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• Stocks extend gains in early afternoon
Investors have been looking to retailers’ results for information not only about the companies, but about consumers’ ability to spend. Several upbeat reports Wednesday from retailers helped buoy Wall Street’s confidence in the economy.
• Dem convention boosts Denver merchants
When Sutherland recently asked several Boston retailers how they had fared during the 2004 Democratic National Convention, he heard ho-hum tales of routine sales.
• Lessons From a Shopaholic
Retailers thrive on our kind. In Influence: Science and Practice , Arizona State University psychology professor Robert Cialdini examines the science of selling and counsels marketers on "triggers" that make us buy strawberries in bulk and dreadful ...
• Target settles case over site’s access to sightless
The issue centers on the Americans With Disabilities Act, a 1990 law that requires retailers and other public places to make accommodations for people with disabilities.
• Average household appliances are now hi-tech
Organizers of the fair say they are moving with the times as retail chains selling electronics replace specialist retailers and companies such as Philips, Samsung and LG no longer limit their products to electronic entertainment.