BY MEGAN MOLLMANN – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

The annual shopping spree synonymous with the start of the school year will be a little less grand this year. Parents worried about their finances in the recession plan to spend less this fall when jaunting off to GapKids, Kohl’s or Walgreens to [...]

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BY SIDDHARTHA VAIDYANATHAN- MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

Wal-Mart Stores Inc [[WMT]] is revamping the electronics departments in its more than 3,500 U.S. stores this week, the Wall Street Journal reports. This is part of a fight to win market share from Best Buy Co. [[BBY]] [...]

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BY DEB WEINSTEIN– MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

March retail sales are in, and if you’re comparing numbers to the Christmas season, as the New York Times article does, things aren’t that bad.

The bright spots, as in past months, have been retailers such [...]

BY TIAN HUANG - MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

Stores across the nation were hoping for a break from the recession this holiday season, but the December sales numbers that came in this week showed it was anything but.

The International Council of Shopping Centers reported that U.S. chain store sales for December 2008 fell by 1.7 percent on a year-to-year [...]