sales economy
A 31-year-old woman selected two pairs of shoes worth $100, hid them, and tried to walk out of a West Valley City J.C. Penney. In a Taylorsville Harmon's, a 24-year-old man stuffed strawberry milk, vanilla...
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Cape Cod - When the stock market began its sharp, quick descent and people watched their dollars disappear due to derivatives; the oft-repeated refrain was everyone was taking a hit. "From Wall Street to Main...
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There really is light at the end of the tunnel for some struggling Brooklyn merchants. Drawing shoppers with big discounts and new strategies, storeowners from Flatbush to Park Slope and down to Sunset Park said...
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An individual's $20 expenditure at a neighborhood hardware store can translate into twice that amount from the ripple effect the purchase creates in the local economy. Ripples from thousands of people - each spending $20...
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Portsmouth — Ken and Deborah Smith were caught in a classic business squeeze — they needed to expand their Maine-ly New Hampshire retail shop in downtown Portsmouth but the economic downturn last fall made credit...
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A music shop which went into liquidation is to reopen in Lincoln after being taken over by the neighbouring retailer.Gift shop owner Linda Wood bought a "large chunk" of the goods from collapsed firm Music...
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Laurens - In the midst of Wall Street worries, Main Street in Laurens is seeing a resurgence, said long time business owner Julie Wurr.Located in northwestern Pocahontas County off Iowa Highway 10, the town of...
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Mother's Day is coming up. Which do you think Mom would enjoy more—a day-spa gift certificate that expires at the end of June, or an otherwise identical gift certificate that expires a year from now?The...
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