In March, the retailer said it would expand its Great Value store brand to offer more cheaply priced groceries and consumer staples to its customers.

Walgreen had a slight drop in profits in its recent earnings report, putting a small dent in its otherwise slow-but-steady growth through this recession .

Implied volatility on Apple Inc. has trended lower recently, but the current reading remains well above historicals.

Costco Wholesale has called and is sending letters to almost 300,000 customers in the Northwest and Midwest who might have bought meat that is part of a recall by JBS Swift Beef in Colorado.

Costco Wholesale wants its North Shore members to be able to fill up their gas tanks after filling up their shopping carts.

The future of Monroe could include a Wal-Mart. Would that be a bad thing or a boon? A source of work and a revenue generator or a source of lethal competition to already stricken businesses? Studies show that it would likely be some of both.

I first wrote about SuperValue at the end of 2008, here , after picking up some shares at $12.46. Fifteen days later I sold those shares at a profit of 43.5%. By the end of the day this Thursday, SVU shares were once again trading within pennies of the price I paid for them in December.

Costco Wholesale intends to build a second store in Clark County, this one along Northeast 192nd Avenue in east Vancouver.

Costco Wholesale Corp on Thursday reported an in-line 6 percent fall in sales, hit by a slide in demand during the recession for higher ticket items such as cameras and cell phones.

After yet another weak month, retailers are preparing to fight for their share of crucial back-to-school shopping.