Target to renovate stores, open fewer in 2010 By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO , Associated Press Last update: January 21, 2010 – 4:17 PM NEW YORK – Target, the nation’s second-largest discounter after Wal-Mart, is navigating turbulent economic times by polishing old stores rather than opening many new ones, opening smaller urban stores and looking outside the [...]

We love Field. A tiny store in Larchmont, beautifully executed by owner Gunda Sabel-Sheehan, who originally grew up in Germany, bringing that amazing, unique European taste with her. Don’t let the tiny front of this gorgeous store fool you, the inside ( and often outside, even when it is snowing) is filled with the most  [...]

Walmart aims to cut supply chain cost By Jonathan Birchall in New York Published: January 3 2010 22:04 | Last updated: January 3 2010 23:57     Walmart is launching a drive this year to cut billions of dollars of costs from its supply chain by combining its store purchasing across national frontiers in a [...]