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NEWS ABOUT: Kmart

Kmart stories: 6 news summaries

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Twitterverse split on ethics of Sponsored Tweets

Sep 2, 09 5:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new company is brokering deals between businesses and Twitterers who want to make a few extra bucks plugging products, Time reports. The founder of the website Sponsored Tweets says 7,000 enterprising Twitterers have signed up for the service in its first month. Twitterers get paid based on... More »

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social networking • Internet • advertising • buzz • Kmart • Twitter • tweet • sponsor

(Newser) - Sears is taking the “Christmas in July” trope to a whole new level. With June retail sales tumbling, the company is looking for a boost by selling actual Christmas products, Time reports. Soon, 372 Sears stores will roll out displays hawking tree ornaments, stocking stuffers, and other decidedly off-season... More »

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retail • recession • retail sales • Christmas • Sears Holding • department stores • Sears • Kmart

 Slashing Prices Online 
 May Kill Etailers 

Price wars sure to kill off some struggling e-tailers

Nov 20, 08 10:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Online retailers’ response to their first dreary holiday season is a price war so fierce many won’t see the new year. Web shoppers are trained to search for deals, and 75% say they would leave a site that doesn't offer free shipping, the New York Times reports. Fine for... More »

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Google • online ads • shipping • holiday shopping • Kmart • online shopping • holiday sales • Amazon.com

Cash-Strapped Shoppers Remember Layaway

No-interest credit appeals to consumers

Nov 10, 08 1:59 PM CST
(Newser) - With consumers strapped and credit short, retailers are reviving an older kind of financing: layaway. Although the arrangement was considered obsolete when Wal-Mart closed its layaway department in 2006, retailers such as TJ Maxx, Goody’s, Marshalls and the Burlington Coat Factory have moved to offer the service, especially as... More »

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retail • credit • credit crisis • retail sales • holiday shopping • Kmart • Wal-Mart • T.J. Maxx • financial crisis • layaway

Slumping Sears Ousts CEO

Board dumps Lewis
as part of restructuring plan to boost retailer's falling sales, stock

Jan 28, 08 9:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Sears Holdings CEO Aylwin Lewis will depart as part of company-wide restructuring, the Wall Street Journal reports. Sears stock has plummeted 40% since July, and the retailer's sales were down 3.5% this holiday season. The company, which was created when Kmart Holding Corp. took over Sears in 2005, last... More »

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CEO • Sears • Eddie Lampert • Kmart • Edward Lampert • Aylwin Lewis

Retailers Await Last-Minute Gift From Shoppers

Procrastinators find
big sales, long lines

Dec 24, 07 9:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Last-minute shoppers navigated long lines over the final pre-Christmas weekend, nudging retailers toward the modest growth in sales they’d expected. Deep discounts cut into profits, but retailers like Macy's and Kmart stayed open around the clock to accommodate shoppers, the Wall Street Journal reports. “The procrastinators finally got... More »

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online retailers • Macy's • retail sales • Christmas • holiday shopping • discounts • Best Buy • Kmart

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