Retail

Smartphone holiday gift guide

By Jeffrey Van CampProvided by The last three months of the year are always packed with new smartphone releases. It's when manufacturers roll out the biggest and best devices they've got (and we put the emphasis squarely on "biggest" this year) and people like you and I groan that our

Smartphone holiday gift guide

By Jeffrey Van CampProvided by The last three months of the year are always packed with new smartphone releases. It's when manufacturers roll out the biggest and best devices they've got (and we put the emphasis squarely on "biggest" this year) and people like you and I groan that our

Stores try to make holiday shopping cheap and easy

By MAE ANDERSONAP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) - This holiday season, Burger King won't be the only place where you can have it your way. It used to be enough for stores to promise discounts up to 70 percent to lure shoppers during the busy holiday period. But the ease of ordering online and

NLRB still investigating Wal-Mart dispute

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIOAP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Federal labor officials said Tuesday they don't expect to decide before Thursday on whether to seek an injunction on behalf of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to stop a union-backed group from encouraging worker walk-outs that are expected to