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		<title>A Good Black Friday? Ask Abercrombie</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/a-good-black-friday-ask-abercrombie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iritter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abercrombie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aeropostale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children's Place]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ICSC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nordstrom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ross Stores]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[November&#8217;s same-store sales were released yesterday, and retailer&#8217;s results were far from overwhelming. The International Council of Shopping Centers says sales overall were actually down 0.8% year over year for the month.

Dow Jones has a pretty comprehensive list of individual retailer performance, and there are a lot of duds. Saks plunged 26.1%. Abercrombie &#38; Fitch [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globestcounterculture.wordpress.com&blog=2447200&post=1020&subd=globestcounterculture&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Scary Map: Unemployment by County</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/scary-map-unemployment-by-county/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iritter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[multimedia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[store closings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The map below (courtesy of current) is a sobering, time-elapsed look at how counties were impacted by the unemployment picture. We wonder if the largest number of store closings are in the black areas on the map. Click below and see what you think.

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		<title>Are Chain Restaurants Trying to Kill Us?</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/are-chain-restaurants-trying-to-kill-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iritter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Pizza Kitchen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domino's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[T.G.I. Friday's]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Men&#8217;s Health just released its list of the 20 worst restaurant foods in America, and it&#8217;s kind of shocking. A 1,700-calorie chicken wrap at T.G.I. Friday&#8217;s? A California Pizza Kitchen chicken salad with 2,200 calories? Of course, not so surprising is that this crazy Domino&#8217;s invention made the list.

Check out the full Men&#8217;s Health report [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globestcounterculture.wordpress.com&blog=2447200&post=1007&subd=globestcounterculture&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are Black Friday Numbers a Surprise?</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/are-black-friday-numbers-a-surprise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iritter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aeropostale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Eagle Outfitters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banana Republic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Friday]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black Friday weekend has come and gone, and most reports make it sound like retail sales were marginal at best.

The National Retail Federation says that more people shopped but spent less money.The average amount each customer spent, it says dropped to $343.31, down from $372.57 last year, but total sales were flat, at $42.1 billion.

Research [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globestcounterculture.wordpress.com&blog=2447200&post=1003&subd=globestcounterculture&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Major Retail Bankruptcies Not on Horizon</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/major-retail-bankruptcies-not-on-horizon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iritter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Buy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Circuit City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fitch Ratings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J. C. Penney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kohl's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macy's]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent Fitch Ratings report predicts a holiday season  that’s better than some worst-case scenarios out there. It also says that due to liquidity improvements, we’re not likely to see retailers file the same number of bankruptcies that we did in 2008 and early this year.

However, the outfit does recognize that the consumer is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globestcounterculture.wordpress.com&blog=2447200&post=1000&subd=globestcounterculture&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>RadioShack Headed to Florida?</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/radioshack-headed-to-florida/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iritter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RadioShack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Shack]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We haven’t read much lately about big retail companies moving their headquarters, so we found reports about RadioShack leaving the Fort Worth area interesting. One area the company is supposedly considering for a new home is Tampa, FL.

Also under consideration are Charlotte, NC; Nashville, TN; and Albuquerque, NM. Spokespeople for the retailer aren&#8217;t talking about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globestcounterculture.wordpress.com&blog=2447200&post=995&subd=globestcounterculture&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Retail IPO&#8217;s Gaining Attention</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/retail-ipos-gaining-attention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iritter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dollar General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rue21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vitamin Shoppe]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/?p=992</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday retailers Dollar General and Rue21 both went public. Last month Vitamin Shoppe did the same.

In general initial public offerings are making a comeback. But these three companies are particularly attractive to investors because they all represent value to a consumer that is strapped by the recession.

Dollar General, of course, operates a massive chain of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globestcounterculture.wordpress.com&blog=2447200&post=992&subd=globestcounterculture&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Will Walmart&#8217;s Black Friday Crowd Control Work?</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/will-walmarts-black-friday-crowd-control-work/</link>
		<comments>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/will-walmarts-black-friday-crowd-control-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iritter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Black Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Call of Duty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GameStop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/?p=988</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After the tragic Black Friday death last year of a seasonal employee at a Walmart on Long Island, NY, the retailer is launching new a  crowd control program this holiday season.

To avoid the long lines and major rush on Friday morning, Walmart is keeping stores open 24 hours on Thanksgiving. The retailer also says [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globestcounterculture.wordpress.com&blog=2447200&post=988&subd=globestcounterculture&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ruby Tuesday Tries the Upscale Approach</title>
		<link>http://globestcounterculture.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/ruby-tuesday-tries-the-upscale-approach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iritter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nordstrom]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Saks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandy Beall]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ruby Tuesday menus are now suggesting what wine to pair with your lobster entree. The New York Times takes an inside look at the 900-restaurant chain and its founder Sandy Beall.

The changes at the chain has lost it a few customers, but &#8220;very few people miss the roller skates on the wall and the bad [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globestcounterculture.wordpress.com&blog=2447200&post=985&subd=globestcounterculture&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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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>
		<dc:creator>iritter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[7-Eleven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big 5 Sporting Goods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trader Joe's]]></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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