Anne DInnocenzio, Author at Valley News

Walmart ends some ammunition sales

by Anne DInnocenzio AP Retail WriterSeptember 3, 2019

NEW YORK — Walmart says it will stop selling handgun and short-barrel rifle ammunition, while requesting that customers not openly carry firearms in its stores, even where state laws allow it.The announcement comes just days after a mass shooting…

In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, Albert Chow, owner of Great Wall Hardware in San Francisco, holds a May 2019 letter from a supplier notifying him that prices will be increasing 10 to 18 percent because of US tariffs on Chinese goods. He says he has no choice but to raise store prices on those products. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

TVs to shoes: This time consumers face pain of Trump tariffs

by Paul Wiseman AP Business Writers, and Anne DInnocenzio AP Business WritersAugust 30, 2019

In this June 14, 2019, photo tailors Latoya Henderson, left, and Aly Reinert work in the Levi's Tailor Shop, in the Levi's store, in New York's Times Square. Levi Strauss & Co.’s new flagship in Manhattan’s Time Square features larger dressing rooms with call buttons and tailors who can add trims and patches to customers’ jeans. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Once a retail shrine, flagship stores lose their shine

by Anne DInnocenzio AP Retail WriterAugust 17, 2019

Steve Naremore, founder and CEO of Tuffy Packs, fires nine rounds of 180 grain .40 S&W from his Glock handgun into a backpack seven yards away containing one of his bulletproof panels, made of 24 layers of Aramid fiber ballistic material providing level IIIA handgun only protection, during a demonstration of the stopping ability of the product at the Shiloh Shooting Range Friday, August 9, 2019, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

Mass shootings give rise to bullet-resistant backpacks

by Anne DInnocenzio AP Retail WriterAugust 10, 2019

A customer pushes her cart into the parking lot after shopping at a Walmart Neighborhood Market, Wednesday, April 24, 2019, in Levittown, N.Y. The company has made the market into an artificial intelligence lab. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Walmart experiments with AI to monitor stores in real time

by Anne DInnocenzio AP Retail WriterApril 26, 2019

FILE- This Aug. 23, 2006, file photo shows a Payless store front is seen in Philadelphia. Paylesss ShoeSource is shuttering all of its 2,100 remaining stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, joining a list of iconic names like Toys R Us and Bon-Ton that have been shuttered in the last year. The Topeka, Kansas-based chain said Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 it will hold liquidation sales starting Sunday and wind down its e-commerce operations. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Payless ShoeSource to shutter all of its remaining U.S. stores

by Anne DInnocenzio AP Retail WriterFebruary 15, 2019

FILE - This Oct. 15, 2018 file photo shows a sign for a Sears Outlet department store is displayed in Norristown, Pa. Multiple media outlets reported early Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, that billionaire Eddie Lampert has won a bankruptcy auction after strengthening his bid in several days of negotiations with creditors. Lampert, Sears’ chairman and largest shareholder, upped his offer to more than $5 billion and added a $120 million cash deposit through an affiliate of his ESL hedge fund. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Sears Survives a Near-Death Experience, But for How Long?

by Anne DInnocenzio AP Retail WriterJanuary 16, 2019

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017, file photo, Jesus Reyes pushes a television down an aisle as he shops at a Black Friday sale at a Best Buy store in Overland Park, Kan. Shoppers feeling good about the economy, who are spending more than expected on items like kitchen gadgets, toys and coats, could make this the best holiday season in several years. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

A Merry Season for Retailers

by Anne DInnocenzio AP Retail WriterDecember 25, 2017

Brenda Garcia, left, and Sonia Salgado look through the JCPenney flyer as they wait for the store to open on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017, in Corpus Christi, Texas. (Courtney Sacco/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP)

Bargain Hunters Hit the Stores for Holiday Shopping

by Anne DInnocenzio AP Retail WriterNovember 23, 2017

Amazon Needs More People to Buy Fresh Food Online

by Anne DInnocenzio AP Retail WriterJune 17, 2017