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Alibaba and the failure of subsidiary 11 Main in the American online shopping market
06/23/2015
Grouped Articles
Alibaba Stumbles in American E-Commerce Market
Wall Street Journal 06/23/2015
Drive-in restaurant chain Sonic strategies
06/22/2015
Grouped Articles
Oil-Price Drop Isn’t Tonic for Sonic
Wall Street Journal 06/22/2015
Drive-in restaurant chain Sonic management
06/22/2015
Grouped Articles
Oil-Price Drop Isn’t Tonic for Sonic
Wall Street Journal 06/22/2015
Gap Inc. downsizing- with sharply declining sales Gap's plans to close about a fourth of its stores by 2016
06/15/2015
Gap retail stores have failed to keep up with fashion trends and are experiencing steadily declining sales. By 2016 Gap plans to close 140 stores. In the following year 35 stores. Gap plans to close stores in less desirable mall locations and keep the outlet stores. Gap stores was once the leading retail brand in America with a surge in store locations.
Grouped Articles
Gap to Slash More Stores, Cut Jobs
Wall Street Journal 06/16/2015
Gap Is Closing 175 Stores, Hoping for a Turnaround
New York Times 06/15/2015
Gap Deserves to Come Off Discount Rack
Wall Street Journal 06/19/2015
New York Times 06/20/2015
Gap to Test ‘Fast Fashion’ Model in Select Stores
Wall Street Journal 08/21/2015
Hudson's Bay and Lord & Taylor stores
06/06/2015
Grouped Articles
Liz Rodbell on Taking the Time to Recognize Success
New York Times 06/06/2015
Hudson’s Bay to Buy Galeria Kaufhof Stores in $3.2 Billion Deal
New York Times 06/15/2015
Yahoo Japan and Alibaba
05/31/2015
Grouped Articles
Yahoo Japan Finds a Friend in Alibaba
Wall Street Journal 05/31/2015
Alibaba Mania Continues to Fade
Wall Street Journal 08/13/2015
Yahoo’s Tax Options: Bad or Worse
Wall Street Journal 09/09/2015
Increase in the minimum wage in Los Angeles in May 2015 to $15 over 5 years
05/19/2015
By some estimates over 50% of the workforce in Los Angeles makes less than $15 an hour.
Grouped Articles
Los Angeles Lifts Its Minimum Wage to $15 Per Hour
New York Times 05/19/2015
America’s Inequality Problem: Real Income Gains Are Brief and Hard to Find
The New York Times 09/13/2016
Trump era confronts organized labor with gravest crisis in decades
Washington Post 12/09/2016
Amazon to Raise Its Minimum U.S. Wage to $15 an Hour
WSJ 10/02/2018
Oil price savings of U.S. consumers and retailers in 2015
05/14/2015
Consumers are using oil price savings to increase savings in deposit accounts and pay down debt, giving less of a boost to retailers in 2015.
