Showing posts with label Retail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Retail. Show all posts
Friday, May 19, 2023

Target Earnings Squeezed as Shoppers Stick to Basics

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Target's getting hammered. Their grocery business takes just 3 percent of the share of total grocery sales in the U.S. And folks aren...
Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Inflation, Shortages Push Americans to Switch Brands More Than Ever

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I switched to Powerade from Gatorade, which is out of my price range now.  Not only that, bottles now contain 28 ounces, down from at least ...
Friday, March 5, 2021

This State is So F*cked (VIDEO)

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First up is the news that idiot Democrat state legislators have introduced legislation to ban separate "boys" and "girls"...
Friday, June 5, 2020

Curfew is Costly for Night-Shift Workers

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It's hard out there, and leftists make it harder for everybody. At LAT, " For night-shift workers, curfews can be costly ." ...
Friday, May 22, 2020

'I'm afraid a lot of these stores are going to go out of business. I see that Pier 1 died, but I couldn't understand how it could still be around after all these years. What was all that junk they were selling? Did anyone need anything they had on offer?'

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That's Althouse on the economy, " 'Retailers that have spent years trying to get customers to linger, in hopes they’ll buy more...
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Monday, May 18, 2020

Reopening Las Vegas

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Interesting video, at CNN:
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Saturday, May 16, 2020

What Will Be Left of Retail?

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Who knows? Won't nobody know anything until all this lockdown stuff stops happening. At NYT, " When Shoppers Venture Out, What Wi...
Saturday, April 25, 2020

Coronavirus Slams the Behemoths of the Retail World

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For department stores, things may never be the same --- particularly for those that survive. At NYT, " The Death of the Department St...
Saturday, January 7, 2017

Department Stores in Trouble

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Macy's and Sears made big announcements of closings and downsizing this week. I remember just last year Macy's closed and then bul...
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Thursday, June 30, 2016

The Never-Ending Sale

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I don't worry too much about shopping on the Fourth of July, but it's a big weekend for retailers. At WSJ, " How to Play the ...
Tuesday, March 29, 2016

First Quarter GDP Growth Tracking at Just 0.9 Percent

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Depression economics. Next to global Islamic appeasement, meager economic growth (due to ideology and statism) will be the key Obama legac...
Friday, February 13, 2015

American Express-Costco Divorce Shakes Up Credit-Card Industry

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This is interesting, at WSJ, " Costco Cards Account for One Out of Every 10 AmEx Cards in Circulation ": American Express Co. an...