Topic: General Merchandise Stores
Wal Mart Layoffs
AP News
In this undated photo provided by Wal-Mart Stores Inc., a sign in front of the company's Bentonville, Ark. headquarters is shown. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 announced it will lay off 300 people at its headquarters, calling the cut the "last major" step in a yearlong ...
Jan retail sales seen up, clues sought on Q1
Reuters US Online Report Business News
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - January sales at top U.S. retail chains should rebound into positive territory from last year's decline as shoppers redeemed holiday gift cards and retailers avoided drastic clearance sales. Retailers ranging from Target Corp <TGT.N> to J.C. Penney Co Inc <JCP ...
Retail industry sales seen up 2.5 percent for 2010
Reuters US Online Report Business News
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales should rise 2.5 percent this year, signaling that store chains have made it through the worst of the downturn as improvements in the housing and job markets bolster shoppers' confidence, a trade group forecast on Tuesday. The 2010 forecast from the National ...
Wal-Mart cuts about 11,200 Sam's Club staffers
AP News
Wal-Mart Stores cuts about 11,200 Sam's Club jobs nationwide as it outsources product samplingWal-Mart Stores Inc. will cut about 11,200 jobs at Sam's Club warehouses as it turns over the task of in-store product demonstrations to an outside marketing company. The move is an effort to ...
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