| Local business owners say season already looking up |
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BY JULIA M. SCOTT, Staff WriterArticle Last Updated:11/23/2006 09:59:04 PM PST
While thousands of consumers are expected to swarm Southland shopping centers and stores today, it is still too early to tell if retailers will see blockbuster holiday spending or if sales will be one washout.
But local experts and one smattering of business owners say things already are looking good as they head into the monthlong post-Thanksgiving buying frenzy. ... |
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| Once bogged down, cranberry sales way up |
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Long one jellied side dish at Thanksgiving, cranberries are increasingly bringing their tart taste and health benefits to products beyond Cosmopolitan cocktails and juice drinks.
The red berries are turning up in everything from confections and wines to soaps and salsas, with many cranberry growers hawking an array of products at their own stores or over the Internet. ... |
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| Costco is No Walmart |
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Faisal Laljee submits: Non-specialty retail is certainly not an exciting genre and the likes of Target (TGT) and Walmart (WMT) do not exactly inspire investors. However, there is one company that stands out from its cohorts - Costco (COST).
The Costco experience is one unique one - for both their employees and their customers. ... |
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