Jackie Crosby
Reporter | Retailing
Phone: 612-673-7335
E-mail: crosby@startribune.com
Jackie Crosby covers retail, including the publicly traded retailers that have helped define this area: Target and Best Buy.
Recent content from Jackie Crosby
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Area retailers may get lumps of coal
Survey shows that Twin Cities shoppers plan to cut way back on holiday purchases.
Nov 20, 2008 -
Best Buy wants to 'green' your wallet
The retailer started selling clean energy credits through a $10 plastic card it's calling "Green Your Phone," a sort of atonement for the electricity associated with using a cell phone.
Nov 19, 2008 -
Target's profits and outlook dive
With earnings off 24 percent, the company pulled back on buybacks and openings.
Nov 18, 2008 -
Hello, dollies! The MOA welcomes American Girls
Hundreds of moms, dads, daughters and a few impatient sons lined up Saturday to get the first look at the new American Girl store at the Mall of America.
Nov 17, 2008 -
Marketing prof perfects the science of the woo
Joan Meyers-Levy, who studies how retailers draw in consumers with light, color, sound, has found that a "moderate level of stimulation" makes shoppers "evaluate things more positively.''
Nov 16, 2008 -
Best Buy: Retail holiday sales could have no ring
Even Best Buy, the nation's biggest electronics retailer, isn't immune to economic woes.
Nov 13, 2008 -
Project: Middle-class blues
An occasional series on how middle-class Minnesotans are dealing with today's economy -- from nest eggs that have shrunk to stagnant paychecks that are increasingly spent at the gas pump and grocery store.
Nov 10, 2008 -
CVS banking on MinuteClinics
Flu shots just might give a shot in the arm to CVS pharmacies.
Nov 10, 2008 -
Layaway making a comeback
The credit crunch has reenergized the pay-first model for the holidays.
Nov 8, 2008 -
Many retailers feeling squeeze
Shoppers continue to rein in spending; if the trend continues, retailers will find it impossible to meet their holiday goals.
Nov 7, 2008
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