Discount Stores Expand, Bucking Pandemic Retail Trends
Discount stores like Five Below, Home Goods, TJ Maxx, and Dollar General are preparing to open more stores even as larger retailers face challenges.
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Discount stores like Five Below, Home Goods, TJ Maxx, and Dollar General are preparing to open more stores even as larger retailers face challenges.
Hunters and trappers in Wisconsin killed 216 gray wolves last week during the state’s 2021 wolf hunting season – more than 82% above the authorities’ stated quota, sparking uproar among animal-lovers and conservationists, according to reports. The kills all took place in less than 60 hours, quickly exceeding Wisconsin’s statewide stated limit of 119 animals. As a result, Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources ended the season, which was...
Print subscribers If you're a print subscriber, but do not yet have an online account, click here to create one. Non-subscribers CITY OF TOWER Ambulance service members concerned with new business plan proposal Posted Marshall Helmberger TOWER— Council members had billed Monday’s special meeting with the city’s ambulance staff as a listening session, and they got an earful from members who were concerned by a new business plan that laid out possible changes to the service’s current pay structure for its on-call staff. The proposed change of most concern to ambulance personnel was ...
Coolcaesar at the English Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons It didn’t come as a surprise, but Arden Fair mall confirmed this week that Sears will permanently close in April. While department stores have been struggling for years, the coronavirus pandemic has heightened their challenges. Last year the mall lost Nordstrom, another large anchor store. The listing for the Sears space is still active, and it appears that Arden Fair representatives have their eye on redevelopment. In their announcement, they said the closure of Sears could be a launching point for the future of the Sacramento ma...
In 2018, we had the privilege of meeting with several of Canada’s elected officials to urge for changes to the Fisheries Act to return abundance to Canada’s oceans and provide lasting benefits to Canada’s fishing industry. It was a rare opportunity for Canada to correct the historic mistake of overfishing, made by so many nations, that continues to cause enormous hardship to coastal communities and deprive some of the world’s neediest of a healthy source of protein. In 2019, we stood — literally and figuratively — with the federal...