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Jackie Crosby

Reporter | Retailing

Phone: 612-673-7335

Jackie Crosby covers retail, including the publicly traded retailers that have helped define this area: Target and Best Buy.

Recent content from Jackie Crosby

Younger workers want more than a paycheck
Employers are going to have to reckon with the workplace desires of Generations X and Y workers if they hope to survive.
Oct 21, 2009
Hom run: Chain grows in recession
Furniture stores got socked by the recession, but instead of retrenching, HOM Furniture has gone on a two-year spending spree.
Oct 21, 2009
Retailers' hopes rise
Target and several other retailers raised quarterly profit outlooks on September sales that were relatively strong -- at least in this economy.
Oct 8, 2009
Coach to Target: Quit copying our handbags
For the second time in three years, Target Corp., is being sued by Coach Inc. for allegedly ripping off the luxury handbag maker's designs.
Oct 5, 2009
Major shareholders taking Gander private
The outdoor retailer's two largest shareholders will buy out smaller investors and take the company private.
Oct 2, 2009
Target must pay $600,000 fine for selling toys with lead paint
Retailer denies it knowingly broke the law and said it uses 'rigorous' testing program to ensure safety.
Oct 1, 2009
Consumers are much more conflicted
Seeing Americans torn between splurging and saving, retailers are going all-out to lure them back into stores.
Sep 26, 2009
Mall magnate Simon, a key MOA developer, is dead at 82
Developer remembered as an 'affable, warm-and-fuzzy' businessman.
Sep 18, 2009
Best Buy sales rise as profit falls 22%
The retailer raised its full-year guidance despite lower-than-expected quarterly earnings as shoppers snap up lower-margin TVs and computers.
Sep 15, 2009
Target's dark year
As the recession deepened, the discounter struggled to convince cost-conscious shoppers of its discount prices. But here is why top executives see sunny days ahead.
Sep 2, 2009


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