SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - BJ's Wholesale Club Inc <BJ.N> reported a 37 percent drop in quarterly profit on Wednesday, hurt by a charge ...
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Costco Wholesale Corp <COST.O> is hoping that consumers are becoming more comfortable making purchases as the No. 1 ...
The big list: October results at 30 major retailers How October sales at 30 chains compared with October 2008: _ Discount stores BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. -1.1 pct Costco Wholesale Corp. 5 pct Target Corp. -0.1 pct ___ _ Drugstores Rite Aid ...
A recruiter is seen working at a Costco booth at a holiday job fair at Skyline College in San Bruno, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits last week fell to the lowest ...
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Reuters) - Tom Petters concocted fake checks and purchase orders as part of a Ponzi scheme to deceive retailers into believing that he was transacting more business with them than he actually was, the U.S. government said at his ...
In this dismal economy, more and more warehouse clubs are accepting food stamps With many families suddenly struggling to feed themselves, the big warehouse clubs known for king-size packages of steak and jumbo boxes of Cheerios are increasingly competing with grocery stores ...
In this Oct. 6, 2009 photo, people shop at the Costco Wholesale Burbank store in Burbank, Calif. Costco said Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, it will start accepting food stamps at its warehouse clubs nationwide after testing them at stores in New York. ...
Costco to accept food stamps nationwide after test program does better than it expected Costco says it will start accepting food stamps at its warehouse clubs nationwide after testing them at stores in New York. It's a big about-face for a retailer ...
Meat processors, feds roll dice when it comes to inspecting hamburgers for E. coli In 2007 a dance instructor who ate a hamburger began feeling stomach cramps. Later, her kidneys failed, she suffered convulsions and eventually was left paralyzed. All of this ...
Retail sales comparisons for September Here are comparisons of how major stores in four key areas of retailing fared in September compared with a year earlier. The figures from participating companies show the change in sales at stores open at least year. ...
Grace Cha, left, grandson Eron Kim, 2, and son William Kim, originally from Korea, shop at the Costco Wholesale Los Feliz store on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009 in Glendale, Calif. Costco Wholesale Corp. said Wednesday that its fiscal fourth-quarter profit fell 6 ...
Costco 4th-qtr profit slips, partly on stronger dollar, but beats analysts' forecasts Costco Wholesale Corp. said Wednesday that a stronger dollar and higher employee health care costs helped drive its fiscal fourth-quarter profit down 6 percent, but the results beat analysts' expectations. ...
