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Going green improves companies' bottom line

By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times | June 19 at 9:41 a.m.

LOS ANGELES — Wal-Mart wants to extract more green out of greening.

Kwik Shop going into Dillons lot in Newton

BY BILL WILSON, The Wichita Eagle | June 7 at 12:06 a.m.

Dillons officials are rolling out in Newton the company's newest idea in its partnership with Kwik Shop, the Kroger convenience store chain.

Wichita Wholesale Florists grows into Roots & Bloom

BY JOE STUMPE, Eagle correspondent | April 28 at 8:06 a.m.

After watching a big part of his customer base wilt away, the owner of Wichita Wholesale Florists figured he had to do something.

Office Depot adjusts stores, staffing levels

BY MARCIA HEROUX POUNDS, Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) Sun Sentinel | April 16 at 12:08 a.m.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. —Office Depot admits it hasn't been taking care of business when it comes to its retail store customers.

Hobby Lobby increases its hourly wages

BY BILL WILSON, The Wichita Eagle | April 15 at 6:53 a.m.

Hobby Lobby officials have raised the store's minimum wage for full-time employees to $12, the third $1 hourly increase in the past three years.

Golf Warehouse to expand, hire more

BY DAN VOORHIS, The Wichita Eagle | April 13 at 6:55 a.m.

The Golf Warehouse is consolidating operations, expanding into a warehouse across the street and hiring more workers. The company — founded in Wichita in 1998, but owned by Redcats USA since 2006 — is seeing strong growth in the sale of golf, baseball, softball and soccer merchandise.

Wal-Mart plans campaign to woo back shoppers

BY ANNE D'INNOCENZIO, Associated Press | April 12 at 7:15 a.m.

NEW YORK — Wal-Mart Stores is hammering home its low-price message with a new ad campaign in a bid to bring back customers who no longer trust it to save them money.

Store brands lose stigma, gain share

BY ELY PORTILLO, Charlotte Observer | March 26 at 10:09 a.m.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. —Even as the economy shows signs of recovering, retailers are expanding their selection of store brands and working to persuade more customers to try — and stick with — their products.

Automation threatens job growth in retail sector

BY ALANA SEMUELS, Los Angeles Times | March 12 at 12:06 a.m.

LOS ANGELES — Automation — long a force in agriculture and manufacturing — is accelerating in the retail sector, a trend that could hamper efforts to bring down the nation's stubbornly high jobless rate.

City approves fee for Cabela's

BY BILL WILSON, The Wichita Eagle | March 9 at 6:50 a.m.

The final obstacle to a northeast Wichita Cabela's was removed Tuesday.

Council rejects CID plan for Eastgate center

BY BILL WILSON, The Wichita Eagle | March 2 at 6:41 a.m.

The Wichita City Council said no on Tuesday to a community improvement district at Kellogg and Rock Road.

West-side Menards store is among chain's largest

BY BILL WILSON, The Wichita Eagle | March 1 at 6:31 a.m.

West Wichita shoppers can now get a gallon of milk and a two-by-four under the same roof.

Cotton crunch likely to raise clothing costs

BY JOAN VERDON, Hackensack (N.J.) Record | Feb. 27 at 12:05 a.m.

HACKENSACK, N.J. —Price surges in cotton and other fabrics have retailers and manufacturers feeling stretched and facing a tough choice: Pass higher costs along to their customers or absorb them, thus cutting into profit margins.

Sasnak restructures its management

BY BILL WILSON, The Wichita Eagle | Feb. 9 at 12:05 a.m.

Sasnak Management, the Wichita-based parent for Carlos O'Kelly's and an Applebee's franchisee, reshuffled its management Tuesday, naming Jon Rolph president.

Wichita to lose electronics store

BY BILL WILSON, The Wichita Eagle | Feb. 8 at 7:09 a.m.

Wichita is among the 46 Ultimate Electronics stores that will close as part of the Colorado retailer's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, a store employee confirmed Monday.

Dillons to add cash-related financial services

BY DAN VOORHIS, The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 28 at 12:04 a.m.

Dillons is boosting the profile of cash-related financial services such as check cashing and debit cards by moving such services to its service desk as the Money Shop.

Local demand drew Cabela's

BY BILL WILSON, The Wichita Eagle | March 8 at 6:16 a.m.

Fifty years ago, Dick Cabela just wanted to sell a few fishing flies. Today, the $2.65 billion company that grew out of his fly collection is planning an 80,000-square-foot store in the Regency Lakes Shopping Center at 21st and Greenwich.

Wichita retailers thrilled with 2010 holiday sales

BY BILL WILSON, The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 9 at 12:50 a.m.

Maybe it was a warm December. Maybe it was American Express' viral push to shop at home.

'Tron' at IMAX draws biggest crowd in U.S.

BY BILL WILSON, The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 5 at 1:54 p.m.

The new year started off with a bang for Bill Warren, with the Wichita IMAX leading the nation in attendance for "Tron: Legacy" over the holiday weekend.

Cultural shift challenging retailers

BY SANDRA M. JONES, Chicago Tribune | Jan. 5 at 12:05 a.m.

CHICAGO — While the 2010 holiday shopping season was stronger than expected, retailers aren't waving the victory flag just yet.

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