The news in recent months has been mostly ominous for the retail industry as a series of big chains have announced widespread store closings, lower sales numbers or both. Columbus-based The Limited announced late last year that it was closing all of its stores. Electronics retailers HHGregg and Radio Shack have filed for bankruptcy. Large [...]
NEW YORK — If you’re cleaning out your closets for the new year, or need some spare cash after the holidays, your old stuff can help fill up your wallet. A number of websites and apps make it easier to sell used smartphones, furniture and clothes. Here’s where to go to sell your unwanted stuff [...]
NEW YORK — When shoppers walk into JAM Paper, they can choose from hundreds of holiday bows, rolls of wrapping paper and gift bags, in addition to thousands of everyday stationery items. Yet the store will account for just 2 percent of the company’s business this year. JAM Paper now gets so much of its [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to slow its new store openings and pour more money into its online efforts, technology and store remodels, the company said Thursday. The world’s largest retailer also tempered its outlook, saying it anticipates fiscal 2018 earnings per share being about flat with its fiscal 2017 adjusted earnings [...]
Virtual charter schools can give students who are falling behind in traditional schools a chance to find success in an alternative learning environment, or an opportunity for an education that is not otherwise available to them, proponents of the schools say. However, a new study suggests that students in fully online schools learn less than [...]