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    By Linda Doell

    | 4:00PM 6/17/2011
    Keeping track of the latest product and food recalls can be a challenge for any consumer, so Consumer Ally has collected them all in one place for you to check each week. Here is this week's roundup: Target expanded a 2009 recall of Circo Child Booster Seats to include another 375,000 seats...

    By Linda Doell

    | 9:00AM 4/21/2011
    Pacific Trade International recalled about 615,195 tea light sets that were sold nationwide at Target, Super Value, Fred Meyer, Marshalls, Wegmans and other stores because the clear, plastic cups can melt and ignite, creating a fire hazard, said the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. So far,...

    By Linda Doell

    | 2:30PM 4/04/2011
    Infantino LLC recalled the Troy the Activity Truck toy sold nationwide at retailers such as Babies R Us and Toys R Us after 28 reports of plastic beads coming off, including two cases of young children gagging on the pieces, said the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. About 40,500 trucks...

    By Laura Heller

    | 3:00PM 12/10/2010
    Discount retailer TJX will close its A.J. Wright discount chain after the holidays, and reopen roughly half of the 162 stores as either T.J. Maxx or Marshalls locations. A.J. Wright opened in 1998, and offers similar merchandise and pricing to its sister stores, but it never performed as well, or...

    By Melly Alazraki

    | 11:39AM 12/10/2010
    The TJX Companies announced Friday that it was shutting down its A.J. Wright brand, converting 91 of its 162 stores to those of its other brands -- T.J. Maxx, Marshalls or HomeGoods -- and closing the rest. The move will eliminate 4,400 jobs, about half of them part-time positions.

    By Andrea Hermitt

    | 1:00PM 10/12/2010
    National Layaway Week has already come and gone (Oct 4- Oct 8 according to Kmart, which invented the event), a full seven weeks before Black Friday and 11 weeks before Christmas. But it's not too late to do your shopping now and have enough time to make the payments to get your items out of hock by...

    By Mercedes Cardona

    | 2:20PM 8/18/2009
    Shoppers seem to be getting more downscale these days. Just look at the numbers reported by two retailers - The TJX Companies (TJX) and Saks (SKS). In the second quarter,TJX, the parent of discounters T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, reported a rise in both its sales and profits while Saks Fifth Avenue's...

    By Mitch Lipka

    | 2:30PM 6/23/2009
    Massachusetts-based TJX Cos. reached an agreement with 41 states attorneys general over data breaches that could have released as many as 100 million credit and debit card numbers collecting from customers.Using stolen card numbers allows thieves to steal identities and make fraudulent...

    By Bruce Watson

    | 11:00AM 2/25/2009
    Will our new-found miserly ways keep economic recovery out of our reach? What does the situation in Japan tell us?Over the last few weeks, the news has been filled with stories about consumers clamping down on discretionary spending. Increasingly, analysts are drawing connections between the...

    By Josh Smith

    | 2:00PM 1/21/2009
    On Thursday January 22 TJ Maxx will be holding a 15% off customer appreciation day. The sale which has no exclusions is nationwide and includes all Marshalls, Homegoods, AJ Wright and TJ Maxx stores. While 15% off is a common occurrence at many stores, 15% off of the prices at TJ Maxx and the...