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FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2008 file photo, a banner is seen on the exterior of the Sears department store in downtown Chicago. Sears Holdings Corp. said Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, it plans to close 100 to 120 of its Sears and Kmart stores as its holiday sales disappointed and it looks to reduce costs.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, file)

More than 100 Sears, Kmart stores to close after poor holiday sales

Anne D'Innocenzio, Michelle Chapman The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 10:38am

NEW YORK - Sears Holdings Corp. plans to close between 100 and 120 Sears and Kmart stores after poor sales during the holidays, the most crucial time of year for retailers.

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Tis' the season to shoplift

Sarah Skidmore The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, December 23, 2011 - 10:28am

More than spirits are being lifted this holiday season.

Shoppers may be grabbing lots of things off shelves, but many are leaving stores without paying for them.

During the four weeks leading up to Christmas, an estimated $1.84 billion in merchandise will be shoplifted this year, according to The Global Retail Theft Barometer, a survey of retailers worldwide. That's up about 6 percent from $1.7 billion during the same period last year.

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(LYNNE SLADKY/The Associated Press) In this Nov. 25, 2011 file photo, shoppers stop to look at a display while shopping at Dadeland Mall, in Miami. Americans spent more on autos, furniture and clothing last month as retail sales rose for the sixth straight month.

Retail sales rises for sixth straight month

Christopher S. Rugaber The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - 8:22am

WASHINGTON — Americans spent more on autos, furniture and clothing at the start of the crucial holiday shopping season, boosting retail sales for a sixth straight month.

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Earlier deals, longer hours woo Friday shoppers

Mae Anderson The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, November 25, 2011 - 11:04am

A few violent incidents broke out across the country on Black Friday as millions of shoppers rushed into stores that opened their doors hours earlier than usual on the most anticipated shopping day of the year.

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Big Lots, big plans: Retailer set to move from near Layton Hills Mall to former Ream's grocery store

Jasen Asay Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, October 31, 2011 - 11:30pm

LAYTON -- Ream's Boots & Jeans is about to get a new neighbor.

Big Lots is planning to move from near the Layton Hills Mall to the space left vacant when Ream's grocery store had its going-out-of-business sale in August.

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Big Lots to change space in Layton

Jasen Asay Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, October 31, 2011 - 3:37pm

LAYTON — Ream’s Boots and Jeans is about to get a new neighbor.

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Candle chain opens Newgate Mall store

Charlie Pomerleau Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, October 28, 2011 - 11:51pm

OGDEN -- The national chain store Yankee Candle has opened a store in the Newgate Mall, the third of four stores it plans this year for Utah.

Manager Laura Fleck said the store opened at the first of October across from the entrance to Dillard's. The store sells scented candles and accessories. The corporate-owned stores will be open year-round and employ up to 10 part-time workers and two full-timers in Ogden, Fleck said.

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'Organized retail crime' is $30-billion business nationwide

Danielle Cohen, Kristen Volk Scripps Howard News Service

Last updated Monday, September 26, 2011 - 12:54pm

If you're shopping in a store and have your eye on an iPad 2, a new Slap Watch or any other accoutrement, chances are thieves do, too.

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(ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner) Wangsgard's Manager Scott Child delivers groceries to Lillian Christy at her home in Ogden.

Grocery competition in Northern Utah

Jesus Lopez Jr. Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, September 3, 2011 - 9:56pm

OGDEN -- Wangsgard's supermarket offers shoppers a free ride home if they've bought more than $30 of groceries.

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JCPenney pulls 'I'm too pretty to do homework' shirt

Andrea Chang Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 2:55pm

JCPenney pulls 'I'm too pretty to do homework' shirt

LOS ANGELES -- JCPenney has stopped selling a shirt after shoppers expressed outrage over what they called an inappropriate and sexist message.

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This artist’s rendering shows what Station Park may look like when the development is complete. Phase 1 of the project, which includes a Harmons grocery store that opened in May, is expected to be complete by Thanksgiving.

Stores flock to Station Park development in Farmington

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, August 29, 2011 - 10:51pm

FARMINGTON -- The development pace at Station Park has picked up, with new stores coming online on almost a weekly basis and Phase 1 of the project scheduled for completion by Thanksgiving.

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Outdoor industry: We want the state's backing

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 11:55pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Clearfield-based climbing-equipment manufacturer is leading a charge of 27 Utah outdoor and tourism industry companies that want the state's congressional delegation to recognize their significance by supporting funding for key conservation programs.

In an open letter sent Wednesday to Utah's congressional delegation, 27 companies, including the Outdoor Industry Association and internationally known leaders Petzl America, of Clearfield, and Black Diamond, Equipment, of Salt Lake City, asked the state's representatives in the U.S. House and Senate to recognize the significant value of their contribution to Utah's economy.

The companies also asked the congressmen not to support proposals to cut funding of key conservation programs and to continue protections for valuable pristine lands in Utah.

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FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2011 file photo, shoppers pass Macy's department store, in New York. Retailers are raising prices on merchandise an average of 10 percent across-the-board this fall in an effort to offset their rising costs for materials and labor. But merchants are worried that cash-strapped customers who are weighed down by economic woes will balk at price hikes.(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Higher prices: the big trend for back-to-school

Anne D'Innocenzio The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, August 19, 2011 - 9:48am

NEW YORK -- Stores are trying everything they can think of to disguise the fact that you're going to pay more for clothes this fall.

Some are using less fabric and calling it the new look. Others are adding cheap stitching and trumpeting it as a redesign. And the buttons on that blouse? Chances are you're not going to think it's worth paying several dollars more for the shirt just to have them.

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