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Wal-Mart Fights Back on Health Care
Wal-Mart, the target of bills in 22 states that would force it to spend more on employee health care, plans…
New Wal-Mart Ads Go Upscale
Wal-Mart will begin airing new TV commercials this week aimed at convincing upper-middle-class shoppers it…
Jimmy Choo to Plant Feet in Boston
Jimmy Choo will be setting a sleek, sandaled foot in Boston's Copley Place Mall in April, continuing the…
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By this point, Wal-Mart's trendy new Metro 7 label should have been selling in a thousand stores, but it has…
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Amid resplendent Oriental rugs, leather couches and a leering, mounted alligator, Harvard senior and aspiring…
Target Tests Higher Price Point With Luella
Cheap chic discounter Target keeps pushing the price envelope with apparel that's more chic, less cheap.
Valentino to Open First Store in Boston
Valentino is arriving here in a big way in April with its first Boston store, propelling the city's strong…
Former Wal-Mart Exec Pleads Guilty
Former Wal-Mart vice chairman Thomas Coughlin pleaded guilty Tuesday to five counts of federal wire fraud and…
Former Wal-Mart Vice Chairman Coughlin Pleads Guilty in Fraud Case
Former Wal-Mart vice chairman Thomas Coughlin pleaded guilty today to five counts of federal wire fraud and…
Retail Outlook 2006: Seducing the Consumer
As the mergers and acquisitions market keeps up its dizzy pace, retailers face challenges that go beyond the…
For Wal-Mart, Target, Lessons From Holiday
For discount giants Wal-Mart and Target, new strengths and familiar weaknesses showed through the tinsel of…
Surprising End to Wal-Mart, Coughlin Scandal
The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources, said Friday that Coughlin had reached the agreement with…
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Lepore Opens in Boston
From the ornate birdcage with elaborately plumed, artificial violet birds to the numerous poodle statues…
Wal-Mart Copes
It was a fix-it year for Wal-Mart, which tried new tactics to cope with mounting external and internal…