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	<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>McDonald’s + Coffee = Profits</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/mcdonald%e2%80%99s-coffee-profits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iritter</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Starbucks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/?p=132</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While the coffee sector isn’t too kind to Starbucks lately, McDonald’s had a profitable second quarter due, in part, to its push into that beverage space.

That’s what WD Partners analyst Dennis Lombardi says in this MarketWatch audio interview where he talks about the fast-food giant’s strong Q2. “People are still learning that it’s a great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mervyns Is Next?</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/mervyns-is-next/</link>
		<comments>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/mervyns-is-next/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iritter</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[store closings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It seems like Hayward, CA-based department-store chain Mervyns is the next in line for closures or bankruptcy.

We are seeing reports that the retailer, with most of its 177 stores on the West Coast, is no longer getting orders approved from suppliers.

It’s been years since we’ve entered a Mervyns, but we’re not surprised at this news [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fun With Maps: Starbucks Closures</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/fun-with-maps-starbucks-closures/</link>
		<comments>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/fun-with-maps-starbucks-closures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iritter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Starbucks]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[store closings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The crew over at  Serious Eats, drew our attention to a Google Map of the recently-reported Starbucks closures posted on  CNNMoney.com.

Isn&#8217;t the Internet great? Click the image below to see the 600 places where it&#8217;s shutting stores, down to the street corner. Any near you?


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		<title>Counter Culture Hits Alaska: Part Two</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/counter-culture-hits-alaska-part-two/</link>
		<comments>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/counter-culture-hits-alaska-part-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iritter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Alaska]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve found during  our week-long escapade to Alaska an interesting retail climate.

Some popular local chains in the area aren’t all that interested in expanding, but they probably could do so and succeed. And on the other hand, national chains that seem to do well here, haven’t over-stored the area like they have other parts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Centro Keep Selling?</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/centro-starts-the-sell-off/</link>
		<comments>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/centro-starts-the-sell-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iritter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Centro]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/?p=108</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So Centro Properties Group found a buyer for 29 of its US centers at $714 million, according to  reports. Supposedly the buyer is DRA Advisors LLC (Centro never named the purchaser), which acquired the centers at a 10% discount.

Centro, reportedly $17 billion in debt, will still have about 650 centers after this sale. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Counter Culture Hits Alaska: Part One</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/counter-culture-hits-alaska-part-one/</link>
		<comments>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/counter-culture-hits-alaska-part-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iritter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Alaska]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Target]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/?p=100</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re spending the week in the Anchorage area, checking out some of the many real estate projects underway here and thought it would be a good opportunity talk about the area&#8217;s retail market.

Alaska might not be the first state on you minds when it comes to retailing, but they do have some interesting things going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wal-Mart’s Growth Is Like Bombs Dropping!</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2008/07/12/wal-mart%e2%80%99s-growth-is-like-bombs-dropping/</link>
		<comments>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2008/07/12/wal-mart%e2%80%99s-growth-is-like-bombs-dropping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iritter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[multimedia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this cool animation pointed out to us on Wal-Mart&#8217;s store growth created by  FlowingData.

It shows, in an interesting graphic presentation, Wal-Mart&#8217;s growth throughout the country since 1964.

We think it kind of looks like bombs dropping. Click on the image below and see what you think.

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		<title>Discounters Rule the Retail Landscape</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2008/07/11/discounters-rule-the-retail-landscape/</link>
		<comments>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2008/07/11/discounters-rule-the-retail-landscape/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iritter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[J. C. Penney]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nordstrom]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Target]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sales results]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/?p=90</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[June sales  results proved that discount chains are the ones winning the battle during this recession downturn.

According to ICSC’s monthly same-store sales survey, luxury stores experienced a 10.9% year over year decline in June, while discounters rose 5.1%. Wal-Mart’s 6.4% gain compared with Nordstrom’s 18.6% decline tells the plainly tells the story.

These figures probably [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now Supercuts’ Parent Is Closing Stores</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2008/07/09/now-supercuts%e2%80%99-parent-is-closing-stores/</link>
		<comments>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2008/07/09/now-supercuts%e2%80%99-parent-is-closing-stores/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iritter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[regis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[store closings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/?p=87</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The news just keeps getting brighter!

Now Regis Corp., the parent of Supercuts and other salon chains, says it plans to close about 160 stores, most of them in malls. Granted, the company operates 8,500 units around the world, but this still can’t bode well for the industry.

We’re sure that Supercuts and similar concepts don’t take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steve &#38; Barry’s: What’s Gone Wrong?</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/steve-barry%e2%80%99s-what%e2%80%99s-gone-wrong/</link>
		<comments>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/steve-barry%e2%80%99s-what%e2%80%99s-gone-wrong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iritter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Steve &amp; Barry's]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[store closings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/?p=84</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There were a flurry of reports last week that Steve &#38; Barry’s is close to filing for bankruptcy and/or closing 100 of its 275 stores.

Few retailers have garnered more publicity over the last couple of years than the chain, which sells mostly sports apparel at prices less than $10. Steve &#38; Barry’s is also known [...]]]></description>
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