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It may be the world's largest retailer, but Walmart really needs to juice up its U.S. sales, which have been a glaring weakness in its quarterly results lately. Its solution for drawing customers back to its stores: More coupons, more promotions and and more free samples.

Highly skilled women will lose about a quarter of a million dollars, or as much as a third of their lifetime earnings, by choosing to have a child, making the prospect of raising a family a far more expensive one for college grads than their less-educated counterparts, a new study shows.

As more shoppers spend their money online, retailers are deciding where to put their e-marketing. According to a new ForeSee study, promotional emails were still far more effective at driving traffic to retail sites than social networks like Facebook this holiday season.

Matthew Biberman had a story to tell about his dad and a one-of-a-kind motorcycle, and he soon turned his passion into a book deal. But the newly published author says the book deal is just the beginning -- learning how to pitch your story is what builds audiences.

Campbell Soup Co. (CPB) reported earnings of 82 cents per share for the quarter ending Oct. 31, down from 87 cents per share a year earlier. Sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2011 dropped 1% to $2.17 billion, the company said in a statement. Higher promotional spending hurt sales, the company...

In this new contest from 99-cent Only Stores, your chances of winning anything from $99 to $99,999.99, relies on a Californian heat wave and the luck of the draw. The contest is open to residents of the U.S. who are age 18 or older with a valid driver's license and who reside within the viewing...

Get a free meal at Chick-fil-A tomorrow, July 9, 2010. when you saunter into one of their fast food eateries dressed like a cow. The key is to come "fully dressed" as a cow "from head to hoof." Attaching a pink sack to your belly and calling it an udder won't cut it. The free meal includes an...

Six Flags and Walmart are teaming up to offer customers $99 Family Days, a special promotion that includes four tickets to Six Flags' theme parks and discounts on food, drinks and other activities. On Wednesdays and Thursdays throughout June, Walmart shoppers will find the special promotion code...

Are you adventurous, outgoing, possess enviable grooming habits and a clean, fresh scent? Can you surf, ski or snowboard? Wanna rev up that resume and wage war on perspiring pits at the same time? Old Spice is looking to hire two ambitious, adventure-seeking guys for one week in June to travel to a...

Right now you probably use your GPS to get to the mall, rather than find your way around the mall, but Kevin Foreman, CEO of Point Inside,envisions that will change in the near future. The team at Point Inside, which makes a mall navigation app for the iPhone and Android devices, is made up of...