A man in his 50s walked into the Wal-Mart on Broad Street recently and walked out as one of the first people in the county to buy an electric bicycle from the retail giant. ...more

June 28, 2008

Once considered a novelty, the bicycles are now viewed as a viable way to get around, one vendor says. ...more

June 27, 2008

TV ratings giant Nielsen is branching out into grocery and retail stores, installing high-tech sensors to see if all those fancy product displays actually persuade people to buy differently. ...more

June 26, 2008

Wal-Mart Stores is reducing its capital spending forecast for fiscal 2009 as it slows construction of supercenters amid a weakening U.S economic environment. ...more

June 18, 2008

In the past several months, a confidential report has circulated within the headquarters of Wal-Mart Stores proposing sweeping changes to its employee health care plans. ...more

June 14, 2008

Tax rebate checks gave consumers a little extra money in their pockets during May, but most were still spending conservatively, buying necessities such as food and gas and shying away from splurging on clothing or furniture. The result was some better-than-expected sales for the nation's retailers, with lower-priced merchants such as discounters and wholesale clubs showing the strongest gains. ...more

June 6, 2008

SEBRING — A Pompano Beach man remained in Highlands County Jail without bond on a charge of grand theft in connection with the theft of iPods from the Sebring Wal-Mart store on April 6. Arthur Davis, 40, also known as James Johnson, John Davis, Richard Rod, Richard Macon, Richard Davis, Arthur Davis Jr., James Davis, Davis Arthur and June Davis, was booked into jail on a single count of grand theft $5,000 or more but less than $10,000. According to the arrest report, Davis and three unnamed female suspects entered the store just after midnight on April 6. According to video surveillance, they four went to the electronics department. The male suspect, later identified as Davis, fiddled with the iPod display case, and then opened it. The suspect then took some iPods and put them in a bag in a shopping cart, the report stated. The females reportedly acted as lookouts. ...more

June 5, 2008

Wal-Mart Stores, the world's largest retailer, has launched an online classified advertising site, a move that opens a broader range of shopping to Wal-Mart's Internet customers. ...more

June 4, 2008

Borders Group Inc. is returning to online retailing after seven years paired with Amazon.com, but analysts say it will be a challenge for the nation's second-largest bookseller to compete with established Web retailers. ...more

May 29, 2008

Jenny Schwarz's shopping cart was loaded - a plug-in cooler, new cushions for her outdoor furniture, toys for the backyard pool. All good to have for a "staycation." ...more

May 24, 2008