Tag: retail
member name: Paul Tosto
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March 25, 2009 05:47 PM EDT --
We're told that if we don't start spending and stop saving soon, we'll make the economy even worse. But is anyone really buying that (pun intended)?
Talk to your friends and neighbors . . .
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April 02, 2009 09:00 AM EDT --
1.) Will Minnesota lose another 30,000 jobs by October? Creighton University's Economic Outlook project thinks so. The group's newest report says Minnesota lost about 82,000 jobs from . . .
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April 13, 2009 07:05 PM EDT --
In this economy, we are all saving as much as we can, paying down debt and becoming more frugal. That's a theme we hear regularly as we talk about the economy in Minnesota. As economic watchers wait . . .
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April 23, 2009 10:29 AM EDT --
Most of us are not spending cash these days unless we have to. So Ron Hall of St. Paul, one of our Public Insight Network sources, caught our attention recently when he told us despite tight . . .
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April 12, 2009 11:06 PM EDT --
If you're an economic numbers/data junkie, youl'll be busy this week. Lots of quarterly numbers, including Friday when GE and Citigroup report .
On Tuesday, we'll get a good read on . . .
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March 24, 2009 01:23 PM EDT --
Teacher Michelle Martin started talking to her fourth- and fifth-graders at Prairie Creek Community School in Northfield, MN, about the tough economy. That talk has turned quickly to action.
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April 29, 2009 06:21 PM EDT --
Most of Minnesota's economic numbers haven't been great lately. But we're always on the lookout here for signs of something better.
Paul Heimgartner of Blooming Prairie told us recently . . .
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October 19, 2009 01:37 PM EDT --
Halloween to Christmas is a crucial time for retailers. Will consumers spend or save? Here's a post from My MPR colleague Mike Caputo:
We've hit the bottom of the spending decline, say hopeful Minnesota . . .
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July 29, 2008 02:40 PM EDT --
On Thursday, Tom Crann , our All Things Considered host, interviews new Target Corp. CEO Gregg Steinhafel .
Crann's looking for questions. Here's your opportunity to ask something . . .
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April 14, 2009 10:36 AM EDT --
Not only are we not buying stuff, we are not driving.
Retail sales took a step back in March, slipping 1.1 percent from February after a couple months of gains. The market had expected a slight . . .
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