15 May Amazon-style Web sites flourish in Nigeria
Mary Enweasor, who runs a tiny shop selling drinks and snacks in Nigeria’s biggest city, had saved up for some new shoes but was unsure...
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14 May China Factories and Sales Uptick but Fail to Impress
Chinese factory activity and retail sales picked up a notch in April, according to data released Monday, regaining some steam from weak showings the previous...
14 May Retail sales rebound as gas prices drop
Lower-priced gasoline allowed Americans to step up their spending at retailers in April, from cars and clothes to electronics and appliances. The rebound from a...
13 May Retailers counting on service, tech, tax laws to win over web shoppers
A recent study, by Seattle-based group Placed, found 40% of the shoppers participated in showrooming and concluded the threat to retailers may be more serious...
11 May Retail sales brighten, but less than expected
Late last month, as the weather began to warm into a semblance of spring, teens and bargain hunters who had spent months crunching their spending...
10 May House Republicans Consider Testing Tough Politics of Tax Overhaul
The Politics of a tax overhaul: The conventional wisdom has long been that a large-scale tax overhaul that scraps the current tax code for...
10 May April retail sales mixed; teen, discount outlets show strength
Teens and bargain hunters propelled retail sales in April, but couldn't save the industry from the dampening effects of chilly weather and continuing economic worries....
08 May Brown seeks to rewrite Prop 65 toxins law
Responding to complaints from businesses, Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing an overhaul of California's 26-year-old landmark clean water and anti-toxins law that he said is...
08 May Nike taps ZGF Architects to design expansion
Nike on Monday named ZGF Architects as its architecture firm for the World Headquarters expansion project....
07 May Brands risk image in varying Bangladesh responses
The second seems calculated to minimize damage to a brand by maximizing distance from the disaster. The company said it stopped doing business with the...