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Jewelry performed well at some of the nationa s department stores. For the month of August, Saks noted the strongest categories were fine and fashion jewelry along with women's shoes, dresses, and cosmetics... Read the Full Article.

Pioneer High School girls' volleyball coach Dana Anglin says her Patriots' preseason schedule is brutal... Read the Full Article.

Retailers performed better than expected in August and beat forecasts for the first time since March... Read the Full Article.

HONOLULU More than a quarter of a million dollars worth of jewelry was gone in an instant, and now, a jewelry wholesaler is desperately trying to recover the stolen merchandise... Read the Full Article.

Friday is Fashion Night Out 2010. Voguea s editor, Anna Wintour, started the shoppers event last year in New York City, and this year it has gone national... Read the Full Article.

U.S. stocks rose, with the Standard & Poor's 500 Index building on its biggest rally in almost two months, after retail sales improved, initial jobless claims fell and pending home sales unexpectedly increased... Read the Full Article.

The latests trends in fall fashions hit the stores and the runways. Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images This weekend, the Labor Day holiday signals the unofficial start of the Fall season - " whether we're ready or not... Read the Full Article.

Shantae Veland Bail $100K in Westroads incident She's not accused of shoplifting that much - less than $200 worth of Old Navy merchandise, prosecutors say... Read the Full Article.

Zacks highlights commentary from People and Picks Trader a oeinthemoneystocksa ... Read the Full Article.

Mei Xu took several detours to become a founder of a multimillion-dollar candle and home decor company in Maryland... Read the Full Article.

The calendar was crowded yesterday with an ECB meeting and a number of key US data releases, but market movements were tempered as participants remain sidelined ahead of today's Sultan of all statistics, the US payrolls report... Read the Full Article.

Stingy consumers are causing stomachaches for brand-name makers of household goods and packaged foods... Read the Full Article.

Yesterday, Sept. 2, the first and only North Carolina Nordstrom Rack opened its doors to shopping-crazed fashionistas.A Starting before 7 a.m., the line grew steadily, eventually streaming past neighboring stores and wrapping around the entire strip mall... Read the Full Article.

Within 5 years online sales are predicted to make up over half of all US retail purchases, with Amazon.com now leading the pack and gaining ground globally, while storefront retailers join the internet bandwagon in order to survive... Read the Full Article.

Salem-based satellite navigation company Garmin AT is set to expand its operations and hire 25-50 persons... Read the Full Article.

Despite a weak job market, consumers opened their wallets and started spending once again, shinning a ray of light on ETFs which track the retail sector, such as the SPDR S&P Retail ETF , the Retail HOLDRs and the PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio ... Read the Full Article.

This year's back-to-school season isn't as big a bust for retailers as they feared -- or as last year's -- but it's not great, either... Read the Full Article.

Central's Kimber Baker records a kill Thursday as Palisade's Mecia Dearth tries to block in the Warriors' 23-25, 25-17, 21-25, 25-16, 15-13 victory in the season opener for both teams... Read the Full Article.

This year's back-to-school season isn't as big a bust for retailers as they feared - or as last year's - but it's not great either... Read the Full Article.

U.S. retail activity rose in August at a faster pace than analysts expected as did pending home sales... Read the Full Article.

U.S. stocks mounted a modest afternoon rally to close near the day's highs Thursday as investors awaited monthly jobs data on Friday that will shed more light on the economic recovery... Read the Full Article.

Drivers, you might want to watch your speed when heading to Muscatine. Red light cameras may be on their way to the city... Read the Full Article.

This year's back-to-school season isn't as big a bust for retailers as they feared - or as last year's - but it's not great either... Read the Full Article.

Premium denim manufacturer True Religion Brand Jeans is, in my opinion, the best bang for your buck in apparel stocks these days - especially after shedding 29% of its value in the month of August alone... Read the Full Article.

Year-over-year change in selected retailers' same-store sales. Chain August Abercrombie & Fitch {TriUp} 6% Costco Wholesale {TriUp} 7% Dillard's 0% Gap 0% Kohl's {TriUp} 4.5% Limited Brands {TriUp} 10% Macy's {TriUp} 4.3% Neiman Marcus {TriUp} 2.9% Nordstrom {TriUp} 6.3% J.C. Penney {TriUp} 2.3% Saks {TriUp} 1% Target {TriUp} 1.8% TJX {TriUp} 2% ..... Read the Full Article.

