aug 19, 09 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - If the recession is indeed waning, nobody told consumers. Retailers of every kind reported lousy sales for the quarter ended Aug. 1, the Wall Street Journal reports. Target’s same-store sales fell 6.2%, Home Depot’s dropped 9.1% and Saks’ plummeted a whopping 15.5%. And with... More »

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retail • recession • consumer spending • Home Depot • retail sales • Target • retail stores • economy • Saks • financial crisis • recession depression • retail sector

(Newser) - From all accounts, Radio Shack is set to rebrand itself “The Shack,” Joshua Topolsky writes for Engadget. “It makes perfect sense—radios aren’t exactly considered cutting edge these days,” Topolsky writes, and “the store is about to launch a full assault on the mobile... More »

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San Francisco • New York City • Radio Shack • retail stores • consumer electronics • wireless industry • rebranding

(Newser) - A fundamental shift is going on in the consumer product world as retailers decide that less is more, the Wall Street Journal reports. Big national retailers are expected to slash selection by at least 15%, analysts say. Gone will be 30% of Kroger’s cereals, 20 of the 24... More »

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retail • consumer products • recession • Walgreens • retail stores • retailing • Wal-Mart • Kroger • retail sector

 Rabbi Seeks Boycott of 
 'Revolting' Mannequins

Stores could lose kosher certification

May 13, 09 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Israeli rabbi has called for a boycott of shops that display scantily clad mannequins, AFP reports. Mannequins and "obscene photographs" of models wearing swimsuits or underwear "elicit sorrow among the passers-by," said the rabbi. Stores in the northern city of Tiberias that keep their racy displays... More »

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Israel • kosher • boycott • retail stores • underwear • swimsuit • rabbi • mannequin • Tiberias

(Newser) - The wildly popular British clothing store Topshop opens its first outpost in New York this week, and Emily Rotberg has advice for uninitiated Americans. First and foremost, “don’t be afraid to push" she writes in the Guardian. "They’re not your friends.” Other nuggets:
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fashion • shopping • Kate Moss • style • clothing • retail stores • Topshop

 Circuit City 
 to Liquidate 
 US Stores 

Everything must go

Jan 16, 09 10:39 AM CST
(AP) - Circuit City will liquidate all 567 of its US stores after failing to find a buyer or a refinancing deal, the AP reports. The nation's second-biggest electronics retailer employs more than 30,000 people. Calls to the Richmond, Va.-based company and its designated liquidators were not immediately returned. Circuit... More »

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bankruptcy • retail stores • Circuit City

 'Sea Change' In 
 Store for Retail  

Shops to shut, brands to fold as bankruptcies soar

Dec 27, 08 10:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Shaken by a tough holiday season and bracing for more trouble, the retail scene may look very different in 2009, the Wall Street Journal reports. Some stores will be reducing inventory and cutting suppliers, which could force small manufacturers to fold. Retail bankruptcies could abound. "We will have a... More »

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retail • shopping • brands • bankruptcy • retail sales • holiday shopping • retail stores • suppliers • retail outlet • inventory

Japanese Stores Conquer Convenience

Hard times suit the country's ultra-handy 7-11 descendants

Nov 8, 08 5:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Japan's ultra-convenient convenience stores are one of the few bright spots in the nation's struggling economy, the Washington Post reports. Business is booming at the 40,000 stores nationwide, which offer everything from hot soup to cold beer to fresh sushi. Customers can pay their bills, book travel, and even... More »

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shopping • Japan • convenience stores • retail stores

 Staggering Slowdown 
 Hits Retail Sales 

Ominous sign of dismal holiday season

Nov 7, 08 6:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Retail sales plummeted last month ahead of the holiday shopping season—which threatens to be the worst in decades, the New York Times reports. The downturn ran the gamut from upscale department stores to shops like the Gap. Neiman Marcus saw a 28% drop compared with the same month last... More »

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bankruptcy • recession • retail sales • retail stores • department stores • retail shopping

Bankrupt Mervyn's Goes Belly Up

All of chain's 149 stores to be liquidated before end of year

Oct 18, 08 6:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mervyn's will be closing all of its 149 stores before the end of the year and holding huge going-out-of business sales, the Bay Area's Daily Review reports. The California-based department store chain filed for bankruptcy in July and had been fruitlessly scrambling for a sale or a deal with landlords... More »

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retail • bankruptcy • retail stores • department stores • Chapter 11

 For Retail Workers, 
 Big Bro Is Tracking 

Computer systems help max productivity, cut costs

Sep 10, 08 6:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - As a sluggish economy pinches retailers, many are now turning to computer programs to track employee productivity, the Wall Street Journal reports. At Ann Taylor stores, a computer system calculates average sales per hour, units sold, and dollars per transaction —then automatically schedules the best workers during the store’... More »

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Williams Sonoma • productivity • retail stores • Gap • Limited • Ann Taylor

Consumers
Are Quickly Trading Down

Switch to cheaper goods is broadest
since early '80s

Jul 11, 08 12:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - As fuel prices and home foreclosures steadily rise, Americans are trading down in everything from automobiles to their lunch options. That's not unusual in an economic downturn, but the speed with which it's happening is, the Wall Street Journal reports. And the flight to the affordable and generic is affecting... More »

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consumer goods • gas prices • consumer prices • retail stores • discounts • weak dollar • subprime crisis • weakening economy • Wal-Mart

Former Retail Workers Stuck
in Folding Mode

Gap-style training creates a generation
of neat freaks

Jul 9, 08 9:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Countless current and former retail workers have an obsessive urge to fold clothes ironed into their brains, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Gap started the trend for tightly folded displays in the '80s and rivals quickly followed suit. A whole generation of retail alumni spent thousands of hours folding... More »

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retail • clothing • The Gap • retail stores • Gap

Retailers Checking Out as Economy Falters

Each default brings widespread fallout

Apr 15, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stores across the country are closing their doors, the New York Times reports, victims of a downturn in consumer spending. Retailers are often heavily leveraged, and as the economy falters banks are tightening credit. Several chains, including Sharper Image, have declared bankruptcy; others like Footlocker, Ann Taylor, and Zales are... More »

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retail • bankruptcy • recession • consumer spending • retail stores • Sharper Image • economy • Linens 'n Things • Footlocker • Ann Taylor

Linens 'n
Things to
Go Bust

Home-furnishings giant may be first retail victim of market crisis

Apr 11, 08 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Linens ‘n Things ls expected to file for Chapter 11 by Tuesday, the deadline for a $15-million quarterly debt payment, the Wall Street Journal reports. The move would make the home-furnishings giant the first major retailer sunk by the housing crisis, after bloated debt and plummeting demand handed the... More »

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retail • bankruptcy • retail sales • retail stores • Chapter 11 • Linens 'n Things • home furnishings

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