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Discount clothing retailer Filene’s Basement and its parent company Syms have declared bankruptcy and will close all stores nationwide on January 1st. CEO Mary Syms, whose father Sy Syms founded the company in 1958 based on offering bargain prices for designer clothes, blamed the move on competition from department stores and private label discounters, plus the weak economy. “Filing for …

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Daily Finance reports that Home Depot is continuing to ignore the demands of the American Family Association, who wants the DIY giant to pull out of all gay-friendly events. Home Depot is holding its line on the issue: “Our response on this has been and continues to be that we respect the diversity of all people and maintain an inclusive …

After dodging construction workers and piles of equipment, this morning I decided not to come back to my Food Emporium until their damn remodel was finished. Then at checkout they gave a $5.00 “sorry about the mess” coupon. It’s amazing how something little and unexpected can change your mind.

In order to enjoy the same grocery sales share they have in the rest of the country, Wal-Mart would have to build 159 stores in New York City. They presently have none, a situation they are paying PR firms millions to remedy as unions and city officials continue to fight them off. According to a recent study, NYC residents spent …

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An opinion columnist from the Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the manager of a bridal shop in New Jersey has refused the business of a lesbian because her coming wedding constituted “illegal activity.” Apparently, Donna was stunned to learn, after reviewing your customer-information sheet, that you’re a lesbian. On the paperwork, you’d crossed out the word “groom” and written “partner” instead, …

RELATED: If it weren’t for Shelley, I’d have likely tried to steal the semi-feral one-eared old tom that rules the bodega on my corner. His name is Harvey Fierstein due to his battle-scarred voice.

The American Family Association today posted the below montage of gay pride events as part of their ongoing boycott of Home Depot, who are turning the nation’s young girls into an army of flannel-draped carpenters. Or something.

Months after declaring bankruptcy and with no buyer in sight, Borders Books has requested the court’s permission to liquidate the stock at its 399 locations. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York is set to approve the move on Thursday. Liquidation sales could start as soon as Friday. In a statement, Borders President Mike Edwards said …

Albertsons is getting rid of those self-checkout lanes that I’ve complained so bitterly about. One of the nation’s major grocery store chains is eliminating self-checkout lanes in an effort to encourage more human contact with its customers. Albertsons LLC, which operates 217 stores in seven Western and Southern states, will eliminate all self-checkout lanes in the 100 stores that have …

After years of being rebuffed by city leaders despite expensive PR campaigns, Wal-Mart is trying a more tried-and-true method of gaining a foothold in the nation’s largest market. The city’s summer job program, which had been cut back this year, is seeing an influx of support from Wal-Mart, which donated $4 million — enough to save about 3,400 jobs for …

Reaction to this should be interesting…

That took them long enough,.

Target Corporation says they’ll be releasing no official statement on Minnesota’s coming ballot referendum to ban same-sex marriage. “Our position at this particular time is that we are going to be neutral on that particular issue, as we would be on other social issues that have polarizing points of view,” CEO Gregg Steinhafel said. “We’re a retail store, we welcome …

“Old Navy is promoting a lifestyle that is in complete rebellion against God. Rather than just focusing on giving good products to their customers, they want to use their products now to advocate for a very controversial topic, much less a very immoral and very deadly topic. Unfortunately we have to do the hard work of communicating our outrage, our …

The American Family Association is whining that Home Depot executives gave them a “cool” reception when they delivered anti-gay petitions to the company’s board of directors. “We presented to the shareholders and to the chairman and the board of directors over 470,000 signature petitions asking them to remain neutral in the culture war, specifically when it addresses gay marriage and …

Via press release: Home Depot is having its annual shareholder meeting this week. Many shareholders are upset with Home Depot’s sponsorship of numerous gay pride events and support for homosexual marriage. Shareholders will be addressing the board of directors personally this week and plan to make sure the board of directors know they need to end the boycott! But…they need …

Yesterday Old Navy began selling gay pride-themed t-shirts. The T-shirts, which are priced from $7 to $14, bear the rainbow flag, a symbol of gay pride, and different messages, including “Love Proudly” and “Pride 2011.” The retailer says the campaign honors Pride month and is part of its larger flag T-shirt collection. Old Navy is donating 10 percent of the …