Dollar Stores Are Taking Walmart’s Lunch Money

Thrifty shoppers looking for low prices on basics are frequently passing up the big boxes of Walmart for the tighter aisles of their local dollar stores. The cheaper upstarts have replaced no-name products with nationally known…

A Dose of Bah, Humbug for Holiday Sales Growth

Rising retail sales are adding to the list of positive economic developments as 2010 winds down. But how important are holiday sales in the larger scheme of things? Investors may be giving too much credit to what turns out to …

Walgreens Comparable Sales Rose 3.2% in November

Walgreens (WAG) said November sales at stores open at least one year rose 3.2% from a year earlier, excluding sales at Duane Reade stores.

The effect of calendar day shifts boosted comparable sales by 1.5 percentage points, Walgreens said in a statem…

Apollo in Talks to Purchase Regis Corp.

Private equity company Apollo Management is in discussions to buy Regis Corp. (RGS), a Minneapolis company that runs more than 12,000 hair salons, The New York Post said.

The discussions are not yet in their final stages and it is not certain the two…

Apollo in Talks to Purchase Regis Corp.

Private equity company Apollo Management is in discussions to buy Regis Corp. (RGS), a Minneapolis company that runs more than 12,000 hair salons, The New York Post said.

The discussions are not yet in their final stages and it is not certain the two…