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Slow sales shed light on how jewelers make money via financing

by Justin Ho
Jan 17, 2019
Signet Jewelers, the company behind Kay Jewelers, Jared and Zales, is reporting weak holiday sales figures. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
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Digital Day discounts draw in consumers

by Andy Uhler
Dec 27, 2018
Amazon’s third annual Digital Day officially launches on Friday — though some discounts have already been spotted on the website. The company is offering deep discounts on content — digital books movies and games — the sort of thing you can use on its Kindle, Fire TV and Echo devices. The race to get you to buy proprietary […]
An Amazon logo is seen inside the Amazon corporate headquarters on June 16, 2017 in Seattle, Washington.  
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Retailers offer online discounts because they want consumers to click to shop

by Mitchell Hartman
Dec 25, 2018
And companies are getting more than just your money.
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What's that smell? A rise in "perfume culture"

by Adriene Hill and Phoebe Unterman
Dec 24, 2018
Shakeups in the industry have given way to more niche, artisanal fragrances.
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The backstory of Hot Wheels, the most popular toy 50 years ago

by Renata Sago
Dec 20, 2018
Fifty years later, the toy cars are still going strong.
There are more than 20,000 variations of Hot Wheels, according to Mattel.
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Target's investments in online shopping are paying off

by Erika Beras
Nov 26, 2018
Target missed earnings expectations for the third quarter, yet the company is maintaining its forecast for the whole year. The reason? The retailer’s investments in its online segment are weighing down on its profit margins, but those investments are getting some traction as online sales jumped 49 percent in the latest quarter. Click the audio […]
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Unclaimed Baggage Center turns one person’s lost stuff into another’s bargain buy

by Gigi Douban
Nov 26, 2018
Some unique finds: A Christmas sweater with two neck holes, antlers, a taxidermied frog.
Shoppers at the Unclaimed Baggage Center shortly after doors opened at 8am. 
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Doing your Christmas shopping on your phone? Don't feel special, pretty much everyone's doing that

by Emma Jacobs
Nov 26, 2018
The more your friends post about their #favoritethings, the more likely you are to buy from your phone.
The more your friends post about their #favoritethings, the more likely you are to buy from your phone. 
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How Toys R Us workers got the retailer's private equity owners to pay severance

by Marielle Segarra
Nov 23, 2018
The private equity firms Bain and KKR announced this week that they will contribute $20 million to a compensation fund for former employees of Toys R Us. The retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September 2017, laying off tens of thousands of workers without severance packages. And for months, those former employees have been […]
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Why retailers love it when you order online and pickup in store

by Emma Jacobs
Nov 23, 2018
Big box and department stores have invested heavily on making it easy for customers to pick up stuff they order online at the store. That’s because research shows that most of those pick-ups actually become shopping trips, where the customer buys more than just what was in the online cart. That’s a growing Black Friday […]
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