June 15, 2021
Comments Off on Retail sales fell 1.3% in May, as chip shortage dings auto industry
Retail sales fell in May, dragged down by a decline in auto sales and a shift by Americans to spend more on vacations and other services instead of goods.
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June 7, 2021
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A dozen retailers are collaborating on a campaign this fall to enlist customers to combat bad behavior against retail workers.
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May 27, 2021
Comments Off on ‘I am definitely getting out’: Shoppers returning to stores, though retailers face challenges
With more people getting vaccinated and dropping their face masks, retailers from Walmart to Macy's are seeing an eager return to their stores.
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May 20, 2021
Comments Off on Kohl’s roars back in Q1, but 2021 outlook spooks Wall Street
Kohl’s raised its financial outlook for the year on Thursday, after a solid rebound in the first quarter from the devastating impact of the pandemic.
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May 18, 2021
Comments Off on Retail results show shoppers are increasingly going out and spending
Shoppers, newly vaccinated, are emerging from their homes and going out again, and that, along with government stimulus payments, is helping to boost fiscal first-quarter results for major retailers Walmart and Macy's.
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February 4, 2019
Comments Off on Small Baltimore retailers stay open despite hurdles
As Ian and Brian Goldstein started considering opening Brothers Music in the Charles North neighborhood roughly four years ago, the plan seemed risky to some people. The idea for their business formed not long before Baltimore erupted into riots in ...
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Steve Appel, of Nouveau Home and Interior Design, Ian and Brian Goldstein, of Brothers Music, discuss how they keep their doors open in the ever challenging retail sector. State Sen. Bill Ferguson makes asks business leaders to invest in Baltimore.
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December 5, 2018
Comments Off on Klein Enterprises: 2 new tenants provide Baltimore value beyond lease size
Klein Enterprises signed two retailers to leases at Marketplace at Fells Point, furnishing a small year-end boost to a sector in Baltimore grappling with negative perceptions of the city. Women’s boutique Mint & Major and restaurant Saffron Grill signed deals ...
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July 20, 2018
Comments Off on Rise in online shopping has forced retail areas to evolve
The demolished Owings Mills Mall, now a massive construction site, is a reminder that with the rise of internet shopping, an old model of retail is dead.
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November 17, 2017
Comments Off on Think retail stores are dying? This Md. firm has ETFs for you.
A Maryland provider of exchange-traded funds launched new funds aimed at investors who want to benefit from the decline of brick-and-mortar stores. Bethesda-based ProShares’ new funds are called the ProShares Decline of the Retail Store ETF and the ProShares Long Online/Short Stores ETF. The Decline ...
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