May 23, 2013

Gift Cards: Tips for Picking the Ones People Actually Want This Christmas


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Filed under: Home Depot, Bed Bath & Beyond, Wal-Mart Stores, Starbucks, Target Corp, Amazon.com, Holidays, ShoppingGift cards get more popular with American shoppers every year. According to CEB TowerGroup, there will be $110 billion in gift card p…

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Wall Street Watch This Week: Let’s Start Playing Games


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Filed under: Home Depot, Wal-Mart Stores, Target Corp, Market News, Money and PoliticsThe video gaming industry is ready to put on its game face.

Activision Blizzard (ATVI) will roll out “Call of Duty: Black Ops II” on Tuesday. The combat game is the …

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America’s Wealthy Step Up to the Plate


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Filed under: People, Home Depot, Microsoft, Berkshire Hathaway, Tesla MotorsThis month, 12 more billionaire families committed to donate at least half of their wealth to charity by taking the Giving Pledge. The Giving Pledge, initiated by Warren Buffet…

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New Laws Mean Unused Gift Card Money Won’t Be a Gift to Stores


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Filed under: Home Depot, American Express, Retail, Best Buy, Personal Finance, ShoppingGift cards have made holiday shopping a whole lot easier for millions of people. But they also raise a big question: Who should profit when people don’t use up their…

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Can ‘The All American Store’ Reverse Our Nation’s Walmartization?


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Filed under: Economy, Home Depot, Sears Holdings, Wal-Mart Stores, Lowe’s Companies Inc, RetailDeep in the heart of Ohio, a new store is challenging the “Walmartization” of America.

What do I mean by Walmartization? For one thing, I refer to the tren…

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