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Wal-Mart Quarterly Profit Rises 7 Percent

Associated Press
May 13, 2008 - Consumers are seeking out Wal-Mart's low prices, especially for basic items like groceries, shampoo and cleaning supplies, as the U.S. economy falters and prices of food and fuel soar....
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Gas Prices Knock Bicycle Sales Into Higher Gear

Associated Press
May 12, 2008 - Bicycle shops across the country are reporting strong sales so far this year, and more people are bringing in bikes that have been idled for years....
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Retailers Likely to Post Grim 1st-Quarter Results

Associated Press
May 12, 2008 - Retailers reported better-than expected sales at established stores for April, but business was boosted by heavy discounting and a quirk in the calendar that meant an extra shopping day compared with the year-ago period....
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Analysts Remain Wary Even as Retail Sales Stage Comeback

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
May 09, 2008 - Across the U.S. same-stores sales up by 3.3%, but those industry numbers include fewer retailers than in the past....
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Dollar Tree Reports 1Q Sales of $1.051 Billion

Business Wire
May 09, 2008 - Sales for the quarter were driven by food, health and beauty care, and party supplies. Both traffic and average ticket increased for the quarter....
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Papa John's Surpasses $1 Billion in Online Pizza Sales

Associated Press
May 08, 2008 - Pizza Hut said it's online orders also have grown sixfold in the last three years....
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Best Buy Puts $2.1 Billion into Carphone Warehouse

Associated Press
May 08, 2008 - The deal gives the U.S. retailer a 50 percent stake in Europe's largest seller of cell phones....
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Wal-Mart Working With Capitols to Save Energy

Associated Press/International Herald Tribune
May 07, 2008 - The retailer is working with government officials in 19 states and Puerto Rico to share expertise on cutting electricity use....
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Target Sells Stake in Credit Card Receivables to JPMorgan

Associated Press
May 06, 2008 - Target Corp. said Monday it will sell nearly half its credit-card receivables to JPMorgan Chase & Co. for $3.6 billion, a move the retailer had long resisted....
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U.S. Retailers Scale Back Plans for Rapid Expansion

International Herald Tribune
May 05, 2008 - With Home Depot, Starbucks and others tightening their belts, the International Council of Shopping Centers, a trade group, predicts 5,770 store closings in 2008, an increase of 25 percent from 2007....
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