Check your shopping list. Bread. Milk. Toilet paper. Free HIV test? ...more

December 1, 2007

You need toys. You need hostess gifts. You need electronic gadgets and a wad of gift cards. ...more

December 1, 2007

For five weeks, Barbara Del Castillo feared for the whereabouts of her only son, who suffered from schizophrenia and loved to visit Wal-Mart stores and comic book stores on their weekly outings. ...more

November 29, 2007

TAMPA - For five weeks, Barbara Del Castillo feared for the whereabouts of her only son, who suffered from schizophrenia and loved to visit Wal-Mart stores and comic book stores on their weekly outings. ...more

November 28, 2007

After a long weekend of battling maddening crowds at the malls, the last thing most people want to do is go back to the stores after work to do more shopping. ...more

November 27, 2007

A year after its worst holiday sales season ever, Wal-Mart Stores may rebound to have a good season after finding the right mix of merchandise and marketing to complement its return to a focus on low prices. ...more

November 14, 2007

Residents opposed to a Wal-Mart store at S.R. 54 and Grand Boulevard hope to make peace with the nation's largest retail chain. Cynthia Besio and other opponents think a Supercenter with 205,000 square feet is just too big for the southwest corner with about 26 acres. The current Wal-Mart plan also creates some very awkward traffic flow patterns, they think. ...more

November 14, 2007

Even though a proposed Wal-Mart store at S.R. 54 and Grand Boulevard, in the Holiday area, got the go-ahead from county officials Thursday, residents vow to appeal the decision to the County Commission. ...more

November 9, 2007

The outlook for the holiday shopping season grew bleaker Thursday after retailers announced disappointing October sales attributed to consumers' ongoing worries about housing and higher energy prices. ...more

November 9, 2007

The federal consumer-product watchdog agency said Tuesday that a unilateral recall of lead-tainted toy animals by Wal-Mart Stores lacked information that consumers need, including how many toys were sold, when they were sold and at what other retailers. ...more

October 31, 2007