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            <title><![CDATA[Can Fast-Fashion Brands Like Zara Go Sustainable?]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2016 05:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Holiday Price War Heats Up as Wal-Mart, Target Chase Amazon]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2016 05:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Black Friday Merchants See Americans Exhaling After Election]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2016 05:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[World Gone Mad: People Pay $1,500 For Furry Purse Pets]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Accessories for your accessories to stand out from the crowd.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:00:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Advance Auto Parts Jumps After Turnaround Plan Accelerates]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2016 15:14:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lowe’s, Home Depot Gain on Speculation That Fed Won’t Lift Rates]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2016 16:36:51 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Shoppers browse the garden section of a Home Depot store in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., on Friday, March 19, 2010. Home Depot Inc., the largest U.S. home-improvement retailer, plans to cut prices on petunias and patio furniture to help meet its goal of increasing annual sales for the first time in five years. Photographer: David Walter Banks/Bloomberg via Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kate Spade Executives Predict Slower Sales Growth]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2016 16:03:03 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Kate Spade &amp; Co. merchandise is displayed at a store in New York, U.S., on Sunday, February 28, 2016. Kate Spade &amp; Co. is scheduled to release earnings figures on March 01. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nike’s Innovation Engine Is Sputtering, Bank of America Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2016 18:09:24 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>VANCOUVER, BC - JUNE 16:  A soccer fan grabs a shoe at The Nike Underground, a pop-up experience in downtown Vancouver, before the Group D match of the FIFA Women&apos;s World Cup Canada 2015 between the United States and Nigeria at BC Place Stadium on June 16, 2015 in Vancouver, Canada.  (Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Corona Tackles Bud’s Football Dominance in Post-Summer Push]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2016 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida is shown Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007, as workers prepare for Super Bowl XLI on February 4, 2007. The stadium, home of the Miami Dolphins and the Florida Marlins, will hold up to 75,000 people for the Super Bowl.(Photographer: Richard Sheinwald/ Bloomberg News)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Harley-Davidson Jumps on Boost From New Engine, Cost Cuts]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2016 20:38:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Harley-Davidson Jumps on Boost From New Engine, Cost Reductions]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2016 18:19:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mexican Beer Imports Fuel Sales at Constellation Brands]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2016 15:07:10 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 07:  In this photo illustration, bottles of Corona beer are shown on June 7, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois.  Constellation Brands, one of the world&apos;s largest wine companies, is expected to become the third-largest beer supplier in the United State today with a $5.3 billion purchase of the U.S. distribution rights of Grupo Modelo beers from Anheuser Busch InBev. Corona Extra, brewed by Grupo Modelo, is the number one selling imported beer sold in the United States and the number six selling beer overall.  (Photo Illustration by Scott Olson/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Rise of Eco-Friendly Consumer Products Puts Pressure on P&G]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2016 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>NEW YORK - APRIL 14: Overview of Seventh Generation products at the premiere party for Big Green Lies hosted by Seventh Generation at Riverhouse - Penthouse 3 on April 14, 2009 in New York City.  (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images for Sunshine Sachs &amp; Associates)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dillard’s Customers Love Amazon Prime: Chart]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Which brick-and-mortar retailer has the most overlap with Amazon.com Inc.? The surprising answer is Dillard’s Inc., the department-store chain based in Little Rock, Arkansas. Almost two-thirds of Dillard’s customers are also members of Prime, the service that offers discount shipping and other perks to Amazon customers. The reason could be that both Amazon Prime users and Dillard’s shoppers skew young, Cowen says. Prime members have a median age of 37, while Dillard’s customers have a median of]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-30/dillard-s-has-the-most-amazon-overlap-among-retailers-chart</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2016 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Customers enter the Dillard&apos;s department store at Parkdale Mall, in Beaumont, Texas, June 9, 2004. Photographer: Scott Eslinger/ Bloomberg News.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lands’ End Falls as CEO Steps Down After Less Than Two Years]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2016 11:44:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Finish Line Shares Fall as Executives Report Slower Sales Gains]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2016 16:36:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Toy Industry Betting on Pokemon Go to Fuel Holiday Sales]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Merchandise tied to game highlights list of hot products this season]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2016 16:00:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Holiday Sales to Grow, But Big Chains Getting Smaller Piece]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2016 04:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Shoppers walk along 5th Avenue carrying Uniqlo Co. Ltd. shopping bags in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, July 19, 2016. The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index, a survey which measures attitudes about the economy, is scheduled to be released on August 11. Photographer: David Williams/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kmart Said to Close 64 More Stores as Sears Division Retrenches]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2016 20:00:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tiffany Hires Canadian Pacific’s Erceg as Chief Financial Officer]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2016 15:25:28 GMT</pubDate>
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