March 15, 2009
Reaching for the frozen pizza aisle more often these days to save a buck in tough times? I hear you. My question is whether the costliest frozen pizza is really the best tasting. Inquiring minds want to know. We hope to answer that question soon by holdin...
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March 13, 2009
GREENSBORO — Look for the first tenants to begin occupying the long-awaited Center Pointe condo project within the next 30 days. “I definitely think we can make that goal,” developer Roy Carroll told members of the Kiwanis Club of G...
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March 12, 2009
Greensboro-based VF Corp. said today it has acquired the remaining two-thirds of the capital stock of Mo Industries, owner of the Splendid and Ella Moss contemporary sportswear brands. The acquisition cost VF $161 million, plus the repayment of $47 millio...
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Fairway Outdoor Advertising of the Triad has introduced what it calls ecofriendly billboards. The new signs don’t use old-fashioned paper or paste. Rather, they’re made of a lightweight material called polyethylene that can be recycled into pr...
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March 11, 2009
Dell began meeting with employees today about layoffs at the company's operations around the globe, including its Winston-Salem plant. But the company is being hush-hush concerning specifics, such as the number of people losing their jobs and where they w...
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Bargain is the new black, and marketers have caught on. But when is a sale a deal? Retailers have developed myriad techniques to entice customers into the store, over to their products and eventually to the checkout line. Understanding...
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March 8, 2009
Christopher McMickle sees customers in his Greensboro pawnshop who have always struggled to make ends meet. Like the woman dressed in tattered clothes who recently came in with her daughter, who wasn’t wearing shoes, so she could get quick cash for he...
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March 6, 2009
GREENSBORO - Dan Atwell and his wife, Crystal, were among the first to arrive at the Circuit City off Wendover Avenue in Greensboro this morning, hoping to snag some deals before the chain
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The owners of Madison Dry Goods Co. bill their 14-year-old establishment as “the only store of its kind in the Piedmont.” Soon, some other business can make that claim. Richard and Kathy Miller plan to close their Murphy Street business — a nostalgi...
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March 5, 2009
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - All of Circuit City's stores will close for good by Sunday, powering down what once was the nation's second-largest consumer electronics retailer, its liquidators said. "Consumers reacted to the top-quality product that they had, and...
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March 4, 2009
MADISON (MCT) - Kathy Miller and her husband, Richard, co-owners of Madison Dry Goods, recently decided it's time to close the store and move on to something new. ''It's just time," she said. "Working seven days a week and all through the holidays takes i...
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DALLAS - With the dreary economic outlook not changing anytime soon, not as many people are leaving malls carrying shopping bags. Instead they are turning to shops where cobblers and tailors are fixing shoes or altering clothes already in the closet. All...
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March 2, 2009
GREENSBORO - The American Psychological Association has presented Replacements Ltd. with its 2009 Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award. The award, given Sunday night in Washington, recognizes businesses that promote employee health and well-being.
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Twenty years ago, Trent Dale jumped out of an airplane to earn a nickel-sized military pendant of 14-karat gold. Last month, he walked into a pawnshop and traded it for $20 cash. "That's gas money that'll get me up to see my son," said Dal...
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If you want to make blood-and-gore video games less appealing to minors, then toss those restrictive age and violent-content warnings. The lure of something off-limits only increases demand, a new study says.
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March 1, 2009
Pair a beautiful suede coat with plaid pants, a turtleneck and a great pair of Ferragamo pumps. See more in this month's graphic
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February 25, 2009
RALEIGH — North Carolina should continue to put more than $1.36 million a year into marketing the semiannual furniture trade show in High Point despite the sour economy, Market Authority President Brian Casey told legislators Tuesday afternoon. “We......
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February 24, 2009
Shopping mall owner General Growth Properties Inc., which is struggling to stave off bankruptcy and refinance billions in debt, on Monday reported lower-than-expected fourth-quarter funds from operations, as the weak economy crimped retail rents. The real...
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February 23, 2009
DOVER, Del. (AP) - Ritz Camera Centers, the nation's largest retail photography chain, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The Beltsville, Md.-based company submitted its filing on Sunday in federal bankruptcy court in Delaware. Ritz Camera op...
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ASHEVILLE (AP) — An official with the Denny's restaurants has met with a North Carolina woman who says she was harassed when she was approached about breast-feeding her child in an Asheville restaurant. Twenty-eight-year-old Crystal Everitt met with Ric...
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February 22, 2009
GREENSBORO - We may be in a recession. But you'd never know it by Saturday's Apple Store grand opening. About 50 employees at the Friendly Center store worked the energized crowd that lined around the back of building, giving people high fives while hoot...
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February 21, 2009
GREENSBORO - They were armed with MacBooks and iPhones for amusement, Apple sweatshirts and sleeping bags for warmth. They swapped anecdotes about Steve Jobs, referring to him on a first-name basis. As the temperatures dipped below freezing at the Shops a...
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February 19, 2009
CHARLOTTE (AP) - A tough economy hasn't stopped a Swedish-based furniture company from opening its first store in the Carolinas. The Charlotte Observer reported on Wednesday that an estimated 2,000 people had already packed into IKEA's new 356,000-square......
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GREENSBORO - Some area potters have a different idea on how to spark business in a tough economy: bring the pottery to the people. A group of Seagrove potters is organizing the spring festival at the Greensboro Coliseum in April. "We thought we should go...
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February 18, 2009
NEW YORK - Maria Ayson and Nolan Green Jr. should be married by now. The couple set a date, picked their reception hall, bought the dress, booked the photographer and ordered the cake for a Saturday this past August. Then came the bad news. "When he got l...
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