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This closed-on-Sundays craft store partners with evangelical ministries and prints Christian messages in local newspaper ads during holidays.

Investors are facing a quiet Friday ahead of the holiday weekend as stock markets regain their poise after a fright the previous session.

Advance Auto Parts says its first-quarter profit fell nearly 9 percent as it experienced softer sales and higher costs.

Gap has staged a comeback in the last few years, offering hipper fashions that have found favor again with shoppers that in the interim had flocked to Zara parent Inditex SA , which competes with Gap, said its first quarter same-sales fell 14 percent, blaming poor weather and a tough economy, and reported a loss as it resorted to deep discounts to ... (more)

Gap Inc. , which owns the Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic clothing chains, reported on Thursday a 43 percent increase in its fiscal first-quarter net income as the company continues to reap benefits from the turnaround plan that it began early last year.

Sears Holdings Corp. reported a steeper-than-expected loss for its first quarter with the beleaguered retailer blaming a cooler spring for falling sales.

Some of the country's largest retailers, including Target Corp. and Macy's Inc. , on Thursday filed a lawsuit against MasterCard and Visa, rejecting a settlement reached last year over alleged fee fixing.

Baz Luhrmann's big screen adaption of "The Great Gatsby" is shining a spotlight on Roaring Twenties glam fashions, from drop-waist dresses and head scarves to crisp bow ties and spectator shoes.

Baker, who blogs under the name "The Militant Baker" and wears a size 22, changed the brand's A&F logo to "Attractive & Fat" in a mock, black-and-white Abercrombie ad to challenge the line's branding efforts.

Amanda Manganiello and her mother, Ann Marie, look at T-shirts at The Children's Place store in White Plains, N.Y., in this 2006 file photo.

Discount retailer Dollar Tree Inc. said Thursday that its net income increased 15 per cent in the first quarter as consumers spent more at its stores, which sell goods for $1 or less.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has joined 22 other attorneys general in blasting Urban Outfitters for selling products that look like prescription drug bottles.

Saks Inc. rallied for a third day Wednesday on reports that it may be window shopping for a new owner, with most analysts generally upbeat about a potential deal.

In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.

Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court for an exemption from part of the federal health care law.

In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage... Two hundred American former prisoners of war who were taken captive during the Vietnam War are arriving in Southern ... (more)

U.S. stocks fell, with benchmark indexes retreating from record highs, as concern grew that the Federal Reserve will scale back its stimulus efforts if the labor market continues to improve.

It isn't unusual to hear country music during patient sessions at Roper Rehabilitation Hospital.

J.C. Penney Co. said Wednesday it has secured a $2.25 billion loan, $500 million more than it had expected, as it tries to stop a collapse in its sales.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. named Dan Bartlett, most recently president and CEO of the U.S. arm of global business advisory firm Hill & Knowlton Strategies, as its new executive vice president of corporate affairs.