Starting October 2015, MasterCard and Visa will usher in a major change in the U.S. credit card industry. Credit cards will have microchips in them. Consumers will use PIN numbers instead of signing credit card receipts. And consumers will insert …
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For an eighth consecutive year, Ace Hardware ranks highest in satisfying home improvement retail store customers. Ace Hardware achieves a score of 791 and performs particularly well in the staff and service factor. Menards ranks second with a score of …
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“Sears is undergoing a significant transformation, and we fundamentally are changing the way we do business,” says Edward S. Lampert, Sears Holdings’ chairman and CEO in a company release. “Our performance in the first quarter highlights the challenges we are facing …
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Westlake Ace Hardware is hosting a Salvation Army Fans for Families drive at its stores. According to a news release from the Salvation Army, heat is one of the leading weather-related killers in the United States and causes hundreds of fatalities …
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A new “Truth About Shopping” study explores global consumer attitudes and behavior related to all areas of shopping today, including online, mobile and in-store purchasing, views about data and privacy, and preferences about the shopping environment and experience. Conducted by …
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Sears recently introduced Connected Solutions, experiential shops that bring together assortments of smart, connected home and personal automation products. For example, a customer could program his garage door opener to be notified by text when the door is open and closed. Could …
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American shoppers dialed it back in April after spending at the fastest pace in almost five years. Household purchases unexpectedly fell 0.1 percent, the first decrease in a year, after a 1 percent gain the prior month that was the …
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The importance of small business to job creation and to the U.S. economy has been the focus of economists and policy makers alike for several decades. But defining or measuring what constitutes or defines a small business is quite challenging, …
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