Back-to-School Jitters
Oct 1, 2007, Elaine Misonzhnik
Looking for a sign that this year's holiday shopping season will be slow? Check the back-to-school numbers. As the eight-week-long season (the second...
Green Burgers
Oct 1, 2007, Elaine Misonzhnik
The green movement is heating up with fast food restaurants serving up environmentally friendly helpings. Getting caught up in the groundswell surrounding...
Scalding-Hot Coffee Wars
Oct 1, 2007, Elaine Misonzhnik
The coffee wars scorch on. Retail wunderkind Starbucks Corp. has come up with a few new tricks in recent months in its attempts to widen the lead it has...
The Basket Runneth Over
Aug 1, 2007, By Jennifer Popovec
When you walk into the Kroger store at Dublin Plaza in Dublin, Ohio, you don't find your typical staid, antiseptic supermarket. There's no harsh fluorescent...
No Return
Jun 1, 2007, Riccardo A. Davis
Is this any way to treat a guest? Target Corp., noted for its superior customer service, has ratcheted back its comparatively lenient return policy. ...
Expanding Web
May 1, 2007, Elaine Misonzhnik
After seeing online sales rise 38 percent in 2006 over 2005, Federated Department Stores decided to invest $100 million in its direct-to-consumer business in the next two years, with hopes that its online presence will help generate more store visits....
Too Big for a Box
Feb 1, 2007, By Riccardo A. Davis
During the holiday season the ads were inescapable and the content a bit befuddling. There was Staples, not just hawking its office wares, but imploring people to come in for all their holiday shopping needs, including digital cameras, televisions and other products that would be hard to classify as office supplies...
Fleeing the Gap
Feb 1, 2007, By Elaine Misonzhnik
In January, embattled Gap CEO Paul Pressler resigned after two years of declining sales that was topped off this past holiday with sales that further fueled speculation the company would be sold....
Can I Help You?
Feb 1, 2007, Riccardo A. Davis
Retailers need look no further than themselves to blame for their dismal sales this past holiday season, according to a survey from Deloitte & Touche...
Facing the Music
Jan 1, 2007
When Tower Records declared bankruptcy, the move caused some extra pain in New Orleans. ...
