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1 Pop-up stores go upscale Business
These quickie retail operations — known as pop-ups — are showing up around the nation, filling in the gaps at recession-battered shopping centers for a fraction of the regular rents.
10/20/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
2 Apparel sales hit especially hard in June, retailers say Business
Lingering job and financial worries meant summer-shopping sprees were put on hold for many consumers last month, leading to worse-than-expected sales declines at many of the largest U.S. retailers and raising fears the back-to-school shopping season could be in trouble.
7/10/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
3 Homebodies fuel boob-tube boomlet Business
Shelling out hundreds of dollars on a television is hardly wallet-friendly, but LCD and plasma sets have been flying off the shelves all year, with some retailers saying TV sales are better now than they were during the holiday season.
7/4/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
4 Retail sales decline in May by 4.6% Business
Sales at the nation's major retailers fell 4.6 percent in May compared with the same period last year, the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), which had expected a 2 percent decline, said Thursday.
6/5/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
5 Smaller retail declines reported Business
The nation's retailers, despite smaller-than-expected sales declines in April, continue to face daunting economic conditions this spring that are expected to hamper consumer spending for months.
5/8/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
6 Circuit City joins failing retailers Business
The nation's second-largest consumer-electronics chain joined a line of big retailers that have collapsed in 2008. The bankruptcy announcement came only a week after Circuit City announced it was closing one-fifth of its stores.
11/11/2008 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
7 Playroom is big business Business
LOS ANGELES — At Maggie Rothschild's home office in the San Fernando Valley, multicolored wigs rest on Styrofoam heads, mascot toys line the shelves and plush Rally Monkeys dangle from display rods.
5/17/2008 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
8 Airlines' schedules returning to normal Nation and World
A monthlong flurry of airline inspections and flight cancellations is expected to wind down today as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) wraps up the first stage of an inquiry into the way the nation's carriers are maintaining their aging aircraft.
3/28/2008 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
9 UCLA helps style management skills of salon owners Business
Clients are greeted by name and offered something to drink before their hair, skin or nails get a tuneup. A list of values — "creativity, commitment, integrity, loyalty, trust, fun" — is displayed throughout the small Oakland salon. It wasn't always this way.
10/7/2007 | seattletimes.com | find similar results