Consumers pick favorite online retailers

News  |  www.kidstodayonline.com | Oct 1, 2008

STORES Magazine and BIGresearch have compiled their annual Favorite 50 list, which ranks customers' favorite online retail companies

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Wal-Mart galvanizes Uzbek anti-child labor push

News  |  www.hometextilestoday.com | Sep 30, 2008

Bentonville, Ark. – Putting some heft behind the efforts of a coalition of manufacturing and retail groups to end forced child labor in Uzbekistan, global retail leader Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has instructed its vendors to cease sourcing cotton from that central Asian nation.

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NRF forecasts weak holiday sales

News  |  www.casualliving.com | Sep 26, 2008

The National Retail Federation released its forecast for the upcoming 2008 holiday season, projecting sales will rise 2.2% this year to $470.4 billion.

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Holiday sales expected to lag

News  |  www.playthings.com | Sep 23, 2008

Sept. 23, 2008—The National Retail Federation said today it expects 2008 holiday season retail sales to grow just 2.2 percent, well off the industry’s 10 year average of 4.4 percent sales growth.

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Port Tracker: Container traffic down 4% for 2008

News  |  www.homeaccentstoday.com | Aug 11, 2008

Container shipping into the United States is expected to drop by 4% this year, according to a study by Global Insight conducted for the National Retail Federation.

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People on the Move

News  |  www.furnituretoday.com | May 5, 2008

Marketing/Sales Safavieh New York — Scott Kraus has been promoted to regional manager for Safavieh and will relocate to the company's Madison Avenue wholesale showroom in New York. Previously, he was based at the company's Port Washington, N.Y., headquarters. "Kraus has done an excellent job in

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MERCHANDISING FOR THE OTHER HOLIDAYS: DID YOU KNOW?

News  |  www.FurnitureStyle.com | Dec 1, 2005

The National Retail Federation predicts, in its “2005 Survival Kit,” a 5 percent increase in winter holiday sales (Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa) for 2005. If NRF’s prediction is accurate, holiday shoppers will spend $435.

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Home Furnishing Business: HFBusiness NOW! - 7/11/08 - Container Traffic Still Below 2007 Levels

West Coast ports handling retail container traffic are operating normally despite the expiration of a contract with Western longshoremen. That traffic, which climbed slightly in May from April’s numbers, still lags behind 2008 levels.

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HomeWorld Business Magazine, homeworldbusiness.com | The Newspaper For Housewares Decision Makers

Plastics supplier Aero Housewares has ceased operations in its McDonough, GA, plant and closed its Leominster, MA, administrative offices on May 30, the company announced.

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Surveys See Halfhearted Holiday

News  |  www.hometextilestoday.com | Sep 29, 2008

New York —A new crop of surveys foresee lackluster results for retailers — of home furnishings in particular — this holiday. NRF: Holiday '08 at half the 10-year average “Current financial pressures and a lack of confidence in the economy will force shoppers to be very conservative with their

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