Retail News

Target Corp. has agreed to pay New Jersey $375,000 to settle a lawsuit that it sold expired baby formula and charged different prices at the register than advertised.

The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange: NYSE: RadioShack Corp., up $2.53 at $20.27 The electronics retailer said it would sell Apple Inc.'s popular iPhone, and an analyst said that could boost customer traffic.

Who could object to rewarding people who quit smoking, lose weight or start to exercise? The American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association, for starters.

Best Buy today announced the introduction of Club Beats, a new in-store destination created in partnership with Monster and Beats by Dr.

RadioShack Will Introduce iPhone 3G and 3GS Posted: 09-Nov-2009 [Source: Radio Shack] [Radio Shack to introduce iPhone in Dallas-Forth Worth and New York City area stores later this month.

U.S. auto sales should recover a bit next year but will remain at depression levels through 2010 until housing prices and job cuts stabilize, the CEO of the nation's largest auto dealer chain said Monday.

Analyst Paul Lejuez said the teen retailer will likely exceed Wall Street's average third-quarter profit estimate when it reports on Friday.

World stock markets rose Monday after the Group of 20 leading rich and developing countries agreed to maintain their stimulus measures in the wake of weak U.S. employment figures.

Best Buy Co Inc plans to start an online service that allows consumers to buy, rent and download movies and television shows, the electronics retailer said on Tuesday.

Oil prices broke above $78 a barrel Monday in Asia as Hurricane Ida threatened oil installations in the Gulf of Mexico.

"Wal-Mart is very satisfied with the results in India. I was informed by the Wal-Mart CEO that they are looking at opening more stores.

Police in North Carolina's largest city say shoplifting has risen more than 20 percent in 2009, and statistics indicate the trend is accelerating.

Kohl's online customers would like to get free shipping on all their purchases. And the right people at Kohl's know it.

At a McDonalda s Corp . test kitchen in an unmarked Illinois warehouse, next yeara s menu plan for the U.K. has hit a snag.

Lance Corporal Katrina Hodge has become the new Miss England after Rachel Christie stepped down following her arrest over an alleged nightclub brawl.

NEW YORK As unemployment in the United States edges above 10 percent, anxious investors will look to earnings reports from major retailers for signs of life in the beaten-up consumer.

With another tough holiday season looming, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is ratcheting up a price war that could be good for shoppers but has competitors fearing the worst.

A North Carolina judge facing misconduct charges and possible removal from the bench has resigned.

PriceSmart Inc., which runs warehouse-shopping clubs, said Friday its fourth-quarter profit declined 9 percent as an increase in operating expenses hurt its bottom line.

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating some of CVS Caremark Corp.'s business practices, the company said yesterday.