Wal-Mart’s unshocking decision to break a promise it made to Washington, D.C.
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Washington Loses Wal-Mart
Tag Archives: Retail
Wal-Mart’s Pickle-Mopper Problem
Wal-Mart has too many pickle-moppers among its 1.3 million U.S. workers. To support higher wages, many will have to go.
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The Store That Never Left The ‘80s
How can we miss RadioShack, when we have not set foot inside one in years?
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Layaway Makes A Comeback
The upside to a credit crunch is a downturn in unaffordable, credit-fueled buying. Welcome back, layaway plans.
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A Good Deal, If You Can Get It
Dick’s Sporting Goods offered me up to 40 percent off everything in their new store. Well, not quite everything.
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Outflanking Mastercard And Visa
In business, as in war, it seldom pays to attack a powerful and well-entrenched adversary head-on. A successful assault is …
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Dining Atop The Retail Food Chain
While most malls struggle against online competition, a small group are dressing up to go out on the town.
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