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Workers push back against earlier holiday openings

...of getting up in the middle of the night," said Molly Snyder, a spokeswoman for Minneapolis-based Target. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, will be offering discounts on toys, home accessories and clothing starting...

http://brainerddispatch.com/business/2011-11-16/workers-push-back-against-earlie
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Target to stock only sustainable seafood by 2015

...harvested with methods that don't endanger other fish and seafood.Companies such as Target, Safeway Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Whole Foods Market Inc. have worked to change their seafood policies as concern continues to rise about overfishing...

http://brainerddispatch.com/business/2011-10-13/target-stock-only-sustainable-se
Business
Retailers have a robust start to holiday season

...shopping weekend show that retailers' efforts to lure shoppers during the weak economy are working. Some like Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and J.C. Penney have been making a stronger push online to better compete with the likes of rival Amazon...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-11-27/retailers-have-robust-start-holiday-
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Company to close at least 100 Sears, Kmart stores

...the decision to sell off a lucrative credit card business. Kmart helped create the discount-store format that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. came to dominate. Some customers complained that they have a hard time connecting with the Kmart and Sears of...

http://brainerddispatch.com/business/2011-12-27/company-close-least-100-sears-km
Business
Fuchs-McCumsey

...Discount. The groom graduated from Cedar Falls High School and the University of Northern Iowa. He is employed at Wal-mart Stores, Inc. The couple is at home in Brainerd.

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Retail sales growth for December best in 7 years

...best. Sellers in between, meanwhile, suffered from the classic middle-child syndrome of being overlooked. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported a 9.1 percent gain, well above an expected 6 percent to 7 percent gain. The number is significant...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/010800/bus_0108000052.shtml
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ATTENTION!

...are buying the brand-name item, the court said. The 9-0 ruling overturned a $1.6 million verdict against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., for having sold a line of children's clothes that copied the look of an innovative designer. Samara Brothers...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/032300/nne_0323000023.shtml
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Business notes

...with a year ago. RadioShack Corp. posted a strong 12 percent sales gain. Discount stores also fared well, with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. posting a 6.5 percent gain in same-store sales and Costco Wholesale Corp. announcing an increase of 9 percent...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/080500/bus_0805000012.shtml
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Business notes

...involvement in school and community. The associate scholarship is one of more than 3,000 awarded annually by Wal-Mart Stores Inc., totaling $8.4 million given toward student education. Training offered at CLC Several courses aimed at business...

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Business
Back to school hardly rates passing grade for retailers

...level in nearly two years, down 25 cents to $22.25 on the New York Stock Exchange. Discount sellers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Kmart Corp., however, were still able to trade on their value formula, gaining 5 percent as a group during...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/090200/bus_0902000035.shtml
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