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Shopping parties help struggling retailers with sales
- Sales have been sluggish or flat at best for many national retailers, and independent designers have been hit even harder as consumers tighten their wallets.
Businesses, retailers recognizing downtown’s current, future health
- The truth is in the numbers.
Shoppers ‘buying less, being smart about what they buy’
- Robbie Blinkoff is a consumer anthropologist and co-founder of Baltimore’s Context-Based Research Group. Blinkoff and Context track cultural trends and model them for businesses. Blinkoff spoke to The Examiner about buyer sentiment at a time when gas, food and energy prices are draining consumer budgets.
Consumers changing habits as prices increase
- With consumer dollars stretched thin by rising energy, gas and food costs, Kevin Luskin knows the two things he must offer his customers.
- With consumer dollars stretched thin by rising energy, gas and food costs, Kevin Luskin knows the two things he must offer his customers.
Retail sales rise, jobless claims fall for April
- Retail sales were up 3.6 percent in April for same-store sales, and weekly jobless claims dropped by 18,000 last week, both surpassing expectations.
Value City closing Baltimore-area stores
- These are tough times for retail chains.
- These are tough times for retail chains.
Stores report modest retail numbers, some inflated by 2007 sales calendar
- Some retailers are cautiously celebrating their November sales figures, while warning that December might not be as bright.
- Some retailers are cautiously celebrating their November sales figures, while warning that December might not be as bright.
Back-to-school sales expected to surpass $18 billion
- The first day of school is just around the corner for area students.
Expansion planned for Westfield Annapolis mall
- More over, Arundel Mills.
- More over, Arundel Mills.
Harford Mall ‘lifestyle center’ slated to open this summer
- After nine months of construction and renovation, Harford Mall’s new “lifestyle center” will welcome its first businesses and customers in August, a mall spokeswoman said.
- After nine months of construction and renovation, Harford Mall’s new “lifestyle center” will welcome its first businesses and customers in August, a mall spokeswoman said.
Best Buy pushes mobile using D.C. as experiment
- The Washington area will be among the first locations Best Buy will target as part of its push to gain a stronger foothold in the mobile phone market. The company’s newest venture, Best Buy Mobile, features stores exclusively devoted to the sale of wireless equipment and services. Most stores will be within existing Best Buy outlets, though there will be some stand-alone locations.
- The Washington area will be among the first locations Best Buy will target as part of its push to gain a stronger foothold in the mobile phone market. The company’s newest venture, Best Buy Mobile, features stores exclusively devoted to the sale of wireless equipment and services. Most stores will be within existing Best Buy outlets, though there will be some stand-alone locations.
Wegmans to build store in Columbia
- Columbia could make room for Wegmans, but some officials wonder how a large grocery store could affect nearby village centers.
Five Below opens three stores in Maryland aimed at children
- Five Below, a discount store where products sell for $5 and cheaper, is opening three new stores in Maryland targeted at youth ages 10 and up, a consumer group that spent more than $160 billion last year.