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		<title>Would You Buy 7-Eleven&#8217;s House Wine?</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/would-you-buy-7-elevens-house-wine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[7-Eleven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big 5 Sporting Goods]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[7-Eleven is making and selling its own wine. The convenience-store mega chain is putting out a Chardonnay and a Cabernet Sauvignon under the label Yosemite Road that will retail at most stores for $3.99.

The move comes after corporate realized that wines priced $5 and under are enjoying double-digit sales. We&#8217;re guessing that 7-Eleven is trying [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globestcounterculture.wordpress.com&blog=2447200&post=981&subd=globestcounterculture&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: Malls Aren&#8217;t Dead</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/video-malls-arent-dead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cohen & Steers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Forbes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the below video, Steve Forbes interviews Marty Cohen, co-chairman and co-CEO of Cohen &#38; Steers about commercial real estate. He&#8217;s not big on hotels, but surprisingly, he thinks malls will hold up through the recession. “These are mainstays of the community. Who doesn’t like going to the mall?” We have a feeling some of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globestcounterculture.wordpress.com&blog=2447200&post=974&subd=globestcounterculture&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CIT Bankruptcy Could Hurt Apparel</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/cit-bankruptcy-could-hurt-apparel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[CIT Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NRF]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend’s Chapter 11 filing by CIT Group apparently has big ramifications for the retail industry, especially apparel. The firm works with 2,000 vendors that supply merchandise to 300,000 stores and finances about 60% of the apparel industry, according to the Associated Press.

The good news, according to a National Retail Federation spokesperson, is that most [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globestcounterculture.wordpress.com&blog=2447200&post=971&subd=globestcounterculture&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sears Starts Black Friday Early, On Wrong Day</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/sears-starts-black-friday-early-on-wrong-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iritter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Black Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sears]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Saturday, on Halloween, Sears is launching a campaign called &#8220;Black Friday Now,&#8221; with &#8220;doorbuster&#8221; deals on Christmas trees, work boots, diamond-stud earrings and other select items. The deals will take place every Saturday until Christmas.

The retailer is saying that the move is a response to customers wanting deep-discount deals before the traditional Black Friday, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globestcounterculture.wordpress.com&blog=2447200&post=967&subd=globestcounterculture&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Toys&#8217;R&#039;Us In Crazy Holiday Push</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/toysrus-in-crazy-holiday-push/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[FAO Schwarz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toys "R" Us]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Toys&#8221;R&#8221;Us is pulling out all the stops this holiday season in efforts to compete with the likes of Walmart and others that have encroached on its territory for a while. The chain&#8217;s solution? A pop-up and store-within-a-store strategy.

Not satisfied that shoppers will gravitate toward the 586 stores across the US that it operates, Toys is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globestcounterculture.wordpress.com&blog=2447200&post=963&subd=globestcounterculture&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You Can Save a Penny at Giant</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/you-can-save-a-penny-at-giant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iritter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Giant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wegmans]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Consumerist has this photo from a Giant grocery store. Would you go out of your way to save a penny?

       <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globestcounterculture.wordpress.com&blog=2447200&post=953&subd=globestcounterculture&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dunkin&#8217; Donuts Getting Bank Branches?</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/dunkin-donuts-gets-bank-branches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iritter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Citizens Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dunkin' Donuts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pretty soon you might be able to apply for a loan before buying a coffee and doughnuts &#8212; under the same roof. Citizens Bank just opened a pretty-full-service branch in a Dunkin&#8217; Donuts store in Bellingham, MA.

The unit has three teller windows, an ATM and is open seven days a week. According to a Dunkin&#8217; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globestcounterculture.wordpress.com&blog=2447200&post=945&subd=globestcounterculture&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brinker, Casual Dining Still Taking a Hit</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/brinker-casual-dining-still-taking-a-hit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iritter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brinker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chili's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luby's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maggiano’s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Olive Garden]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/?p=937</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Though some fast-food chains are faring well in the recession, casual dining still continues to suffer. Take the results of Brinker International, which saw its Chili’s and Maggiano’s chains post a combined 6% same-store sales drop in the first quarter, while profits slid 34%

Meanwhile, things aren&#8217;t looking a whole lot better over at P.F. Chang&#8217;s, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globestcounterculture.wordpress.com&blog=2447200&post=937&subd=globestcounterculture&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are Holiday Sales Really Looking Up?</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/are-holiday-sales-really-looking-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iritter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TJX Cos.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holiday sales]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/?p=934</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most industry watchers out there predict that this year’s holiday season won’t be as gloomy as last year’s. A recent Bloomberg article puts sales growth at 1.5% during the period.

Part of the good news is that TJX Cos. raised its sales expectations for the fourth quarter. But since TJX is one of the rare over [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globestcounterculture.wordpress.com&blog=2447200&post=934&subd=globestcounterculture&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Disney Stores Go the Expansion Route</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/disney-stores-go-the-expansion-route/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iritter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children's Place]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Imagination Park]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Walt Disney Co. isn&#8217;t letting the economy scare it out of an ambitious plan to revamp an expand its 340 stores, according to The New York Times.  The Disney chain will rebrand its stores Imagination Park, making them more of an &#8220;experience&#8221; than just a shopping trip.

“The world does not need another place to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globestcounterculture.wordpress.com&blog=2447200&post=928&subd=globestcounterculture&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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