Nominate your favorite independent retailer to Home Accents Today’s annual Retail Stars list
Friday, March 12, is the deadline to nominate stores for Home Accents Today’s 50 Retail Stars list for 2010. Read More →
Supermarkets are a growing threat to independent retailers
As high street booksellers valiantly try to hold their own against the mighty machine of Amazon, independent retailers everywhere are struggling to stay in position on the high street as supermarkets make further inroads into their territory. Read More →
Amazon kills affiliate program in Colorado thanks to taxes
Amazon has pulled the plug on its affiliate program in Colorado thanks to a new state regulation on sales tax collection. Read More →
Bargain Shoe Retailer Payless To Launch Beauty Line
Photo: Getty Images Will the masses flock to Payless ShoeSource for bath and shower gel? This fall, the footwear giant will bring a comprehensive line of beauty products to 1,500 of its 4,500 stores. Read More →
Payless ShoeSource Partners With Maesa Group to Launch New Line of Beauty Products Next Fall
TOPEKA, Kan., March 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Payless ShoeSource, the retailer well-known for democratizing the latest fashion, design and ideas in footwear and accessories for all to enjoy, today announced an alliance with Maesa Group, recognized as the most comprehensive "Beauty-on-Demand" produ Read More →
Two Hancock Fabrics stores in Wisconsin hit with data theft
Hancock Fabrics disclosed Friday that PIN pad units in some of its stores - including at least two in Wisconsin - were stolen and replaced with visually identical but fraudulent PIN pads in August through September. Read More →
Bird motifs, soft tones fly in for spring
The return of birds and birdsong are one of spring's most welcome signs. This year, retailers are acknowledging this with pretty avian motifs on all sorts of home decor. Read More →
Retail sales post strongest gains since late 2007
Shoppers returned to the nation's malls last month, buying a surprising amount of spring clothing and other items and helping stores post the strongest retail sales since November 2007, a month before the recession began. Read More →
Walmart Will Hold Annual Shareholders’ Meeting June 4
BENTONVILLE, Ark., March 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) today announced that the company's 2010 annual Shareholders' meeting will be held on Friday, June 4, 2010 at 7:00 a.m. CDT, in the Bud Walton Arena at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark. The mee Read More →
Governor Rendell: Lower Sales Tax Rate Will Help Retailers and Close Future State Budget Gap
Reducing Sales Tax to 4 Percent, Ending Most Exemptions Enhance Fairness GETTYSBURG, Pa., March 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cutting Pennsylvania's sales tax rate will boost retail sales and help close future state budget gaps, Governor Edward G. Rendell today told a group of business and community Read More →
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