Here's your not-fade-away Friday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: --Nothing like a little retail therapy to make the economic blues go away. Consumers stepped up their spending on a variety of retail goods in September, according to...
Nearly 20% of Americans found it difficult to put food on the table over the last year, according to a Gallup poll released this week. In China, however, only 6% of residents are running into the same problem, the study...
Here's your full-frontal Friday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: -- Consumer spending may be on the ropes, but not shoplifting. The retail Industry Leaders Assn. says there's been an increase this year in thefts from retail stores...
Members of Southern California’s grocery union voted to ratify a new contract with Ralphs, Vons and Albertsons on Saturday night, bringing an end to labor negotiations that dragged on for more than eight months and brought tens of thousands of...
Dish Network is announcing an Internet video service that will try to woo away subscribers from Netflix. A man cave in the basement won't detract from the resale value of your home, says Stephanie Rauterkus, a professor of accounting and finance at the University of Alabama-Birmingham.
