Retailers Vie for Back-To-School Buyers
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Apparel retailers are hoping their  back-to-school fashions will make the grade among  style-conscious teens and young adults this fall, but it could  be a tough sell, with students and parents keeping a tighter  hold on their wallets.
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The consumer electronics gizmo  that offers many functions in a small package is what's  compelling back-to-school shoppers to open their wallets.
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n the not-so-distant past, the names Burdines, Rich&#39;s, Goldsmith&#39;s, Bon MarchÃ© and Lazarus had a local glory as the emporiums where customers bought their back-to-school clothes and discovered their Mother&#39;s Day presents.
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The consumer electronics gizmo that offers many functions in a small package is what's compelling back-to-school shoppers to open their wallets.
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If this monthÂs online retail offerings are any indication, 2006Âs back-to-school shopping season was all about college students.
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High Street retailers launch a series of sales and special offers to lure stay-at-home consumers into some early Christmas shopping.
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The August start of the back-to-school shopping season was a disappointment for major retailers, giving the industry a third straight month of tepid sales. Higher gasoline prices and consumers' ongoing worries about jobs contributed to the poor showing.
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The August start of the back-to-school shopping season was a disappointment for major retailers.
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More and more retailers are employing rigorous scientific techniques to improve their bottom line.
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Chain store sales rose more than expected last week mainly due to back-to-school shopping, in a sign that consumers continue to spend despite a weaker economy, two reports showed on Tuesday.
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By MICHAEL HIMOWITZ  With their newly minted high school graduates headed off to college this fall, millions of parents face two agonizing prospects. One is coming up with the first tuition check. The other is buying their freshman a computer.
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Major retailers, led by discounters  Wal-Mart Stores and Target Corp, turned in better-than-expected  August sales on Thursday, as consumers went back-to-school  shopping despite higher gas prices and the nation&#39;s housing  meltdown.
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Sorting the leaders from the laggards in the land of retail.
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Laptops and smart phones are at the head of the class for collegiate back-to-school shoppers.Photos: gadgets at the head of the class
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Shoppers headed to the nation&#39;s malls and stores to grab post-holiday bargains Sunday as merchants slashed prices even deeper in hopes of squeezing more sales out of what&#39;s winding up to be an unimpressive holiday season.
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The leading mall-based athletic specialty retailer focuses on a younger crowd.
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Consumer electronics - such as computers, iPods and cellphones - are expected to charge up this year's back-to-school sales to an estimated $18.4 billion, according to an industry report released Tuesday.