Retailers report modest gains for April Americans spent briskly during the early spring months in the latest sign that they’re encouraged by the economic recovery. Falling gas prices, a rallying stock market and gains in the job market all fueled Americans’ shopping habits even as cold weather tempered their desire to buy spring fashions. More
Sears Didn't Move Fast Enough, CEO Says Sears continues to struggle to get a "decent" return on its assets and the retailer didn't move fast enough to cut expenses after the financial crisis, the CEO said at the annual meeting. More
J.C. Penney ad apologizes to customers The ad comes after the Plano, Texas-based company last month fired its CEO, Ron Johnson, after 17 months on the job and rehired his predecessor Mike Ullman. Johnson's ambitious changes included getting rid of most sales and bringing in new, hip brands. More
In Germany, a U.S. beer invasion Almost 65 years after Allied planes flew Western supplies into blockaded Berlin, a new American import is arriving by air: craft beer. The beer is being flown in as part of a new surge of German interest in American brewing, upending a centuries-old relationship in which German beer defined the golden standard for brewing and Americans emulated it. More
Cost Of Coffee Set To Skyrocket “The coffee market has a set up for all-time highs to be seen over the next crop cycle,” writes Shawn Hackett in the Hackett Money Flow Commodities Report which focuses on agricultural products. A ... 04/27/2024 - 5:47 am | View Link
Here’s How I Score Brand-New Coffee Table Books For Less People often ask me just how I’ve accumulated so many coffee table books, knowing that titles generally cost a pretty penny. My secret is T.J. Maxx, Marshall’s, HomeGoods, and HomeSense. 04/26/2024 - 10:23 am | View Link
Why coffee prices are poised to surge even further as food inflation rages A supply crunch of robusta coffee beans in Vietnam — the world’s biggest producer of the bitter bean variety — is poised to send the cost of your already pricey latte even ... 04/26/2024 - 1:36 am | View Link
Starbucks is bringing back its ‘best drink ever’ and adding 5 more to summer menu As well as these there are two new drinks on the menu — a Raspberry Mini-Bubble Frappe and Blueberry Burst Bubble Tea. Summer refresher drinks are also back, plus lemonade and pink lemonade. 04/24/2024 - 11:31 pm | View Link
How the Baltimore bridge collapse upended a D.C. coffee chain’s business The collapse upended the supply chain for the D.C.-based roaster, which imports most of its beans through the Port of Baltimore. The crash is expected to cause delays and extra co ... 04/23/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
More than 60% of respondents reported increased participation last year in employee volunteer activities.
Michelle Barbin’s job does not always fill her bucket. Yes, she likes her nine-to-five helping improve consumer experiences at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. She emphasizes she wouldn’t have spent nearly 19 years working for the health insurance provider otherwise.
Paramount CEO Bob Bakish is departing, as the company considers a Skydance deal.
The saga of Paramount Global’s future is more exciting than a lot of the studio’s films. And with the bombshells in Monday’s earnings report, things are becoming even more dramatic. After multiple reports swirled early Monday, Paramount announced that CEO Bob Bakish is leaving the company.
It’s the latest tussle over labels for agricultural products from a specific geographic area, a topic familiar to Hawaii due to long-running disputes over Kona coffee.
For decades, tourists to Hawaii have brought home gift boxes of the islands’ famous chocolate-covered macadamia nuts for friends and family, but these days many of the kernels in the package might not be Hawaii-grown.
Africa, with the world’s youngest population, faces the worst effects of a warming planet while contributing the least to the problem.
From ancient fertilizer methods in Zimbabwe to new greenhouse technology in Somalia, farmers across the heavily agriculture-reliant African continent are looking to the past and future to respond to climate change.
One of only two Byzantine Catholic congregations in Denver is looking to upgrade.
Holy Protection of the Mother of God has listed its existing church building at 1201 S. Elizabeth St. with an asking price of $1.1 million.
That’s $435 a square foot for the 2,600-square-foot structure, which listing agent Matt Harper said a buyer could use as a day care or residence.
“It’s a very interesting architectural building,” Harper said.