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• Wal-Mart doesn't hurt

  - 2008-02-01

  Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, has a negligible economic influence on the small counties where it is located and doesn't destroy local businesses, according to research by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. The Boston Globe

  Tags: Boston Globe, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Retail, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

• The Boston Globe Signs On With Electronic Living Expo as Official Print Media Sponsor

  - 2007-08-20

  Living Expositions Inc. today announced that The Boston Globe has signed on as an official print media sponsor for the Electronic Living Expo ELX Boston, to be held Feb. 15-17, 2008. More than 30,000 consumers are expected to attend the event, a first-ever exposition that addresses the growing interest and...

  Tags: Boston Globe, MARKETING, Retail

• Weymouth, Mass., workwear retailer to keep holiday hours for first time.

  - 2004-12-09

  By Naomi Aoki, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 9--DEDHAM, Mass. -- Unless your significant other is a carpenter, you probably don't think of Work 'N Gear as a holiday shopping destination. But this holiday, Work 'N Gear is...

  Tags: Boston Globe, brand, Branding, MARKETING, Retail, SALES, worker

• Nontraditional toy retailers boost category sales.

  - 2004-12-06

  By Naomi Aoki, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 6--This holiday, toys are popping up in the most unexpected places: gas stations, auto-parts chains, home and garden stores. As toy prices fall and toy sellers falter, toy makers such as...

  Tags: AutoZone Inc., Boston Globe, Hasbro Inc., Retail, SALES

• More realistic-looking fake Christmas trees pose threat to growers.

  - 2004-12-05

  By Ross Kerber, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 5--ABINGTON, Mass. -- After 28 years, Tricia Ford has finally convinced her husband to scrap a Christmas tradition: a real tree. This year they will buy a fake one. Naturally-grown...

  Tags: Boston Globe, Ford Motor Co., Retail, White House

• Retailer discord rings over Salvation Army's bells.

  - 2004-11-17

  By Naomi Aoki, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 17--As the Salvation Army kicks off its annual red-kettle program today, a growing number of retailers, from Best Buy to Target, are banning Salvation Army bell ringers from their doors -- to...

  Tags: Boston Globe, Retail, Target Corp.

• Barneys plans store at Boston mall.

  - 2004-11-02

  By Thomas C. Palmer Jr., The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 2--Barneys New York, the Madison Avenue luxury retailer, is planning to replace the cramped Loews Cineplex on the main floor at Copley Place with a new store, retail and...

  Tags: Boston Globe, Loews Corp., Retail

• Final chapter for WordsWorth Books on Boston's Harvard Square is Saturday.

  - 2004-10-27

  By Robert Weisman, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 27--WordsWorth Books, a fixture in Harvard Square for nearly three decades, will be closing its doors Saturday after its owners failed to find an investor to help them refinance their bankrupt...

  Tags: Amazon.com Inc., bankruptcy, Boston Globe, investor, Litigation, Retail

• Massachusetts law puts lid on Stop & Shop Supermarkets' milk giveaway.

  - 2004-09-21

  By Bruce Mohl, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 21--Stop & Shop Supermarkets is giving milk away to loyal customers in four Northeastern states but not in Massachusetts, where an unusual law is preventing the chain from offering the promotion. ...

  Tags: Boston Globe, Massachusetts, Retail, supermarket

• Once again, preppy rules the fashion world.

  - 2004-09-03

  By Naomi Aoki, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 3--After a long absence, Lacoste has been reintroducing itself to the American public -just in time for the preppy renaissance. The company has nearly 30 stores nationwide, including one recently opened ...

  Tags: absence, Boston, Boston Globe, Branding, MARKETING, Prudential Insurance Company of America, renaissance, Retail, SALES