Retail
Ways to keep budget in the black for holidays
For consumers grappling with job insecurity and limited credit, it will be especially important to keep holiday spending in hand this year. To avoid making bad choices or buying in a panic two days before Christmas, the key is to start planning now. (Updated: 11/09/09 7:09 AM )
‘Christmas Carol’ knocks ‘This Is It’ from top spot
LOS ANGELES (AP)—Jim Carrey’s Scrooge collected holiday donations from movie fans with his new take on “A Christmas Carol,” which took in $31 million to open as the weekend’s top movie. (Updated: 11/09/09 7:08 AM )
Starbucks’ focus is growth
Starbucks Corp. Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz is shifting the coffee seller’s focus from cost cutting to growth by promoting new products, including Via instant coffee and its Seattle’s Best Coffee brand. (Updated: 11/09/09 7:08 AM )
Walmart escalates online price war with DVD deals
NEW YORK—First it was books. Now it’s DVDs. (Updated: 11/07/09 8:39 AM )
Americans spending more; holidays might be tight
NEW YORK (AP)—October’s retail sales results, the best performance since April 2008, show that Americans are spending a little more. But will they be willing to pay full price this holiday season? (Updated: 11/06/09 6:59 AM )
Cuomo accuses Intel Corp. of using ‘threats, collusion’
NEW YORK — New York’s attorney general hit Intel Corp. with an antitrust lawsuit Wednesday, claiming the company used “illegal threats and collusion” to dominate the market for computer microprocessors. (Updated: 11/05/09 7:39 AM )
Auto sales show increase in October
DETROIT — After months of roller coasterlike sales, the auto industry offered signs of recovery from its yearlong slump Tuesday, as most automakers reported higher levels of U. S. sales in October. (Updated: 11/04/09 7:15 AM )
CIT Group’s biggest hurdle: trying to keep its customers
NEW YORK — A Chapter 11 filing usually means the end of the road for financial companies since they rely so heavily on customer trust. CIT Group Inc. is hoping that its case will be different. (Updated: 11/03/09 7:11 AM )
Rite Aid to test new customer rewards program here
Rite Aid Pharmacy has chosen Buffalo as one of four test markets for a new customer rewards program. (Updated: 11/03/09 7:11 AM )
‘This Is It’ tops box office with $101 million globally
LOS ANGELES (AP)—“Michael Jackson’s This Is It” pulled in $101 million worldwide in its first five days, and distributor Sony is extending the farewell performance film beyond its planned two-week run. (Updated: 11/02/09 6:44 AM )
Product Recalls / Where to go, what to do
Haunted House Candle (Updated: 11/02/09 6:43 AM )
Upbeat outlooks by name brands indicate rising consumer spending
Signs of an improving economy might be in your kitchen or bathroom cupboards. (Updated: 10/30/09 7:00 AM )
Thermostat rebates to be restricted
New restrictions are being added in December to the $25 rebates that National Fuel Gas Co. customers can receive for installing programmable thermostats. (Updated: 10/30/09 7:00 AM )
Maple Road store to close
Wilson Farms is shuttering one of its Amherst locations because of underperformance, the company announced Thursday. (Updated: 10/30/09 7:00 AM )
Economy growing but slow to recover
WASHINGTON — The Great Recession may be over, but the recovery is just beginning — and it doesn’t promise to be much easier. (Updated: 10/29/09 7:11 AM )
