Read more retail stores stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/15873/retail-stores.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:13:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71794/fake-lottery-winner-causes-store-ruckus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Ohio woman may be charged with inciting panic after telling a store full of shoppers that she had won the lottery and was treating. Police had to show up at the Burlington Coat Factory to put down the ruckus when word got out, the Columbus Dispatch reports. The 45-year-old...http://www.newser.com/story/71794/fake-lottery-winner-causes-store-ruckus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 15:40:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71520/disney-reinventing-stores-as-imagination-parks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDisney has unveiled ambitious plans to bring the theme park to the shopping mall by turning its network of stores into interactive "Imagination Parks." The overhaul—designed using the expertise of Steve Jobs and his Apple Stores team—will cost some $1 million per store and focus on providing entertainment...http://www.newser.com/story/71520/disney-reinventing-stores-as-imagination-parks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 1:25:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70017/microsoft-pinching-apple-employees-to-staff-stores.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMicrosoft’s planned expansion into the brick-and-mortar retail sector will be staffed at least in part by…Apple Store employees, reports the Loop. The software giant is hiring away Apple managers with higher salaries, sources tell the tech blog. Those managers in turn are trying to bring aboard Apple's top salespeople. All...http://www.newser.com/story/70017/microsoft-pinching-apple-employees-to-staff-stores.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 14:54:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69419/toys-r-us-pumped-up-for-holiday-offensive.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagToys R Us is getting ready to go on the offensive in the battle for holiday sales, the Washington Post reports. The company—which snapped up the KB Toys and FAO Schwarz brands earlier this year—plans to open 80 temporary "Holiday Express" stores in malls across the country, and...http://www.newser.com/story/69419/toys-r-us-pumped-up-for-holiday-offensive.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Sep 2009 1:28:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68986/how-should-wal-mart-handle-blog-ridicule-ignore-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA wildly popular new blog mocks Wal-Mart and its customers, and encourages others to join in by uploading their own photos and comments. So what should the retail giant do? Nothing, writes BL Ochman in Advertising Age . The site—People of Walmart—isn't “likely to do lasting damage to the...http://www.newser.com/story/68986/how-should-wal-mart-handle-blog-ridicule-ignore-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Sep 2009 18:09:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67258/lousy-retail-sales-will-delay-recovery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf the recession is indeed waning, nobody told consumers. Retailers of every kind reported lousy sales for the quarter ended Aug. 1, the Wall Street Journal reports. Target’s same-store sales fell 6.2%, Home Depot’s dropped 9.1% and Saks’ plummeted a whopping 15.5%. And with unemployment, stagnant wages,...http://www.newser.com/story/67258/lousy-retail-sales-will-delay-recovery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Aug 2009 8:38:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65997/radio-shack-ditches-radio-to-become-the-shack.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrom all accounts, Radio Shack is set to rebrand itself “The Shack,” Joshua Topolsky writes for Engadget. “It makes perfect sense—radios aren’t exactly considered cutting edge these days,” Topolsky writes, and “the store is about to launch a full assault on the mobile space.” A store website says “our...http://www.newser.com/story/65997/radio-shack-ditches-radio-to-become-the-shack.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Aug 2009 15:48:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62901/retailers-slash-selection-in-response-to-recession.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA fundamental shift is going on in the consumer product world as retailers decide that less is more, the Wall Street Journal reports. Big national retailers are expected to slash selection by at least 15%, analysts say. Gone will be 30% of Kroger’s cereals, 20 of the 24 tape measures...http://www.newser.com/story/62901/retailers-slash-selection-in-response-to-recession.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Jun 2009 9:51:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58897/rabbi-seeks-boycott-of-revolting-mannequins.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Israeli rabbi has called for a boycott of shops that display scantily clad mannequins, AFP reports. Mannequins and "obscene photographs" of models wearing swimsuits or underwear "elicit sorrow among the passers-by," said the rabbi. Stores in the northern city of Tiberias that keep their racy displays will lose their...http://www.newser.com/story/58897/rabbi-seeks-boycott-of-revolting-mannequins.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 13 May 2009 14:21:02 CDT