NEW YORK — Shoppers are holding off on back-to-school shopping, and those who delay long enough might be rewarded with some steep discounts from desperate retailers. Revenue at stores open at least a year — an industry measure of a ...

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NEW YORK — June sales heated up for stores, in a sign that Americans likely will continue to spend during the important back-to-school shopping season. U.S. retailers reported their strongest sales gains since January, as shoppers, enticed by warm weather ...

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NEW YORK — So much for new spring shorts and T-shirts. As cold weather lingered across most of the country, Americans shopped modestly in March. U.S. retailers reported a key revenue figure rose slightly during the month, as shoppers held ...

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Yesterday’s mall is today’s “lifestyle center.” So says a panel of commercial real estate experts who gathered in Annapolis Tuesday for a forum on the future of mall developments, a staple of suburban life three decades ago.

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Leighann Greenbalgh visited the new Under Armour Brand House in Harbor East earlier this week and was impressed with the store’s “hometown vibe,” including the shirt emblazoned with “Fells Point.” Greenbalgh said she comes to Harbor East often but was ...

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NEW YORK — Americans are expected to spend more during what’s traditionally the busiest shopping season of the year, but they’re not exactly ready to shop ’til they drop like they have been in the past two years. The National ...

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A group opposed to rezoning a former industrial site in Owings Mills has filed a Maryland Public Information Act request seeking financial records and personal emails and text messages from Baltimore County Council Chairwoman Vicki Almond. Efforts by developer Greenberg ...

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NEW YORK — Retailers could be sweating it out this summer. Shoppers, worried about jobs and the economy, pulled back on spending in June, slowing sales for most retailers to the weakest pace since 2009. And that could leave merchants ...

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NEW YORK — Americans can’t seem to shake their uneasy feeling about the economy. Consumer confidence fell in June for the fourth straight month as worries about the economy outweighed relief at the gas pump, according to a private research ...

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NEW YORK — Americans are spending, but they may not be for long. Some major retailers such as Target and Macy’s on Thursday posted May sales increases that beat Wall Street estimates as shoppers were lured in by Mother’s Day ...

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