Roots in Retail: Store Looks to Link African Americans to Heritage
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By The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind.  Dec. 19--Pamela Peterson-Hines has wanted to open her own business since she was a girl. With her two daughters in college, she decided now was the right time.
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The footwear retailer looks to expand its business following a strong Q1.
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Recent research at the Schomburg Center about African-American migration could redefine black history.
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Shopping at your neighborhood &quot;dollar store,&quot; you can likely find bargains on backscratchers, potholders, and key chains.
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Mainstream stores like Bendel's and Saks Fifth Avenue are borrowing the looks and merchandising strategies of Frederick's of Hollywood.
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MIAMI - America Online Inc. has launched an online shopping service called inStore that lets users search for products, compare prices and features and set up price-drop alerts.
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Things could be better for the Goth retailer.
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This week marks the 30th anniversary of one of America's great television miniseries, Roots.  With minorities running as serious contenders for president and with two African-American coaches in the Super Bowl, the impact of this TV series is probably not fully appreciated today.
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BIRMINGHAM, Mich. -- James Esshaki pilots his black Mercedes down the main strip of what's left of the high-end shopping district here, coming to one of the 11 buildings he owns. "Esshaki Properties for Lease" posters hang in the windows where mannequins modeling the latest fashions should be. For...
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Two new East Coast stores will boast a revamped design when they open Sept. 23. But details so far are scant.
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By Chris Brawley Morgan, The Daily Oklahoman  Sep. 9--STILLWATER -- A new open-air shopping center here will feature a Belk department store, providing Stillwater with some of the specialty items it has been missing.
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Where the shoppers are and what they're finding.
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U.S. retailers are spicing up their fashion lines with a bit of Latin flavor to attract a long-neglected but increasingly important group of consumers -- Hispanics.
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By STEPHEN MANNING  COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The next time you walk by a shop window, take a glance at your reflection.
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By Margarita Bauza, Detroit Free Press  Dec. 11--Gene Brady remembers a holiday gift he received from a business associate years ago. It was a ho-hum tie that had a company logo stitched in the center.
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Marchets Toys &amp; Hobbies, a small shop tucked in the corner of Southgate Shopping Center, is a reminder of life before the big-box stores.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich.  - When you walk through the doors of Borders' new concept store, the place feels familiar. As with any big-box bookstore, you'll find a coffee shop over here and some strategically placed leather chairs over there. And, of course, lots of books. But follow the table of books snaking off to the right, and you'll come face-to-face with Borders' newest retail strategy: a digital center where you can download music or books, burn CDs, research family histories, print pictures and order leather-bound books crammed with family photos - with help from clerks who know how to do those sorts of things and won't embarrass you if you don't.