Retailing

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The Motley Fool January 4, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Blockbuster's Millions Blockbuster lands two million paying subscribers as its Total Access service starts to stick. Now it's up to Blockbuster to prove to its shareholders that it's a workable model, too.
The Motley Fool January 3, 2007 Rich Duprey	CEO Job Under Construction at Home Depot Chairman and CEO Bob Nardelli resigns. But is real change on the way? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 2, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Play It Again, Sam Walton Despite a disappointing November that found comps sliding by 0.1%, the world's largest retailer bounced back during the critical holiday shopping season, posting a 1.6% uptick in same-store sales for the month of December.
The Motley Fool January 2, 2007 Tom Taulli	Gift Cards: $24.81 Billion and Counting Gift cards could mean strength for retailers in the first quarter.
The Motley Fool December 29, 2006 Rich Duprey	Penney Follows Lemmings Over the Cliff The midrange retailer got a dose of reality when it fired its COO after just six months on the job, because it realized that as an outsider to the retail industry, she apparently didn't have what it took to make a retailing giant run like clockwork.
The Motley Fool December 29, 2006 Elliott Orsillo	The Catalog King Williams-Sonoma faces various challenges, including increased competition and unfavorable macroeconomic conditions, but its commitment to being the catalog king, its shareholders, and a strong balance sheet may enable them to weather the storm.
The Motley Fool December 28, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Pampered Pets Pave PetSmart's Profitable Path Investors, PetSmart is beginning to expand its PetsHotel concept. That is something that rivals such as Petco and Pet Supermarket may want to emulate before PetSmart wins this game of mutt Monopoly by placing hotels all over the playing board.
InternetNews December 27, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Verizon Hits The Mall Verizon Communications will showcase its high-end services in consumer malls, sharing retail space with standbys such as clothing stores and ice cream shops.
The Motley Fool December 26, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Target Loses Its Che Chic The cheap-chic retailer is pulling controversial CD cases with the likeness of Ernesto "Che" Guevara from its stores. Will the incident dull the finish of the store's cheap-chic shine?
The Motley Fool December 22, 2006 Rich Smith	CarMax Is a Hot Rod The auto dealer is firing on all cylinders. CarMax's success seems to have surprised its own leadership. Investors, take note.
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