Grouped Articles
Retailers Can’t Gas Up on Oil Savings
Wall Street Journal 05/14/2015
Cheap Oil Gives Little Help to U.S. Spending
Wall Street Journal 12/11/2015
Ahold grocery chain
05/13/2015
Grouped Articles
Grocery Chains Discuss a Merger
Wall Street Journal 05/13/2015
Ahold, Delhaize Agree on $29 Billion Merger
Wall Street Journal 06/24/2015
Whole Foods and specialty startups
05/08/2015
Grouped Articles
Whole Foods Calls the Shots for Startups
Wall Street Journal 05/08/2015
Whole Foods Sales Sour After Price Scandal
Wall Street Journal 07/30/2015
Instacart, online grocery shopping startup
04/29/2015
Grouped Articles
Instacart’s Bet on Online Grocery Shopping
New York Times 04/29/2015
Abercrombie & Fitch management
04/24/2015
Grouped Articles
Abercrombie & Fitch Dials Back The Sex
Wall Street Journal 04/24/2015
To Lure Back Young Shoppers, Abercrombie Puts On a Shirt
New York Times 04/24/2015
Abercrombie Brings In Outsiders in Management Revamp
Wall Street Journal 08/18/2015
U.S. consumer stocks in 2015-2016
04/13/2015
Grouped Articles
U.S. Consumer Shares Cause Sticker Shock
Wall Street Journal 04/13/2015
U.S. Stocks Come Charging Back
Wall Street Journal 08/27/2015
Stretch of Market Volatility Makes It Stormy at the Top
The New York Times 07/15/2016
Drive-in U.S. restaurant chain Sonic in Tennessee and Texas performance
06/22/2015
Grouped Articles
Oil-Price Drop Isn’t Tonic for Sonic
Wall Street Journal 06/22/15
Drive-in restaurant chain Sonic share price
06/22/2015
Grouped Articles
Oil-Price Drop Isn’t Tonic for Sonic
Wall Street Journal 06/22/15
Hudson's Bay's acquisition of Galeria Kaufhof stores in Germany in 2015
06/15/2015
Grouped Articles
Hudson’s Bay to Buy Galeria Kaufhof Stores in $3.2 Billion Deal
New York Times 06/15/15
CVS buys 1600 Target drug stores in 2015
06/15/2015
Grouped Articles
CVS to Buy 1,600 Drugstores From Target for $1.9 Billion
New York Times 06/15/15
Target Goes After Millennials With Small, Focused Stores
WSJ 10/04/16
Wal-Mart and employee relations
06/03/2015
Grouped Articles
Walmart Adjusts the Thermostat to Warm Worker Relations
New York Times 06/03/15
Asian retailer Li Fung
05/22/2015
Grouped Articles
Retail Sherpa Li & Fung Grapples With Client Loss
Wall Street Journal 05/22/15
Alibaba's plans for international expansion in 2015
05/15/2015
Grouped Articles
Alibaba to Focus on Expansion Abroad, CEO Says
Wall Street Journal 05/15/15
Alibaba Stumbles in American E-Commerce Market
Wall Street Journal 06/23/15
Ahold- Delhaize merger in 2015
05/13/2015
Grouped Articles
Grocery Chains Discuss a Merger
Wall Street Journal 05/13/15
Ahold, Delhaize Agree on $29 Billion Merger
Wall Street Journal 06/24/15
Deal Unites Major Supermarket Players
Wall Street Journal 06/25/15
Bharti Retail's joint venture with Future Retail in India in 2015
05/09/2015
Grouped Articles
Retailing in India: Bharti looks to Future
Economist 05/09/15
E.U. Commission's anti-trust inquiry into the E-Commerce Sector
05/06/2015
Grouped Articles
E.U. Commission Opens Antitrust Inquiry Into E-Commerce Sector
New York Times 05/06/15
NASDAQ 2000 and NASDAQ 2015 not an apples to apples companrison- a very different NASDAQ in 2015
04/24/2015
Companies that are well established such as Apple, Microsoft, Google, Intel Corp., Amazon, make up a significant share of the index. Tech is only 43% of the index. Healthcare is 14% with names like Amgen and Gilead Sciences. And aerospace, other sectors, are part of the NASDAQ in 2015.
Grouped Articles
The New Nasdaq Record, Set By a New Nasdaq
Wall Street Journal 04/24/15
Why This Old Bull Market May Not Be Ready to Die
Wall Street Journal 04/26/15
Buttonwood: Fifteen years of hurt
Economist 04/25/15
Buttonwood: Fifteen years of hurt
Economist 05/09/15
Wall Street Journal 07/18/15
Target stores internet marketing strategies
04/20/2015
Grouped Articles
Target Website, Apps Overwhelmed by Demand for Lilly Pulitzer
Wall Street Journal 04/20/15
Target Hires Executive to Lead Supply Revamping
Wall Street Journal 03/01/16
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