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Microloan Helps Iron Range Couple Buy Store, Return Home | Gift Shop Magazine
www.giftshopmag.com | Feb 12, 2012
Catherine Branville always knew she wanted to own a store. But she wasn’t sure what sort it would be. She’d moved with her husband, Gary, from Virginia on the Iron Range, where they both grew up, to the Twin Cities to pursue a business degree at the University of Minnesota.

Poor December at Retailers; Most Report Drops in Sales - NYTimes.com
www.nytimes.com | Feb 9, 2012
The weakest holiday shopping season in five years ended dismally for most retailers, stoking fears that the economy is tipping into a recession.

NZ study finds detectable levels of heavy metals in ‘low cost’ lipsticks
www.cosmeticsdesign-europe.com | Jan 27, 2012
New Zealand’s Ministry of Health have found detectable levels of leachable cadmium, chromium and lead in lipsticks sold at discount stores in a study that also revealed low cost hair dyes potentially breaching amended regulation.

Design Objectives Extends with Hallmark - License
www.licensemag.com | Jan 19, 2012
Design Objectives, which maintains the U.K.'s leading craft website, extended its licensing deal with Hallmark Cards, expanding offerings for Forever Friends and adding properties such as Country Companions and Lucy Cromwell.

Forbes Earnings Preview: Bed Bath & Beyond - Forbes
www.forbes.com | Dec 16, 2011
Wall Street is high on Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), expecting it to report earnings that are up 18.9% from a year ago when it reports its third quarter earnings on Wednesday, December 21, 2011. The consensus estimate is 88 cents per share, up from earnings of 74 cents per [...]

Forbes Earnings Preview: Bed Bath & Beyond - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com | Dec 16, 2011
From Yahoo! News: Wall Street is high on Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), expecting it to report earnings that are up 18.9% from a year ago when it reports its third quarter earnings on Wednesday, December 21, 2011. The consensus estimate is 88 cents per share, up from earnings of 74 cents per [...]

Specialty Retail Expert » Try Online Advertising this Holiday Season
www.specialtyretailexpert.com | Dec 7, 2011
Lately I’ve been blogging about various ways to promote your business during the holidays. Another great option to experiment with is targeted online advertising using search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing and Facebook. The benefit to this type of advertising is that you can easily target ads so

Large Cap Stocks Recording 52-Week Price Highs As Dow Achieves 11,900 and S&P Above 1,250 - Yahoo!
finance.yahoo.com | Oct 24, 2011
From Yahoo! Finance: See which companies are seeing their stock prices at annual highs right now...

Untapped and Growing, Frontier Markets Beckon - NYTimes.com
dealbook.nytimes.com | Sep 28, 2011
With growth flat at home, companies turn their eyes to remote regions of the world like Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and Uruguay.

Many Retailers Faced Financial Losses in Transition to New Regulation - 2011-08-30 09:37:08 | Kids
www.kidstodayonline.com | Aug 30, 2011
Perhaps no one has been more affected by the new crib regulations than retailers, particularly independent specialty stores, many of whom found themselves confused and undereducated about what the new rules meant to them.