All posts tagged "shopping"

• Best Buy Reports Weak Holiday Shopping Results, Outlook

  NEW YORK – Best Buy’s shares sank Thursday after the nation’s largest consumer electronics chain reduced its sales outlook for the fourth-quarter as it reported weak holiday business in mobile phones and personal devices. The Minneapolis-based company...

  • Posted January 14, 2016
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• Puerto Rico Sees up to 30 Percent Drop in Holiday Sales

  SAN JUAN – Puerto Rico’s United Retailers Association (CUD by its Spanish acronym) is reporting an up to 30 percent drop in holiday sales on the island amid a worsening economic crisis. CUD President Rubén Piñero told reporters Tuesday that about...

  • Posted January 5, 2016
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• Amazon Holiday Shipping, Christmas Eve Deliveries Set Record

  Amazon.com has been a prime beneficiary of holiday shoppers going online or procrastinating. Amazon says it shipped a record number of items worldwide for the holidays, with Christmas Eve the biggest day ever for deliveries using the...

  • Posted December 28, 2015
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• Holiday Spending Up 8%; Online Sales Surge

  NEW YORK – Americans spent more on items like furniture during the holidays this year, with online shopping in particular seeing a big spike, according to a report released Monday. Overall spending rose 7.9 percent from a...

  • Posted December 28, 2015
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