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Restaurants sales at all-time high as recession fades

After the collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh, above, that left more than 1,000 workers dead, retail giant Wal-Mart announced it would inspect...
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Wal-Mart to inspect Bangladesh factories, release results

Garment workers vandalize an auto rickshaw as they block a street demanding the arrest of the owner of the Rana Plaza building in Dhaka in this April ...
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H&M approves safety standards for Bangladesh factories

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This Friday, May 10, 2013 photo shows a shopper walking past the Joe Fresh store on Fifth Avenue in New York.
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Retail

Higher retail sales show vein of strength in the economy 

No mom, no free meal. Hooters waitress takes lunch orders from diners at a restaurant in Troy, Mich., Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007.
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Hooters offers free meal for moms on Mother's Day ... and bring the kids

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J.C. Penney tries to woo customers back with an apology

J.C. Penney is sorry and it wants your business back. That's the gist of its latest ad, a public "mea culpa" which the mid-priced...

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Prom dress prices giving families taffeta shock

Inspired by celebrities on the red carpet, influenced by couture photos circulated on Pinterest and armed with price information from...

Image provided by Adidas shows T-shirt the German apparel company is selling and donating all profits to the One Fund Boston.
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Boston bombings boost demand for Beantown sports gear

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Court blocks Penney from selling Martha Stewart goods, for now

A New York appeals judge on Tuesday stopped J.C. Penney from selling certain Martha Stewart goods in its stores until Thursday, when he...

This computer-generated image provided by Kraft Foods Group Inc. on Friday, April 12, 2013 shows the new "Kool-Aid Man."
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'Oh yeah!' Kool-Aid Man is getting a makeover

Martha Stewart departs the New York state Supreme Court after testifying in Manhattan in this March 5, 2013, file photo.
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J.C. Penney gets OK to sell non-branded Martha Stewart goods, for now 

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Retail

NYC's fast-food workers expected to strike in bid for higher wages

Hundreds of fast-food restaurant workers in New York City are expected to walk off the job on Thursday in what organizers said would be...

A woman with a full shopping cart heads to the checkout at a Wal-Mart Store in Chicago in this file photo taken November 23, 2012.
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Wal-Mart mulls getting customers to deliver packages to online buyers

General view of the atmosphere during Joe Fresh at jcp launch event on March 7, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California.
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Retail

J.C.Penney places a bet on Joe Fresh

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Whole Foods plans GMO disclosure labels by 2018

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Judge orders mediation for Macy's, Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart arrives at court Tuesday in New York.
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Retail

Martha Stewart defends J.C. Penney deal

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Retail

Frito-Lay loses suit over bowl-shaped tortilla chips

ST. LOUIS-- A jury has sided with a St. Louis company in its battle with Frito-Lay over bowl-shaped tortilla chips. Frito-Lay sued St....

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Why retailers are pinning hopes on Pinterest

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J.C. Penney sales plunge more than expected

J.C. Penney Co. reported on Wednesday that sales at stores open at least a year fell 31.7 percent in the fourth quarter, steeper than the...