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Wal-Mart's Luxury Problem

French design house LVMH's Fendi files suit, claiming that counterfeit Fendi leather goods are being sold at Wal-Mart's Sam's Club unit Search for business contacts: PREMIUM SEARCH Search by job title, geography and build a...

Back To College Spending Boosts Retailers

Survey Estimates Average Student To Buy $600 In Goods, Excluding Books By Pamela Hill The Morning News FAYETTEVILLE - It's not quite Christmas in August from a retail perspective, but back-to-school and back-to-college...

Wal-Mart faces chill of sales slowdown

New York: Wal-Mart Stores' run as this year's best-performing Dow Jones Industrial Average company may end after the world's largest retailer said sales growth will slow this month. Wal-Mart declined 6.3 per cent on Thursday,...

Retailers finding it difficult to keep their prices down

By ELLEN SIMON • Associated Press • August 5, 2008 NEW YORK — Coming to a store near you: Even higher prices. Costco Wholesale Corp. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter earnings would be "well-below" Wall Street estimates of $1 a...

Retail Prices Expected to Rise Next

Manufacturers Like Johnson & Johnson and Hasbro Raise Prices, Pressuring Retailers to Do Same By ELLEN SIMON AP Business Writer NEW YORK July 28, 2008 (AP) Coming to a store near you: Even higher prices. In this May 28, 2008...

Expect even higher store prices

Costco, Wal-Mart try to keep their costs down in face of rising inflation High production costs will soon be passed on to consumers through store prices. Most inflation this year has come from food and fuel, as retailers...

Inflation pressures set to hit retailers hard

By Associated Press Monday, July 28, 2008 - Most inflation this year has come from food and fuel, as retailers resisted passing along to strapped consumers the higher prices manufacturers charged them, but coming increases from...

Buying in bulk goes the way of $2 gas

Pinched shoppers opt for smaller sizes By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO Associated Press NEW YORK — Shoppers have been lugging ever-larger products to their ever-bigger cars for years. From meat to mustard, consumers are trying to control their food bills by buying smaller-size items as they grapple with...

Downsizing food to fit smaller budgets

Tighter budgets lead consumers to buy smaller food, gas amounts Companies cutting sizes of products rather than raise prices Executive: Consumers buying less gas per trip, but more trips NEW YORK (AP) -- From meat to mustard, consumers are trying to control their food bills by buying smaller-size...

Wal-Mart director expects 'real boost' from tax rebates

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. director Jack Shewmaker said a U.S. economic stimulus plan that includes tax rebates for 130 million households will give a "real boost'' to sales at the world's biggest retailer. ... Customers who cash rebate checks at the discount chain will...

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