retail
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PublishedFebruary 19, 2020
Our View: Time for Maine Legislature to shine light on ‘dark store theory’
Lawmakers should address a property-tax loophole that favors big-box retailers.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2020
Bill would prohibit a common property tax appeal by big-box retailers
Large retailers have been pressuring Maine communities to lower their property taxes based on hypothetical arguments about the properties' resale value.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2020
First Jordan’s Furniture store in Maine will have rope-climbing courses, huge LED display
The new furniture store at The Maine Mall in South Portland is expected to open in late spring.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2020
Mall owners among group bidding $81 million for Forever 21
A consortium of buyers, including mall owners Simon Property Group and Brookfield Property Partners, is bidding the ubiquitous mall staple that filed for bankruptcy protection in September.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2020
Nordstrom enters burgeoning used-clothes business
Nordstrom said it will begin selling secondhand apparel online and in its New York flagship store, joining Macy's, JCPenney, Madewell and others.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2020
Commentary: Make it easier for Maine shoppers to avoid single-use plastic
L.D. 1933 aims to make refilling your own containers more widely accepted at grocery stores.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2020
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. says it’s not afraid to leave any mall
The teen retailer is looking to make many existing shops smaller as shoppers flock online.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2019
Minimum wage increase means overtime pay for more Maine workers
The rules taking effect Wednesday will raise the threshold – from $33,000 to $36,000 a year – at which salaried employees must be paid overtime for working more than 40 hours a week.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2019
50 Cent gave his 7-year-old son a whole Toys R Us for Christmas
The rapper surprised his son Sire with a personal shopping spree at the first reopened Toys R Us store in Paramus, N.J., at a cost of $100,000.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2019
Commentary: Online shopping is growing, but it isn’t creating jobs
Internet sales are still rising briskly. Employment in the sector is not. Could our robot overlords be to blame?
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