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At a tough time for department stores, new Nordstrom goes big

by Marielle Segarra
Oct 23, 2019
The new Nordstrom is emphasizing services as much as apparel.
A rendering of the seven story flagship store.
Image courtesy of Nordstrom, Inc.
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Breakfast with your paint supplies? Home Depot tests in-store café

by Peggy Lowe
Oct 22, 2019
The café at a Home Depot in Kansas City is the first of its kind.
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Teens haven't spent so little since 2011 — survey

by Erika Beras
Oct 8, 2019
Phones, food and clothes continue to be in; handbags are right out.
A group of teens look at a photograph they took on a smartphone in Times Square in New York City in 2017.
Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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Toys R Us and Target make a holiday deal

by Marielle Segarra
Oct 8, 2019
The toy store's creditors — basically a bunch of banks — are trying to figure out how to make money from the brand.
Black Friday 2015, better days for Toys R Us.
Yana Paskova/Getty Images
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When the mall "anchor" is a medical center

by Amy Scott
Sep 13, 2019
More shopping centers are turning to non-retail tenants.
A Forever 21 store in Chicago in 2014.
Timothy Hiatt/Getty Images for Forever 21
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What happens when retailers pass along tariff costs to customers?

by Marielle Segarra
Sep 5, 2019
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
The Federal Reserve releases the Beige Book several times a year. Above, the Fed building in Washington, D.C., in 2008.
Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images
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Why REI is embracing "re-commerce"

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Aug 1, 2019
Consumers today are "less interested in buying stuff and accumulating more things," said REI CEO Eric Artz.
As part of environmental stewardship efforts and changing consumer preferences, outdoor gear retailer R.E.I is doubling down on rentals and used gear sales.
Courtesy of R.E.I. Co-op
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A Montana mall faces back-to-school shopping ... without department stores

by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban
Jul 23, 2019
Butte Plaza Mall in Montana has diversified its tenants in order to survive, which might mean it loses out on seasonal shopping spikes.
The interior of a mall in Mount Prospect, Illinois.
Tim Boyle/Getty Images
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Uber partners with Cargo to sell luggage, makeup and electronics

by Marielle Segarra
Jul 17, 2019
It's an old marketing technique: selling to a captive audience.
An Uber car waits for a client in Manhattan in 2017.
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Retail spending rose in May. Here's what folks are buying.

by Justin Ho
Jun 14, 2019
Sales rose, and many of the gains were in discretionary categories.
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