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Big box stores go big on renovations to tempt shoppers

by Kristin Schwab
Nov 7, 2023
They're trying to stay ahead of what customers, now used to online convenience and speed, expect from a retailer.
Endless aisles are Walmart’s strength — but also its weakness.
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Members-only retailers are a status symbol in China

by Jennifer Pak
Sep 18, 2023
While regular supermarkets are struggling in China, aspirational consumers keep Sam’s Club, Costco and its Chinese competitor Freshippo X expanding.
A shopper walks out with a full shopping cart from a Sam's Club in Shanghai. Membership retailers are expanding in China despite traditional supermarkets struggling.
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How will Walmart keep its sales growth going?

by Kristin Schwab
Feb 18, 2021
The giant retail chain received a big boost from the pandemic, but sales are starting to drop off.
Walmart's profits rely primarily on customer loyalty.
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Walmart reports a great holiday quarter

by Erika Beras
Feb 19, 2019
Booming e-commerce, robust toy sales, and grocery pick-up and delivery powered the retailer to one of its strongest quarters in years.
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Why Target is selling its pharmacies to CVS

by Annie Baxter
Jun 15, 2015
The deal will give customers access to more drugs, services — and shopping.
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Target attracts new customers by downsizing

by Annie Baxter
Jul 23, 2014
Target opened it's smallest store in Minneapolis. What's a Target if it's not big?
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Note to bees: do not stop and smell the roses

by Sally Herships
Jul 9, 2014
A new study says garden plants from big box stores contain a toxic pesticide.
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What do stores do with unsold merchandise?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 10, 2014
What is this "donate" you speak of?
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Ghostboxes: What's left behind when Target shuts its doors?

by Lewis Wallace
Feb 5, 2014
Best Buy, Sears, Kmart have closed hundreds of stores since 2011 -- and Target's not far behind. But shuttering big-box stores has unanticipated consequences
Target customers protest the closing of their local store this past Saturday in Trotwood, Ohio.  Residents organized a "shop-in" to display the town's buying power.  But Target plans to close this store, and 7 others across the country, on May 3rd.
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Samsung takes the floor at Best Buy

by Sally Herships
Apr 4, 2013
Smartphone maker Samsung announces it's opening a branded store of its own -- inside the big box retailer.
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