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Raley's strike ends
Raley's has settled its strike in time for Thanksgiving, restoring labor peace to Northern California's turbulent supermarket industry. Striking Raley's employees picket outside of the Raley's grocery...
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At Arden Fair mall, wristbands to help reunite parents, lost kids
Arden Fair mall has a new tool this holiday season for reuniting parents with lost children: wristbands for the kids that have their folks' cellphone numbers written on them. Manny Crisostomo...
View ArticleMoppet Shoppe has new site in midtown
The Moppet Shoppe, a children's clothing boutique that previously operated in Elk Grove for more than 20 years, has settled into a new location in midtown Sacramento.
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Shop-local movement touts Small Business Saturday
It's a little tough to feel jolly this holiday season, if you're a small-business owner. Bruised by the recession and uneasy about the postelection economy, America's small businesses face yet another...
View ArticleSacramento's Thanksgiving shoppers line up for cheap TVs
While much of Sacramento enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner early Thursday evening, hundreds of local retail workers toiled behind locked doors, preparing their stores for the line of customers already...
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Q&A: Arden Fair security chief offers advice for holiday shoppers
A former Sacramento police official and familiar presence in the region's media reports on shopping and security, Steve Reed took time Friday morning to offer advice to potential shoppers. Steve Reed,...
View ArticleShoe chain proposes move into Elk Grove
DSW Inc., the shoe store chain from Columbus, Ohio, has submitted initial paperwork to occupy a former Borders Books store at 7415 Laguna Blvd. in Elk Grove.
View ArticleGun sales rise sharply for Black Friday, month of November
Toy and electronics stores weren't the only businesses racking up big sales numbers on Black Friday.
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Fresh & Easy parent to exit U.S. market; fate of Sacramento-area stores unknown
The supermarket version of the British invasion appears to be over. Workers stock shelves at a Fresh & Easy in south Sacramento. Tesco invested $2 billion in its U.S. subsidiary.
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Post-holiday horde flocks back to malls
For shoppers, it was a chance to nab some of the deepest discounts of the year. For retailers, it was a chance to salvage some joy following a surprisingly lackluster holiday shopping season. Jenifer...
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Gap is moving out of Sacramento's Downtown Plaza
Sacramento's Downtown Plaza is losing another significant tenant: The Gap and its neighboring Gap Kids are leaving the troubled mall. Gap is moving out of Sacramento's Downtown Plaza.
View ArticleRaley's will shut down a Food Source grocery
Raley's said Tuesday it's closing one of its Food Source stores, a location in Elk Grove.
View ArticleRetail vacancies shrink to 4-year low in Sacramento region
The vacancy rate in the Sacramento region's retail market finished 2012 at 9.35 percent, the lowest level since 2008, according to the Sacramento-area office of Voit Real Estate Services.
View ArticleGap stores leaving Downtown Plaza
Someday, perhaps, Sacramento's Downtown Plaza could be turned into an arena for the Kings.
View ArticleNugget Market stays on 'best company' list
Nugget Market Inc. made Fortune magazine's list of the "100 Best Companies to Work For."
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Longtime tenant Brookstone leaves Downtown Plaza
Sacramento's Downtown Plaza shopping complex will bid farewell to yet another retail tenant when its Brookstone store closes for good at the end of business today. Downtown Plaza has seen its tenants...
View Article3 big-box tenants due at Town & Country
Sacramento's venerable Town & Country Village shopping center, in the midst of a major makeover, confirmed Wednesday that it's adding three big-box stores later this year.
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Couponing craze continues at a slower clip
In the heart of the recession, we became a coupon-crazy country, clipping, printing and downloading billions of coupons a year. Coupon Divas club member Leann Dickinson peruses her binder full of...
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Westfield Galleria in Roseville to 'embrace' Saturday's 'kiss-in' protest
After a security guard reportedly ejected a gay couple for exchanging kisses in the Westfield Galleria in Roseville, the mall management announced that it will "embrace" a "kiss-in" scheduled Saturday...
View ArticleLane Bryant opens new store in Folsom
Women's apparel retailer Lane Bryant has opened a new store in Broadstone Plaza in Folsom.
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