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Walmart Express to open in Arkansas on June 8

Sun, 06/05/2011 - 14:01 by Jamie Anderson

The first drugstore-sized Wal-Mart is on the anvil. Instead of the humungous structures that one normally associates with the retail chain, soon Wal-Mart will be seen in a relatively miniature form.

Kindle 3 becomes Amazon's top selling product ever

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 15:21 by Jaspreet Virk

Amazon has a reason to celebrate this holiday season. Despite raging competition from players like Barnes & Noble and Sony, Amazon's e-reader Kindle seems to have outflanked rivals and maintained its commanding lead in the e-reader market.

Chipotle Co-CEO Monty Moran: "The Magic of Chipotle Is Not Tied to Burritos"

Thu, 12/23/2010 - 07:18 by Motley Fool

 Last week, The Motley Fool hosted Chipotle (NYSE: CMG)co-CEO Monty Moran for a one-hour live chat with Fool.com readers.

 

10 Black Friday apps to avail best bargains

Thu, 11/25/2010 - 17:43 by Jaspreet Virk

The Black Friday is just a day away and like always, hundreds of shoppers will be thronging retail stores to avail the best discounts and lowest prices.

‘Pedophile's Guide’ availability stirs outcry against Amazon

Thu, 11/11/2010 - 10:02 by Priyanka

Amazon.com Inc.’s recent decision to sell an e-book titled 'The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure: a Child-lover's Code of Conduct' has sparked outcry in the nation.

Costume based on job-quitting steward

Thu, 10/14/2010 - 02:25 by Prince damin

New York -- A New York retailer is selling a Halloween costume based on the job-quitting stunt of a JetBlue flight attendant.

Ricky's NYC said the costume, based on former flight attendant Steven Slater's August jump down the emergency slide after grabbing a beer from the plane, includes a shirt, tie and a bandage to represent the head wound Slater reportedly incurred from a passenger's carry-on luggage, USA Today reported Wednesday.

"Don't forget to grab a few beers on the way out," Ricky's said in the online ad for the $39.99 costume.

Copyright 2010 United Press International, Inc. (UPI).

Amazon Is Swinging for Singles

Wed, 10/13/2010 - 10:30 by Rick Aristotle ...

There's a world out there between articles and novels, and Amazon.com's (Nasdaq: AMZN) Kindle wants to jump on the tweener prose market.

Italian electric car to go on sale in U.K.

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 10:08 by Rakhi

London -- A British retailer of electric vehicles says it will start selling an Italian-made two-seat electric car in its showrooms this month.

EV Stores -- which sells electric cars, bikes and scooters -- says the Tazzari Zero will go on sale for about $33,000 Sept. 12, BusinessGreen.com reported Wednesday.

he Zero uses rechargeable lithium-ion batteries and can go about 85 miles between charges with a top speed of about 62 mph.

Tazzari is an Italian firm with a background in aluminum casting and engineering services. Use of aluminum in the Zero means the car, with battery pack, weighs less than 1,200 pounds.

In China, a retailer's prison drama

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 01:16 by Prince damin

Beijing -- An appeals court in China upheld the 14-year prison sentence of retail executive Huang Guangyu, who is struggling to maintain influence on his company.

The Beijing High People's court released Huang's wife from prison, but maintained Huang's insider trading conviction and sentence -- including a forfeiture of $117.5 million -- was correct, China Daily reported Tuesday.

Despite his sentence, Huang is lobbying to have Gome Electrical Appliances Holding Ltd. Chairman Chen Xiao replaced.

Reportedly worth $6.3 billion before his legal troubles began, Huang increased his ownership of the company last week from 33.98 percent to 34.78 percent with his family purchasing 120 million shares, the newspaper said.

Dog on bedbug patrol at New York store

Fri, 08/13/2010 - 23:17 by Prince damin

New York -- A high-end New York retailer said it has hired an insect-detecting beagle to keep the store free of bedbugs amid a citywide infestation.

Officials with Bergdorf Goodman said no bedbugs have yet been detected at the store, but they are remaining vigilant after outbreaks were reported at New York Victoria's Secret, Abercrombie & Fitch and Hollister stores, the New York Daily News reported Friday.

"We haven't had any reported cases of bedbugs, but it seems to be something everybody is concerned about," said Ginger Reeder, vice president of corporate communications for Bergdorf Goodman. "The anxiety level is clearly high in New York. It seemed important to go the extra mile."

Store: Product for young girls not a bra

Fri, 05/14/2010 - 10:52 by Rakhi

London -- A British retailer apologized for labeling underwear tops aimed at young girls as "bra tops" but said it will continue to stock the items.

The items for 6-8-year-old girls, including a Santoni heart-patterned design and a lace-trimmed design, were previously marketed by Marks & Spencer as "a great way of getting girls used to the idea of wearing bras" but backed off the description after objections from child protection groups, The Daily Telegraph reported Thursday.

"We've campaigned to combat a trend toward the sexualization of children and one aspect of this is the production and selling of clothes that are absolutely inappropriate," Claude Knights, director of child protection charity Kidscape, told The Daily Telegraph.

The Fool's Look Ahead

Sun, 02/28/2010 - 10:58 by Rick Aristotle ...

Stores, software, and surfing the Web will have starring roles in the week that lies ahead.