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Cost-U-Less sales up http://biz.yahoo.com/bizj/050803/1144271.html?.v=3
Cost-U-Less Inc., a discount retailer that specializes in island markets, says same-store sales for July ran 4 percent better than
Frei: New reality hits Avalanche
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/columns/story?id=2123837&CMP=OTC-DT9705204233
Avs have to rebound from CBA's 1-2 punch by Terry Frei Peter Forsberg considered granting the Colorado Avalanche a hometown discount. But there's only so far even a selfless and frequently phlegmatic Swede can go. Already reeling from the loss of unrestricted free agent Adam Foote to Columbus the day...
Bangkok
Ticket graft upsets THAI shareholders Demand probe into B6bn discount scandal http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/04Aug2005_news04.php
A group of shareholders of Thai Airways International has petitioned securities regulators to investigate a long-standing ticket discounting scandal that they say has cost the airline 6.4 billion baht over the past several years.
Shops face sale crackdown after Officers' Club judgment http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,1542085,00.html
Retailers who have been misleading shoppers by stretching the rules on discount promotions are to face a crackdown following a landmark high court ruling against the 180-strong budget menswear chain The Officers' Club.
Wisconsin
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Fitchburg Target on tap? A third area Target store could be in the future for Fitchburg. Local landowners and developers are trying to establish a new retail corridor along McKee Road at Verona Road anchored by a 120,000-square- foot discount store.
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SUPERMARKET "three-for-two" and kilo discount offers can save shoppers only a few pence, a watchdog warns today. They are designed to tempt people into buying more than they want. And in some cases the deals actually cost MORE than buying items individually.
MIRROR WORKS: MAKE A MOVE discount
ONLINE retailer Amazon is looking for around 300 people to work at its new Fulfilment Centre in Glenrothes, Fife in Scotland. Jobs will be a five-day week on a shift-cycle basis. Perks include 30-days holiday, life assurance, private health care and employee discount.
says will not be dragged into price war with US rivals - report http://www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&articleid=5371100&subject=companies&action=article
TOKYO (AFX) - Despite the US Big Three automakers' strong sales growth fueled by offering employee-discount prices to all buyers, Honda Motor Co will not slash prices to prevent erosion in its brand image, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported, quoting Honda president Takeo Fukui.
A Helping Hand Withheld? discount
The Bush Administration is eliminating funding for the SBA's MicroLoan Program -- a move critics say the will hurt urban entrepreneurs
Incentives threaten auto stocks
http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/P124964.asp
Sure they boost sales, but that simply means people will buy fewer 2006 models. GM and Ford shares may fall toward their 52-week lows. Seduced by the high of record monthly sales, the Big Three automakers have become addicted to incentives. Like most addictions, this one isn't healthy for the industry.