With sales slow and credit tight, small merchants are scrambling to stock their shelves for the year's biggest shopping season.
Merchants get punished in July
Merchants suffered their second-worst monthly sales of the year in July -- a trend that could signal that the back-to-school shopping season, the second-biggest selling period of the year,...
A Charitable Use for Leftover Gift Card Funds
Instead of letting unused gift card funds go to back to merchants and banks, one entrepreneur is trying to introduce a general-purpose gift card whose leftover funds can be donated to...
Merchants finally restock, boosting GDP
The U.S. economy grew at a rate of 5.7% at the end of last year -- the best in six years. That's good, but you can put much of that gain on the shelf. Marketplace's John Dimsdale explains.
The Art of Mingling: Proven Techniques for Mastering...
Does the idea of going to a large party make your palms sweat and your mouth go dry? You are not alone. Many people suffer from minglephobia, a secret terror of large parties. Jeanne...
Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial...
Manias, Panics, and Crashes, Fifth Edition is an engaging and entertaining account of the way that mismanagement of money and credit has led to financial explosions over the centuries....
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