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New branded collections to launch in the fall

Sears Holdings Corp. (Hoffman Estates, Ill.) has created a new business...

New retail strategies are telling customers “Don’t bother to come into the store anymore.”

They’re calling it “showrooming.” I’m calling it the beginning of the end of what we think of as the store...

Location will be first for Albany, N.Y. area

Whole Foods Markets (Austin, Texas) will open its first store in the Albany, N.Y., area inside a Sears Holdings Corp. (...

Cost-cutting measure will take effect by summer

Sears Holdings Corp. (Hoffman Estates, Ill.) will shutter 62 stores, including 43 Sears Hometown locations, by July in an...

Florida to lose 11 Sears or Kmart stores; Ohio, Michigan and Georgia will lose 6

Sears Holding Corp. (Hoffman Estates, Ill.) released a preliminary list of 79 planned closures. Among the states, Florida...

For the Week of January 31, 2011

MANAGEMENT CHANGES

Sears Holdings Corp. (Hoffman Estates, Ill.) has named retail veteran Chris Capuano as senior...

A&P is bankrupt. How the mighty always seem to fall.

I must admit, my first reaction to the headline “A&P Files for Bankruptcy,” was “I didn’t know they were still in...

First time in 85-year history

Sears Holdings (Hoffman Estates, Ill.) announced it will open its Sears stores from 7 a.m. to noon on Thanksgiving and...

A number of centenarian department store organizations are showing they’re still young and frisky.

Sears, which has been in the department store business for nearly 125 years, recently announced the launch of Now + Here...

Consumer Reports marks Walmart low on several shopping criteria. So who scored well?

A couple of months ago, after a shopping visit at Walmart, I noticed on my receipt an invitation to log onto a web site...