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  • Rite Aid gives $1.3M toward educating children of vets

    Rite Aid associates plan to honor 274 students who have been named recipients of Folds of Honor educational scholarships provided by the Rite Aid Foundation’s KidCents program.

  • American Express lost Costco, but it gained its rival

    Bentonville, Ark. -- In the latest move in its battle against Costco, Sam's Club is going to start accepting the very form of payment that Costco rebuffed earlier this year.

    Starting Oct. 1, all Sam’s Club locations in the U.S. and Puerto Rico will take American Express cards at checkout. Earlier this year Costco ended its 16-year relationship with American in favor of Visa after the two companies could not come to an agreement on new terms.

  • These grocery shoppers actually want to pay more

    Whole Foods Market is encountering a peculiar wave of opposition as it looks to expand growth opportunities in a new target market in California.

    A petition is circulating in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles area to get Whole Foods Market's planned "365" value format converted into a traditional Whole Foods Market store.

  • Teen retailer’s profit plunges in Q2

    Lynnwood, Wash. -- It was tough going for Zumiez Inc. in the second quarter as its profit fell 57% amid increased promotional activity.

    The skate and surf apparel retailer reported net income of $3.2 million in the quarter, compared to net income of $7.5 million in the year-ago period. The results included include costs of approximately $0.4 million, for charges associated with the acquisition of Blue Tomato.

    Total net sales for the quarter increased 1.8% to $179.8 million, from $176.7 million a year ago.

  • Sam's Club lobs another salvo at Costco

    In the latest move in its battle against Costco, Sam's Club is going to start accepting the very form of payment that Costco rebuffed earlier this year.

  • New honor for Container Store chief

    Kip Tindell, co-founder, chairman and CEO of The Container Store, has joined a global list of who’s who in retailing.

  • Retailers getting ready for EMV shift, but what about consumers?

    Arlington, Va. -- A report says that only one in five debit and credit cards are ready for the EMV shift.

    As retailers spend billions to upgrade their point of sale terminals to accept new chip cards before the Oct. 1 liability shift deadline, the nation’s largest card network acknowledged that a staggering number of magnetic “swipe” cards have not been replaced with new cards.

  • Team Depot mobilizes for military veterans

    The Home Depot's Team Depot is taking on the home lives of U.S. military veterans and their families through a two-month-long campaign called Celebration of Service.

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