LA's unwise war on shopping carts
Los Angeles Times
Coming up with laws mandating that stores should secure shopping carts shouldn't be the city's responsibility. The City Council has unanimously passed, and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has signed into law, an ordinance that will require all new stores ...



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Bank says U.S. shopping trips costly to economy
Tampabay.com
Canadians making a run to the US border to shop are costing the economy much more than earlier believed, the Bank of Montreal says. "There are already more than 50 million visits to the US by Canadian residents annually," with the number expected to ...
Cross-border shopping 'drain' on economyTheChronicleHerald.ca
Cross-border shopping hitting economy hard, BMO saysCTV.ca
US to cash in on new Cdn. shopping rulesBrandon Sun
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After IPO, Facebook may go shopping
The News Journal
To shore up e-commerce offerings, Facebook could buy a shopping startup, such as social-buying service Payvment Inc., or an online-payment provider, he said. Building on the Instagram deal, Facebook may go after a social-video sharing service like ...

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June 9 shopping event benefits American Cancer Society
Hudson Hub-Times
The Hudson Relay for Life will host its second annual shopping extravaganza this year in an effort to raise money for the American Cancer Society's signature event. A "Shopping for a Cure" Boutique will take place June 9 from 10 am to 2 pm at the ...

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Shopping habits change with the weather
Financial Times
But another senior retailer says the way people shop for clothes has changed, which makes them much more sensitive to factors such as daily temperatures. “For the last 15-20 years, consumers have become more and more event driven, so they only buy when ...



'Shop Hoboken' to return in full force Second annual event will encourage ...
Weehawken Reporter
by Stephen LaMarca COMING JUNE 9 & 10 – Mayor Dawn Zimmer and local business owners held a press conference at Anastasia's Accessories to announce the second annual Shop Hoboken event. For the second straight year, the city will play host to an event ...

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Belk remodeling for 'modern new shopping environment'
Greenville News
Along with normal shopping activity, the store is amid remodeling its fashion department in a $2.5 million effort that will allow the store to offer expanded merchandise, including new brands and styles of shoes and accessories, the company said.

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Protesters march through Chicago shopping district
STLtoday.com
Anti-capitalist protesters marched through Chicago's State Street shopping corridor the day before the city was to host dozens of world leaders at the NATO summit. Shoppers and tourists appeared puzzled by the demonstration early Saturday evening.

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Realignment fallout: CAA shopping for schools to replace outgoing VCU, ODU and ...
Washington Post
Colonial Athletic Association Commissioner Tom Yeager has lost two long-time member universities in the last week, and is now shopping for replacements. He's not happy about the task ahead. “There isn'ta commissioner around that doesn't think that this ...

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Russian Shopping Cart Helps Grow Michigan Plant Business
Auctionbytes
He also needs a shopping cart/ecommerce host that is easy to use and doesn't cut into his slim profit margins. For Brouwer, a package based in Russia called CS-Cart is like the right fertilizer for his growing plant business.


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