Scoop: Kanye West seeks refuge in India

The BET Hip-Hop awards went uninterrupted Oct. 10, as Kanye West, who was nominated for nine awards, was a no-show. Just where was he? According to some reports, West was seeking refuge in India.

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Results show retailers still struggling

The recession is continuing to punish the nation’s retailers, with many finding it difficult to get nervous customers to buy anything but necessities amid persistent worries about job losses and other economic woes.

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ConsumerMan: Retailers relax return policies

Now the real fun begins; fighting the crowds to take back the gifts you don’t want or can’t use. What can you expect at the return counter? It all depends on the store.

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Macy's says 2Q profit falls, cuts outlook for year

Macy's Inc. posted a lower second-quarter profit Wednesday and warned that its full-year earnings will be below expectations. That, along with a pared-down outlook from a key supplier and a somber government report on retail sales in July, suggests a persistent slowdown for retailers as they face the critical back-to-school and holiday shopping seasons.

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Back in May, New York City's Mayor Bloomberg converted sections of Broadway around Times Square and Herald Square into pedestrian malls. The urban planning scheme was to relieve traffic congestion, but it also derailed a time-honored New York City tradition.

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"I hate flat-out lying to someone, but that's exactly what we do, 150 calls a day. I have seen so many people ripped off that I had to attempt to let people know." "Honestly, the little old ladies are the people who buy the most."

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Macy's department store has refused to give prosecutors the names of customers who purchased children's jewelry made with potentially toxic lead, according to an official with the Los Angeles district attorney's office.

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Moody's Investors Service said on Monday it may cut its ratings on Macy's Inc (M.N) into junk territory after the department store operator announced a significantly lower earnings forecast for 2009.

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Due to a class-action lawsuit, some of the top name brand cosmetics that required top dollar won't, at least for a little while.

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Department-store operator Macy's Inc. said Thursday it will close 11 underperforming stores in nine states — affecting 960 employees — and lowered its forecast for the fourth quarter after one of the weakest holiday seasons in years.

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What would you ask Wallmart's CEO if you could engage in a private conversation? What size would you ask Macy's to carry if you could talk to their buyers personally? What would you tell your senator if he was on Twitter?

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This holiday season has been ripe with sales, but the biggest of all will come Dec. 26.

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Recession-wary shoppers aren't the only ones finding big bargains in the dollar stores. Investors are, too. The stock market might be suffering one of its most painful slumps ever, but shares of stores that sell the cheapest items are ringing up gargantuan gains.

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Who says you can't buy hope? Willa Shalit is proving that shopping can transform other people's lives.

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Retailers are typically obsessed with what to put under their roofs, not on them. Yet the nation's biggest store chains are coming to see their immense, flat roofs as an untapped resource.

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New York state labor officials are bringing one of their largest cases ever against Jin Shun, a clothing factory in Queens, New York that employed Chinese immigrants. Inspectors say the company

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MACY'S--STRUGGLING WITH DECLINING SALES AND a tough climate for middle-of-the-road department stores--is hoping a greener profile will help. In honor of Earth Week, the company is partnering with the National Parks Foundation to raise funds for parks around the country.

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A Pagan Christmas: "Sinterklaas"

Just past Christmas eve republican Rupert wore black circles beneath bushy black brows, as tired as a barkeeper gets and stays open. "Gotta take the keys, Nick. Don't want Rudolf smacking into a lamppost." Santa spoke into his shot glass.

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Dressed like a rumpled discount shopper, a millionaire department store heir was arraigned Monday on charges he beat his ex-lover with a lobster trap.

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Shoppers are getting all bent out of shape over the name change of their favorite department stores. The protest is loudest in Chicago where the historic Marshall Fields was changed to Macy's. My question: Is this really what we've become passionate about?

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Filene's Basement just closed for good here in Boston just a couple of weeks ago.

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The greening of the Emmys just got tripped up—by the red carpet.Fox, which is touting next month's 59th Primetime Emmys as "eco-friendly and carbon-neutral," has been thwarted in its efforts to change the color of the stars' walkway into the Shrine Auditorium to a more emerald  …

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It was like one big, sweaty, intoxicating blur: Three gigs on three neighboring blocks in downtown Minneapolis over one 12-hour period on the hottest day of the year.

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Total Luxury Group, Inc. (OTCBB: TLEI) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Y Brands, Inc., has been featured in a special section titled "The Evolution of Streetwear" in this week's DNR, one of the premier fashion trade publications for Men's apparel news.

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NEW YORK - Macy's has pulled from its shelves and its Web site two styles of Sean John hooded jackets, originally advertised as featuring faux fur, after an investigation by the nation's largest animal protection organization concluded that the garments were actually made from  …

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From the article: Daley tipped his hand one day after Target pulled out of a 32-acre shopping mall at 119th and Marshfield and hinted strongly it would cut and run from the North Side's Wilson Yards project as well.

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Macy's department store found itself mired in a fierce national debate between conservatives and gay activists when it bowed to complaints and removed part of a window display marking Boston Pride Week.

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In light of the many discussions about global poverty and what, if any, the responsibility of the first world is toward these problems -- this article describes a beautiful merger of 1st and 3rd world economics.

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