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Woman federally charged in bathroom purse-snatching scheme
The Nottingham woman had ducked into a bathroom at the White Marsh Sears when she heard a voice from the adjoining stall: Her neighbor had found the toilet-paper dispenser empty. Could she pass some under the divider? As she gathered a bunch,...
Tags: Sears, Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, Nottingham, Baltimore County
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Small toy shops expect bright holiday
Just as Tom and Claudia Towles were opening their second Baltimore toy shop four years ago, the recession hit. The owners of aMuse Toys decided to cut back — not on staff or selling space — but on the number of manufacturers whose products...
Tags: Family, Hampden, Toy Industry, Small Business Saturday, Toys "R" Us, Inc.
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A first glimpse at fall fashion 2013
It's the dead of winter, which means that while the rest of us get ready for spring, high fashion is already showing us fall. Photos from recent shows in Europe left us mostly breathless — except for a disaster from Chanel. From the monochromatic...
Tags: Prada, Badgley Mischka, Bottega Veneta, Banana Republic, Chanel S.A.
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How the Ravens built a winning brand
When the Baltimore Ravens won Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans last week, the team crossed a threshold for sports franchises: They joined 11 other teams in the National Football League to have won more than one Super Bowl in the 47 years the game has...
Tags: Washington Redskins, Dallas Cowboys, Consumers, Football, Super Bowl XLVII
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Small Business Saturday a success in Bel Air
Big box stores draw huge crowds each year on Black Friday. But, more recently, American Express started the Small Business Saturday initiative, encouraging shoppers to hit their favorite local retailers and put their hard-earned money back into the...
Tags: Business, Small Business Saturday, Small Businesses
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Small Business Saturday helps glass blowing studio get in holiday spirit
It was cold outside, but, "It's hot in here," said Mac Jensen, 9, who spent part of Small Business Saturday blowing into one end of a long pipe with a globule of hot glass on the other end. Mac was participating in a workshop to make holiday ornaments...
Tags: Artists, Small Business Saturday, Glen Burnie, Business, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning
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North Baltimore merchants plan big investment in Small Business Saturday
Ask bookstore owner Benn Ray which he prefers, Black Friday or Small Business Saturday, and he will give you a straight answer. "I prefer the one that's going to bring in the most money," said Ray, president of the Hampden Village Merchants...
Tags: Hampden, Small Business Saturday, Walters Art Museum, Walmart, Downtown (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Small businesses facing the coming shopping season
The Black Friday shopping weekend last year brought sales that surpassed expectations at Sports Card Heroes on Main Street. With a new location across the street, owner Rick Currence is looking forward to the 2012 holiday season, hopeful sales will...
Tags: Business, Marketing, Small Business Saturday, Small Businesses, Local Government
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Schaefer's aquarium mermaid tells her tale, three decades later
She had won a string of beauty pageants — and was the original St. Pauli Girl of beer advertising fame — so Debbie Walker, a blond model from Washington, D.C., was accustomed to her fair share of attention. But she'd never seen anything like...
Tags: Kennedy Krieger Institute, Restaurants, Mayflower Voyage (1620), Dining and Drinking, Cinderella (fictional character)
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Gift card sales booming during the holidays
Cheryl Knauer has a restaurant gift card in mind for her in-laws, a massage gift card planned for another family member and intends to pick up cards in smaller dollar amounts to Chick-fil-A and Starbucks for kids' stockings and teachers' gifts. The...
Tags: McDonald's, Douglas F. Gansler, Walmart, Ellicott City, Consumers
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Five questions with Deb Tillett
Deb Tillett has been around the world, pursuing a career in technology that started a few decades ago in the suburbs of Baltimore. She learned the ropes of the video game world while working at one of the local companies — MicroProse — that...
Tags: Game Playing, StraighterLine, Electronics, Baltimore Running Festival, Gaming
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American Express ordered to refund $85M to consumers
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced Monday that it had ordered three subsidiaries of American Express to refund about $85 million to roughly a quarter-million consumers for violating consumer protection laws. In addition, several federal...Tags: Consumers, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Credit and Debt
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