A Canadian stock markets continued their rally Thursday, with the S&P/TSX Composite index rising for the seventh session in a row... Read the Full Article.

Representatives from a Park City charter school filed an ethics complaint Thursday against a legislator who they say used his state position to inappropriately push state entities to close the school... Read the Full Article.

Buoyed by above-average same-store sales in August, the two retailers look like good investments... Read the Full Article.

US stocks rose on low volume on Thursday as data showed improvement in housing and the job market a day ahead of the critical monthly payrolls figures... Read the Full Article.

Stocks advanced yesterday, extending Wednesday's gain that marked the Standard & Poor's 500 index's biggest rally in almost two months, as initial unemployment claims fell and pending home sales unexpectedly increased... Read the Full Article.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market... Read the Full Article.

Military green is the new basic of the season. It can be worn with nearly everything... Read the Full Article.

It's Blue Skies and BIG Bargains at the Mall of Georgia this Labor Day Weekend! Photo: Kasie Bolling While some families make their plans for boating on the lake, camping in the mountains, or grilling out in the backyard this Labor Day Weekend, countless others have their eyes firmly set on the REAL prize - " the beloved Labor Day Weekend Sale ..... Read the Full Article.

This year's back-to-school season isn't as big a bust for retailers as they feared -- or as last year's -- but it's not great either... Read the Full Article.

After a difficult month that raised fears that the economy could plunge into another recession, the nation's retailers offered a ... After a difficult month that raised fears that the economy could plunge into another recession, the nation's retailers offered a glimmer of hope Thursday by posting surprisingly solid August sales figures... Read the Full Article.

Luxury department store Nordstrom Inc. said Thursday that its revenue at stores open at least a year rose 6.3 percent in August, just beating Wall Street expectations... Read the Full Article.

Retailers have delivered a late-summer surprise, with sales for the key back-to-school buying month of August largely coming in better than expected... Read the Full Article.

After a respite of low-slung, wide-leg and loose jeans, it seems the tight jean is back! I saw tight jean leggings for women in Nordstrom last spring and recently saw tight jean leggings for girls in Target... Read the Full Article.

Assouline Publishing, creator of illustrated books and luxury editions, plans to open a 1,246-square-foot boutique Oct... Read the Full Article.

Hype lambskin hobo handbag in cashmere. Photo: Hype Hype Handbags are a popular and affordable line of handbags which features both fashion forward and edgy yet classic style s. The Miriam lambskin hobo included in the Hype handbags Fall collection, defies the current lady bag trend and messenger bag trend by presenting a studded, floppy hobo that ..... Read the Full Article.

With the change in season comes a big change in our trends. Rest assured, your over-the-knee-boots are still fashionable but therea s nothing quite like the feeling of sporting a new look for the approaching chilly months... Read the Full Article.

It takes little time and money to transform shoes from basic to fashion-forward . Photo: EM In the search for comfort, ita TMs tempting to sacrifice style... Read the Full Article.

It would seem hard to make a sweatsuit ill-fitting , but those are among the complaints retailers had at the beginning of the year about Juicy Couture... Read the Full Article.

DPS is a full-service production company that specializes in concert touring support, fashion show design, and private and corporate events... Read the Full Article.

A lot has happened in the 12 years since Sebastian McCall opened Charlie's Jeans in Old City... Read the Full Article.

Hallelujah! WWD reported that its overview of the company's inventory in these stores was scant, at best, noting, " A spot check of stores revealed that Saks Fifth Avenue dropped the Juicy Couture line at the New York flagship for fall; Bloomingdale's flagship cut way back on its Juicy department on the contemporary floor; Nordstrom passed on the ..... Read the Full Article.

Acqua di Parma has "re-styled" original Colonia * to produce the brand new Colonia Essenza... Read the Full Article.

New York Fashion Week, the first blitz of highly publicized runway shows featuring looks for spring 2011, is seven days away... Read the Full Article.

It seems like over night, we're all in the mood for fall nail colors and I couldn't be happier about it... Read the Full Article.

An alley in St. Paul has been transformed into a quaint European shopping district... Read the Full Article.