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Shopping on Black Friday can be daunting, with massive crowds, pre-dawn start times and long checkout lines.
Investors looking to have a hand in the future of frugal will watch shares of discount retailer Dollar General, which will begin trading Friday now that the company has priced its initial public offering.
Grocery chain Safeway Inc. reports its third-quarter results on Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments related to the period.
The chairman of candy maker Cadbury PLC said Saturday that Kraft Foods Inc. undervalued his company in a takeover offer this week, and he dismissed the suitor as a "low growth conglomerate."
Electronic coupons, arriving by cell phone, Twitter, e-mail and Facebook, are helping generate an old standby's comeback and bringing in new, younger customers.
Responding to the economic pressures on its shoppers, Costco Wholesale Corp. said Wednesday that it will soon install the equipment to accept food stamps at two of its New York City stores as part of a pilot program.
Target Corp. on Thursday once again urged its shareholders to vote against hedge fund leader William Ackman's slate of nominees for its board, saying his attempts to change the company's leadership and direction are misguided and motivated by a risky short-term agenda.
First-quarter earnings so far from across the market are coming in better than expected — largely as a result of a very low bar.
Grocery store operator Safeway Inc. said Thursday that weak consumer spending, the stronger dollar, lower fuel prices and the late Easter holiday caused its first-quarter profit to fall 25 percent.
Wal-Mart is stepping up the competition to draw cost-conscious shoppers, promising that store-brand products from cereal to cookies will be tastier, smell better and look more attractive.
States looking to cut grocery taxes are running into a serious obstacle: their own desperate need for income amid the recession.
Shoppers looking to warehouse clubs for deals on groceries buoyed food sales at Costco Wholesale Corp. and BJ's Wholesale Club Inc., but both companies said Wednesday that sales of other items kept sliding in the downturn.
Two hours before the doors were set to open Friday morning, a Miami-area Wal-Mart parking lot was full of cars — and possibility. But in a Christmas shopping season in which many Americans were unwilling to spend, even a packed lot doesn't always translate into holiday cheer for stores.
Natural grocer Whole Foods filed a federal lawsuit Monday against the Federal Trade Commission, claiming the regulator violated its due process rights in a dispute over its acquisition of rival Wild Oats.
Forget the wish list. Shoppers may be giving the gift of necessity this holiday season, buying up cards for gas, groceries and even utilities to help friends and family through lean times.
Grocery stores, like consumers' food budgets, are shrinking.
Warehouse-club operator Costco Wholesale Corp. said Wednesday that its fourth-quarter profit rose 7 percent as consumers shopped for bargains in the tough economy.
Martin Luther King Jr. graces one page, Angelina Jolie the next. A photo of a man on fire opens the Book of Revelation. And laid across a two-page image of gasoline spilling from a pump is the quote that begins, "The whole earth was amazed and followed the beast."
Martin Luther King Jr. graces one page, Angelina Jolie the next. A photo of a man on fire opens the book of Revelation. And laid across a two-page image of gasoline spilling from a pump is the quote that begins, "The whole earth was amazed and followed the beast."
American Greetings Corp. said Friday that second-quarter profit dropped 73 percent on lower margins and higher costs as the greeting card company invested in products to drive sales growth.
Nike said Monday that it is leaving the elite swimwear market.
Borders Group Inc. shares soared more than 25 percent Wednesday after it posted better-than-expected earnings for the second quarter. But analysts remained leery, saying that tough competition and a weak economy continue to pose big challenges for the bookseller.
Starbucks unveiled the high-priced and high-taste Clover brewing systems at several Seattle stores Tuesday and says more will follow, as part of a recent deal that set the coffee community abuzz.
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge on Friday approved a $163 million acquisition of discount clothing chain Steve & Barry's.
Most states don't recognize gay marriage — but now Hallmark does.
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