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Walmart Goodies: Retail giant goes gourmet

Walmart Goodies: Retail giant goes gourmet
By Schuyler Velasco  "Gourmet" and "artisan" are probably not the first words that come to mind when you see a Walmart logo. But Walmart is trying to change that. The world's largest retailer is jumping into the gourmet game with "Goodies," a service that delivers monthly subscribers

Walmart Goodies: Retail giant goes gourmet

Walmart Goodies: Retail giant goes gourmet
By Schuyler Velasco  "Gourmet" and "artisan" are probably not the first words that come to mind when you see a Walmart logo. But Walmart is trying to change that. The world's largest retailer is jumping into the gourmet game with "Goodies," a service that delivers monthly subscribers

Walmart Goodies: Retail giant goes gourmet

Walmart Goodies: Retail giant goes gourmet
By Schuyler Velasco  "Gourmet" and "artisan" are probably not the first words that come to mind when you see a Walmart logo. But Walmart is trying to change that. The world's largest retailer is jumping into the gourmet game with "Goodies," a service that delivers monthly subscribers

Singles Day: China's online shopping holiday

Singles Day: China's online shopping holiday
By JOE McDONALDAP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) - Lei Shujie, a designer in Shanghai, piled up a wish list for the quirky holiday dubbed "Singles Day" that has grown into China's - and possibly the world's - busiest online shopping day. Clothes, a pillow, a cabinet to give a friend - Lei

Singles Day: China's online shopping holiday

Singles Day: China's online shopping holiday
By JOE McDONALDAP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) - Lei Shujie, a designer in Shanghai, piled up a wish list for the quirky holiday dubbed "Singles Day" that has grown into China's - and possibly the world's - busiest online shopping day. Clothes, a pillow, a cabinet to give a friend - Lei

Groupon revenue growth slows in 3Q, stock down

Groupon revenue growth slows in 3Q, stock down
By BARBARA ORTUTAYAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Groupon Inc., the No. 1 online deals service, failed to show investors on Thursday that its business is growing as quickly as they would like, as it was hurt by what it called "continued challenges" from the economic weakness in Europe. The

RedPrairie to buy JDA Software for $1.9B

RedPrairie to buy JDA Software for $1.9B
ATLANTA (AP) - RedPrairie, a maker of business software, on Thursday said that it had agreed to buy JDA Software Group Inc., a maker of supply-chain management software, for about $1.9 billion in cash. RedPrairie, a privately held company based near Atlanta, is paying $45 per share for JDA Software

New York's Silicon Alley makes do after Sandy

New York's Silicon Alley makes do after Sandy
By BARBARA ORTUTAYAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's fast-paced technology scene, known as Silicon Alley, tried not to lose a step after Hurricane Sandy knocked out power lines, devastated the public transit system and left portions of the city flooded. On Tuesday,

High court weighs closely watched copyright case

High court weighs closely watched copyright case
By MARK SHERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court justices on Monday weighed copyright protections for publishers, creative artists and manufacturers in a global marketplace in a case that has attracted the interest of Costco, eBay and Google. The outcome has important

Colgate to cut 6 pct of workforce in 4 years

Colgate to cut 6 pct of workforce in 4 years
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIOAP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Colgate-Palmolive will cut more than 2,310 workers, or 6 percent of its workforce, by the end of 2016 in a push to make the consumer products company more efficient. Colgate, which is based in New York and has 38,600 employees, wants to