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What is a Walmart pop-up store

November 11, 2011
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What is a Walmart pop-up store

Wal-Mart has opened two temporary Walmart.com pop-up stores in Southern California aimed at steering shoppers to its website.

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Consumer Confidential: Sales up, Chris Tucker in trouble

October 14, 2011
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Consumer Confidential: Sales up, Chris Tucker in trouble

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...

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Mattel reports solid third-quarter earnings

October 14, 2011
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Mattel reports solid third-quarter earnings

Mattel reports third-quarter earnings; sales rise 9% thanks to strong Barbie sales

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Consumer Confidential: Shoplifting on rise, Google scam, rotary engines

October 7, 2011
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Consumer Confidential: Shoplifting on rise, Google scam, rotary engines

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...

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Target announces Jason Wu as next designer collaboration

October 3, 2011
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Target announces Jason Wu as next designer collaboration

Its wildly successful Missoni line is still in stores (well, supposedly), but Target is already looking ahead. The discount chain announced Monday that it will next collaborate with fashion designer Jason Wu, who shot to fame after First Lady Michelle...

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Simmons to open Victorville furniture factory, start hiring in October

September 25, 2011
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Simmons to open Victorville furniture factory, start hiring in October

Stirling Capital Investments UFI Facility Cropped Hiring and manufacturing will begin shortly at a new plant in Victorville, where Simmons sofas and other home furnishings will be made.

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Surge of holiday retail goods is starting at U.S. ports

September 21, 2011
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Surge of holiday retail goods is starting at U.S. ports

The relative doldrums for import cargo traffic through the nation's major seaports are finally over, according to a report released this week by the Washington consulting firm Hackett Associates.

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Last Week to Apply to Show in The Mercury’s Annual Fashion Show!

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The clock is ticking! Applications for designers interested in showing in this year's eighth annual Mercury Spring Fashion show are due by 5 pm...

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