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Brick and mortar bookstores report good quarter. Wait, what?

2013-05-23 14:01:00

Believe it or not, something good has happened to brick-and-mortar bookstores. In the first quarter of 2013, more book buyers walked in their doors -- a lot more. Retail watcher Placed Insights found brick-and-mortar booksellers saw a 27% increase in...

Kmart 'Ship My Pants,' 'Big Gas Savings' campaigns go viral

2013-05-23 11:34:00

Kmart’s woes — sliding sales, worried investors — would make any retailer want to curse. But as it turns out, the discounter’s dirty mouth may prove to be a saving grace. The chain, which has a bit of a fuddy-duddy reputation,...

Wal-Mart reports weak 1st-quarter sales, blames weather, tax issues

2013-05-16 08:49:00

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported slight upticks in revenue and profit in its first quarter, but the retail behemoth still missed Wall Street’s expectations and watched its stock suffer in morning trading. The Bentonville, Ark., mega-chain blamed...

In Bangladesh, shock may give way to status quo

2013-05-15 15:44:00

NEW DELHI — The disaster caused shocking loss of life among young, mostly female garment workers, awoke the conscience of a nation, spotlighted dismal working conditions and spurred loud calls for construction and labor reform. So far, that...

Cinemark to build 14-screen movie theater at Carson mall

2013-05-16 04:00:00

Cinemark Holdings Inc., the nation's third-largest theater chain, is bulking up in Los Angeles County with plans to open a multiplex at the SouthBay Pavilion shopping mall in Carson. Vintage Real Estate, which owns and manages SouthBay Pavilion, said it...

Kardashians' Khroma makeup renamed

2013-05-13 08:02:00

Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian's Khroma beauty line is being renamed Kardashian Beauty after a legal challenge from Florida-based Kroma Makeup. The products should arrive in stores including Sears and CVS in two to three weeks. [The Cut] The Obama...

Men accused of stealing women's clothes at Sears

2013-04-17 12:42:00

Two Arleta men were arrested Saturday after they stole women’s clothing from Sears in Burbank and returned to the store, police said. The men -- Richard Munje, 46, and Paul Rey, 30 -- stuffed a yellow plastic bag with women’s shorts, pants...

John Galardi dies at 75; founder of Der Wienerschnitzel

2013-04-16 00:00:00

When John Galardi saw a man hosing down the parking lot of a modest Mexican restaurant in Pasadena, he asked for work. Galardi was young and broke, a college student freshly arrived from Missouri and looking for anything to help him scrape by. It turned...

John Galardi dies: Wienerschnitzel maverick 'had to be wealthy'

2013-04-15 12:32:00

John Galardi has died, placing a period on one of the fast-food industry's greatest rags-to-riches stories. The Wienerschnitzel founder once said, simply: "I had to be wealthy." At age 19, the Midwestern boy of humble origins had never eaten out or...

Portrait studios suddenly close in Sears, some Wal-Marts

2013-04-05 16:35:00

Portrait studios at Sears and some Wal-Mart stores — the scenes of innumerable family photos — have unexpectedly closed as their operator, CPI Corp., goes out of business. The portrait provider said in a statement on its website that all...

J.C. Penney reports another loss in fourth quarter; sales slide 28%

2013-02-27 13:53:00

J.C. Penney Co. is falling deeper into a rut, reporting yet another quarter of tanking sales and net loss as the department store chain struggles in its reinvention. The Plano, Texas, company reported a net loss of $552 million, or $2.51 a share, in its...

Countdown to the Grammys: Band camp - on a major scale

2013-02-07 07:00:00

Staples Center is bustling with activity ahead of Sunday's Grammy Awards. Red carpets are being rolled out, producers are going over the run of the show, and chart-topping artists are polishing their performances. Just two miles away, in USC's Grand...

Jodi Meyer has been promoted to senior print production manager at health care ad agency AbelsonTaylor. Meyer, 37, with more than a decade of production experience, will be working on products in the areas of nutrition, diabetes, wound care, pediatric and respiratory distress.

2013-06-07 00:00:00

A customer at a Sears store in Chicago looks over washing machines.

2013-06-03 06:53:00

The tower on the Sears store on East 79th Street in Chicago is shown in a 2009 file photo.

2013-05-30 15:44:00