Archive for the ‘retail’ Category

Wal-Mart CEO: Recession Has Changed Consumers for the Better

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

Suggesting that retailers “are closer to working men and women… than any other industry,” Wal-Mart CEO H. Lee Scott addressed the public once more in his farewell address after ten years at the helm of the retail megastore. Scott offered a candid take on the country’s current economy and where it’s ...

Struggling Retail Industry Causing Major Slips on Wall St.

Friday, January 16th, 2009

That optimistic stock report we brought you a couple weeks ago is now officially old news. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped for the sixth day in a row yesterday, with its 250 point loss pitting the Dow at its lowest point since December 1. The same can be said about ...

Drop in Holiday Spending Spells More Trouble for Retailers in ‘09

Monday, December 29th, 2008

Described by industry analysts as one of the worst holiday season sales periods on record, December’s retail sales figures plummeted 4% from last year’s numbers. Retailers are finally coming to grips with the fact that the American public has gone into a full-on savings mode that wasn’t the norm in ...