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Lower auto sales this year
Sun StaffAfter the most disappointing holiday retail season in a decade, few experts expect a quick rebound for retailers in 2001. News has been grim so far, with store closings, layoffs and bankruptcies coming on the heels of a 2000 holiday season hurt by a...Tags: Marketing, Annapolis, Sears, Roebuck and Co., Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc., Real Estate Agents
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Old names to dominate e-tailing
Sun StaffOnline retailing - still in its infancy but growing fast despite some early stumbles - will continue moving into the mainstream of consumer buying in 2001. Last year, a crowded field of purely Internet start-ups fought it out for market share,...Tags: Consumers, Marketing, Best Buy Co., Inc., Building Material, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts)
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Kids, commies and cafes
Special to SunSpotAlthough it may seem as though there's a Borders or Barnes & Noble in every neighborhood, Baltimore does have a strong contingency of small, specialized bookstores that cater to more individualized tastes. For a bookstore with a hard edge, try Atomic...Tags: Mount Vernon, Fells Point, Books and Magazines, Books, Roland Park
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High stakes for supermarkets, unions
Special to SunSpotAs the supermarket showdown in California wears on, labor unions across the country are at a crossroads. Negotiations to end a months-old strike against two grocery store chains owned by Safeway Inc., Vons and Pavilion are at an impasse. Meanwhile,...Tags: Prices, Chestertown, Pleasanton (Alameda, California), Colleges and Universities, Prince George's County
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Bargain-hunting consumers grant stores' fondest wishes this shopping season
Sun StaffBargain-hungry consumers went on a spending spree over the post-Thanksgiving weekend, sparking hope of a better-than-expected holiday season for retailers. But stores will need to keep promoting heavily to meet - if not beat - last year's holiday sales,...Tags: Auto Trends, Death, Religious Festivals, Consumers, Hanukkah
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Toy timeline
- 1840: An American doll maker is granted a patent, and dolls are mass-produced in America for the first time. - 1862: German immigrant Frederick August Otto Schwarz opens the FAO Schwarz toy chain in Baltimore before moving it to New York a few years...Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Hasbro Inc., Manhattan (New York City), Toy Industry, Toys
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Shoppers' hunt for bargains lifts sales
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBombarding shoppers with bargains apparently pumped up sales for the nation's retailers, which posted a better-than-expected start to the holiday shopping season, analysts said Sunday. Yet it was far from clear whether U.S. retail sales will end up...Tags: Terrorism, Los Angeles Times, Religious Festivals, Consumers, Toys
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Things moving in Hampstead, if only they had that bypass
Special to The SunIf you want to strike up a conversation with a stranger on the streets of Hampstead, just mention the word traffic, advises Chris Cavey. "You'll have a compadre for life," he said with a laugh. The first reported appearance of a car in Hampstead was in...Tags: Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc., Vehicles, Golf, Family, Water Supply
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Supermarkets in transition
Special to Baltimoresun.comWhile a strike was averted at more than 300 Giant and Safeway stores in the Baltimore-Washington region, the issues that factored into labor negotiations remain and must be addressed by both company managers and union leaders if the companies are to...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Marketing, Pleasanton (Alameda, California), Collective Contract, Whole Foods Market
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African-Americans to demand share of slots
Sun StaffBlack legislative leaders say they will fight the legalization of slot machines in Maryland unless African-Americans get at least one of the state's gambling licenses. Del. Obie Patterson, who is chairman of the legislative black caucus, said that...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Maryland, Justice System, Casino and Gambling Industry, Laws
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U.S. trade imbalance stretches ability to store cargo in Baltimore, other ports
Sun StaffFor executives like Tom Matte, the huge U.S. trade imbalance presents a constant shell game. A senior manager for an international auto handler, Matte must find storage space for hundreds of Hondas arriving in the bellies of hulking cargo ships from...Tags: Inner Harbor, Maryland, Shipping Service, Long Beach (Los Angeles, California), General Motors Corp.
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