Tag:Retail

Portesters demonstrate outside a Walmart store in Chicago, November 23, 2012. Black Friday, the day following the Thanksgiving Day holiday, has traditionally been the busiest shopping day in the United States. REUTERS/John Gress

Walmart workers protest, shopping continues

Protesters demanding higher wages and better healthcare for hourly workers thronged to Walmart stores across the country, though there was no evidence they disrupted operations for the start of the crucial holiday shopping season.

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Black Friday shoppers file into a Target store in Chicago on November 22, 2012. Black Friday, the day following the Thanksgiving Day holiday, has traditionally been the busiest shopping day in the United States. REUTERS/John Gress

Black Friday on Thursday?

I’m not really sure why Black Friday is now on Thursday… seems like a race to irrelevance if you ask me. Before too long Black Friday will be on Tuesday and no one will care. Never the less, I was in Target tonight for probably the fifth time on this annual shopping event.

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Harvard attacks low fat diet myth

Researchers at Harvard University along with food preparation experts are using muffins to make a point about what they say is the myth that when it comes to diets “low fat is best.”

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Shares in Kraft Foods Inc. soared nearly 30 per cent on Wednesday after a trading glitch on Nasdaq. (JOHN GRESS/REUTERS)

Nasdaq cancels Kraft trades after huge gaffe

Nasdaq suffered its second high-profile embarrassment in six months when it was forced to cancel trades in Kraft Foods Inc. after a trading glitch caused the company’s shares to soar nearly 30 per cent.

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Electronics Retailers Scramble to Adapt

Now, Walmart is running ads going after Best Buy consumers; a Chicago-area competitor is expanding amusement park attractions in its store to lure shoppers; and Target is selling Apple products — all in an effort to make buying electronics in a store appealing again.

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