Retail News

Dorothy's famous ruby slippers from 'The Wizard of Oz' she is one of 19 designers who have been chosen by Warner Bros.

Larry H. Miller's eldest son Greg Miller has been promoted to chief executive officer of the Sandy-based Larry H. Miller Group of Companies, which includes the Jazz.

New information Friday night, on the explosion Thursday that damaged this house in Great Bend, and injured 2 employees of Suburban Propane.

All ImagiPlay toys, like Puff the Alphabet Dragon, are safety tested, founder Barbera Aimes said.

Hardware distributor Orgill plans to close its distribution center in Memphis, Tennessee, and eliminate 160 jobs.

In this April 10, 2007 file photo, people pass the entrance of a Rite Aid store in Philadelphia.

MARION, Ill. - Marion's hopes for attracting a Target distribution center have been dashed.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Dell Inc. are testing a repair and installation service in the Dallas area.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced today that two companies have agreed to pay the state a total of nearly $1.5 million for violating laws aimed at curbing identity theft.

A previously unseen watercolour by Beatrix Potter, showing rabbits leaving a Christmas party, has fetched a record 289,500 at auction.

Following about 90 days of work and negotiations, the city of Sikeston announced Wednesday that Orgill Inc.

Higher gas sales and a boost from its more upscale stores helped grocer Safeway Inc.

The company said it would raise prices for the third time this year. Sherwin-Williams also forecast that the still-souring housing sector would hamper its third-quarter results.

A South Sioux City, Nebraska, man who stabbed his girlfriend eleven times, and then himself, will spend at least 10-years behind bars.

Woolworths Ltd., Australia's biggest retailer, said fourth-quarter sales growth slowed to 7.5 percent as record fuel prices and higher borrowing costs curbed demand at its supermarkets and Big W discount ...

An upscale retailer is the first to announce plans to locate a store in the Cincinnati Premium Outlets along Interstate 75 and Ohio 63 in Monroe.

Chicago has landed the new corporate headquarters of the freshly merged Molson Coors Brewing Co.

The Minnesota-based online grocer, SimonDelivers.com, says it will shut down service to all areas, including Rochester, in two weeks due to a spike in food and fuel prices.

A Fort Worth man died overnight after he was struck by lightning while camping at Joe Pool Lake, near Dallas.

The Co-operative Group said Wednesday it had struck a deal to acquire British supermarket Somerfield for 1.56 billion pounds (US$3.12 billion).

The deal would secure the Co-op's place as Britain's fifth-biggest food retailer.

The Manchester, England-based Co-operative Group Ltd. is the world's largest consumer cooperative. It already has some 2,200 stores, part of its empire of food, drug, travel, financial and funeral services. The Somerfield Group operates about 900 stores, including 140 gas stations.