NEW YORK — An unexpected and potentially ominous pullback in customer spending ahead of the holiday shopping season pushed third-quarter profits at Target down 52% after it was forced to slash prices with Americans feeling the squeeze of inflation. The Minneapolis retailer voiced caution ...
The Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Board of Realtors has named William “Bill” Burley as 2022 Realtor of the Year at the organization’s annual installation banquet held recently. Criteria for the award include: involvement at the local realtor board, community activity and charitable giving, ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Corporate profits have withstood raging inflation over much of the last year, but those good times may be ending. Profits stayed fat even as companies’ costs rose thanks to one simple trick: Businesses boosted the prices they charged customers by more than their own costs rose. Now, though, more companies are seeing their costs rise faster than their revenues. In the parlance of finance executives, their margins are getting squeezed, and that’s acting as a drag on their profits. To be sure, corporate profits are still near record highs. Companies in the S&P ...
A coalition of consumer groups is asking grocery chains to rethink their digital-only coupons, saying the deals discriminate against people who don’t have smartphones or reliable internet access. Digital-only deals —— advertised online or on store shelves —— can offer significant ...
Evolution Spin — a newer gym in Lakewood that offers a variety of strength and core exercises — is working to bring spin back into the area. Owned by Kristie Lyon, Evolution Spin opened in April 2021 after a former spin gym, Urban Spin, closed because of Covid. “Prior to this, I ...
No two stories are the same. And that’s what makes this multi-media beat so interesting —there isn’t a dull day. By now you have probably read a story in The Post-Journal that has a video link and tells you there is a video component attached to it. On www.post-journal.com a video can be viewed as part of the posted story, where the video is inserted in between paragraphs of story. They sort of look like advertisements couched inside the stories. Once on the site, you just need to click on the triangle graphic in the middle of the video to watch it. The video is complete ...
