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        <pubDate>Fri, 4, Jan 2013 17:43</pubDate>
        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            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                    <title><![CDATA[Target now discounting its Neiman Marcus collection 70 percent]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Target increased the discount on its Target + Neiman Marcus collection to 70 percent on Jan. 1 ]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Best Buy offers $5 per old cell phone, MP3, gaming hardware et al.  ]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[If you've got older, small electronics that don't work, Best Buy will give you $5 or so per item as a trade-in.  ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 31, Dec 2012 14:43</pubDate>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Charity rating services can offer widely divergent scores, if they rate your charity at all.  ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 28, Dec 2012 14:47</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Got a return? A list of major retailers' return policies]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Want to know which retailers make returns easier? More difficult? Consumer World offers a list.  ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 26, Dec 2012 11:15</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Macy's, Toys R Us open 24 hours through Sunday for holiday shopping]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Moms say that nothing good happens after midnight, but they might give Macy's and Toys R Us a pass.  ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 21, Dec 2012 15:6</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Thymes offers pop-up event for customers missing its warehouse sale]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Soaps and scents seller the Thymes is bringing back a smaller version of its departed warehouse sale Friday and Saturday ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 21, Dec 2012 10:59</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Target slashes prices on its Target + Neiman Marcus collection by 50%]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Target has already begun the clearance on its Target + Neiman Marcus collection with 50 percent discounts on the 60 piece group. ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 20, Dec 2012 8:13</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Gift card bonuses: Which retailers/restaurants are offering them?]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Save 20 to 30 percent when a retailer or restaurant offers a freebie with a gift card purchase. ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 18, Dec 2012 15:42</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Wishful thinking: Which luxury retailers might come in the Twin Cities?]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[After losing Bloomingdale's, Saks Fifth Avenue and soon Neiman Marcus, what luxury retailers might realistically come to the Twin Cities? ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 10, Dec 2012 11:40</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Could weak Windows 8 sales spell holiday trouble for Best Buy?]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Microsoft's next generation operating system fails to impact PC sales. ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 3, Dec 2012 16:11</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Retailers offering free shipping always jumps during the holidays]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Retailers whith coupon codes and order minimums relax their shipping policies during the holidays ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 3, Dec 2012 10:52</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Need extra cash for the holidays? It's in your older TVs and computers]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[You may be eligible for hundreds of dollars if you purchased a flat screen TV, laptop or monitor from 1999 to 2006, but Dec. 6 is the deadline to apply.  ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 30, Nov 2012 11:37</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[H&M to open in Calhoun Square on Dec. 14]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[The Swedish chain already operates a store at the Mall of America. ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 27, Nov 2012 15:24</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Best Buy offers some info on Black Friday performance]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Founder Richard Schulze wants to see how the company fares before making an offer to buy back the retailer. ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 27, Nov 2012 12:28</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Target plans big splash for Neiman Marcus collection]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Target has high hopes for its most extensive design collaboration yet. ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 27, Nov 2012 11:12</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[A Best Buy Black Friday vignette]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Best Buy employees prep hard, work hard. ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 23, Nov 2012 0:59</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[And we're off....]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Target opens its doors at 9 p.m. ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 22, Nov 2012 21:30</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Happy Thanksgiving...er, I mean, Happy Early Black Friday]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Retailers open even earlier this Thanksgiving. ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 22, Nov 2012 15:56</pubDate>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Last year, it was midnight. This year, it's 9 p.m. ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 19, Nov 2012 13:34</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Best Buy CEO Joly meets with investors today in NYC]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[When Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly meets investors in New York, the affable Frenchman will be speaking to two constituencies: Wall Street and founder Richard Schulze.  ]]></description>
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