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Grocery Stores Now Stocking SavingsWed Sep 9th, 2009
Mike Mish Shedlock Grocery-price wars are heating up. Dominicks, Safeway (SWY), Sam's Club (WMT), Meijer, Walmart, Vons, and Ralphs are all in on the action. Dominick's, in particular, is slashing prices |
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Luxury Market Takes a Nosedive? Bentley Isn't WorriedTue Aug 18th, 2009
Tal Pinchevsky Over the past decade, Bentley’s hand-crafted British 6-figure vehicles have been a favorite among those who can afford them. And perhaps no car brand has the same pop culture cache: Bruce Wayne |
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Lean Times Are Making Americans Even FatterFri Aug 14th, 2009
Scott Reeves Uh-oh. The next do-gooder program intended to make people less thick between the pockets will take a huge bite out of consumer spending.A study published in BMC Public Health with the snooze-inducing |
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MinyanLand Scavenger Hunt Continues!Tue Aug 4th, 2009
Minyanville Staff Another character is now hiding in MinyanLand. It's a Grotesquely Cute Baby Demon carrying a Pitchspork! The baby joins Lord Byron and Keats, two poets who are also hiding in our virtual world. It's |
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Hot and Cold Back to School StocksMon Aug 3rd, 2009
Kristin Graham I could sense pessimism in the air as I roamed through my local mall this weekend while checking out the back to school shopping scene. Unfortunately, it wasn’t just the gloomy faces of teenybo |
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It's a Scavenger Hunt! Find the Circles of Heck in MinyanLand!Fri Jul 31st, 2009
Minyanville Staff We love to run Scavenger Hunts in MinyanLand and for the next month we’ve got an extra special one powered by the characters from the Circles of Heck.Circles of what? Random House is back with |
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Should You Buy Retail (Stocks)?Thu May 7th, 2009
Jeff Macke Greetings from the White Plains Mall where, in true Macke Family Fashion, I’m teaching my kids how to gauge the economy by starting at the consumer end and working your way up the ladder, throu |
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Corporate Comebacks: TargetTue Apr 14th, 2009
Scott Reeves
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Luxury Goods Go BadWed Feb 11th, 2009
Scott Reeves The image of exclusivity is everything when selling luxury goods. But how can a company maintain its upscale image when discounting? Many luxury brands face this conundrum in the sour economy because |
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Quick Hits: Black Friday Leaves Retailers in the RedTue Dec 2nd, 2008
Scott Reeves Tight-fisted consumers opened their wallets on Black Friday, but it may not be enough to revive the holiday shopping season.ShopperTrak, a market research firm, says combined sales for Friday and Sat |







