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A new look and fresh merch are winning customers back at Target as sales rebound
NEW YORK (AP) — Target reported a second straight quarter of comparable sales gains on Aug. 19, saying that a merchandising overhaul under the retailer's new CEO attracted more customers and boosted sales both in stores and online.
The mass-market discount retailer also benefited from a tariff refund of $994 million after ... (full story)
Protecting Your Assets With a DAPT
Are you concerned about protecting your assets, perhaps because you are in a "high risk" occupation? A relatively new method (Domestic Asset Protection Trust or DAPT) might be worth exploring with your legal and tax counsel. Let's review some resources for further study.
The American College of Trust and Estate Counse ... (full story)
How much should retirees worry about inflation?
Inflation can be scary for retirees. True, Social Security provides inflation increases in line with the consumer price index, or CPI. But any portfolio income, save allocations to inflation-protected bonds, isn’t inherently inflation-protected. And if inflation occurs early in your retirement, those higher prices will do more ... (full story)
How one gardener's neighbors shared their land to help her start a flower business
When Marisa Mender-Franklin walks through any of the nine flower farms she runs in Memphis, Tennessee, her first thoughts are of gratitude. Partly for the flowers and the bees, but mostly for the support of her neighbors.
That's because members of her local Facebook Buy Nothing group shared their unused yards and gardens with he ... (full story)
Families feel the pinch of higher children's shoe prices as kids head back to school
NEW YORK (AP) — When Jonah Seidenberg found out about Nike Minds, a futuristic-looking sneaker that claims to improve concentration by stimulating the soles of the feet, he had to have them.
On a recent Saturday, the 12-year-old from the Chicago suburb of Northbrook and his mother searched StockX, an online sneaker marketp ... (full story)