December 7, 2011 Comments Off on Shoppers say ‘ho-hum’ not ‘ho-ho-ho’ to sales
Sale, schmale. Used to be, customers would come running when stores cut prices. But these days, more Americans are becoming blasé about bargains. Jennifer Beasley recently left a Toys R Us in Cary, N.C., unimpressed by the retailer’s offers that ...
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Read More »November 16, 2011 Comments Off on Retail employees lash out at early Black Friday openings
MINNEAPOLIS — Count your blessings, then get to work. That may be Thanksgiving for more retail workers this year, as stores desperate to pull in buyers on the first weekend of the holiday shopping season push their openings earlier and ...
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Read More »October 28, 2011 Comments Off on Target announces midnight opening for Black Friday
NEW YORK — As the run-up to holiday shopping intensifies, Target Corp. is saying its stores will open at midnight on Thanksgiving Day for the first time this year. That’s four hours earlier than last year. The stores will stay ...
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Read More »May 13, 2011 Comments Off on Real Estate Weekly: O’Malley signs bill to adopt green construction code
State House dome’s exterior gets attention The Maryland State House dome will be getting a paint job and some window work. The Department of General Services announced the plans on Monday. The work began on May 1. Modern paint coatings used ...
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Read More »May 11, 2011 Comments Off on Constellation Energy to install Toys R Us rooftop solar
Toys R Us says Constellation Energy will build and operate North America’s largest rooftop solar power installation on top of a New Jersey distribution center. The toy retailer announced Wednesday that Baltimore-based Constellation will install the system at a distribution ...
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Read More »March 28, 2011 Comments Off on EBay to buy GSI Commerce for $2.4 billion
SAN FRANCISCO — Online marketplace operator EBay said Monday that it will pay $2.4 billion for GSI Commerce, which operates websites for retailers like Toys R Us and Bath & Body Works. EBay Inc., which runs its namesake site where ...
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Read More »September 28, 2010 Comments Off on Toys R Us to hire 45,000 workers for holidays
WAYNE, N.J. — Toys R Us will hire about 45,000 employees to help with the holiday season, doubling its U.S. work force. The privately held toy company said Tuesday that it is hiring more workers than in the past three ...
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Read More »September 15, 2010 Comments Off on Toys R Us 10 open FAO Schwarz pop-up stores
NEW YORK — Toys R Us plans to open 10 FAO Schwarz pop-up stores for the holidays, giving new life to a brand it recently acquired that was down to just two locations. The move is latest piece of the ...
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