Tag: retail

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Get Off My Back, Put Me Back on My Feet

n 2004, according to CBS surveys, 47 percent of Americans trusted the federal government to do the right thing most or all of the time. By last fall, according to the same poll, trust in government had dropped by half.

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Wal-Mart Takes a Swing at Amazon

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is determined to topple the No. 1 online retailer, and it is doing it by copying Amazon.com’s proven strategy of discounting books and allowing other retailers to sell on Walmart.com.