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...Halloween so hip with retail's favorite demographic, the 18-to-34 set? Start with the escape factor. Grownups yearn to be sexy nurses and rock stars. Halloween gives them license to live out that fantasy, at least for one night. Plus, nostalgia plays a role. "When I was small, we all dressed up to trick-or-treat," says Amaya. "Then as a teenager, costumes weren't cool. You wanted to do the shaving-cream thing. Now I want to dress up as if I were a kid again. It's weird...
...don’t think we really need to target [Harvard Square],” Rohrer said. “There are a lot of retail stores there, and in that area people naturally come and go, are hired and laid...
...Harvard University survey of Harvard affiliates voted Bob Slate the fourth most favorite retail establishment in the Square...
...automakers are closing plants in the U.S., Kia, which is controlled by South Korea's Hyundai Automotive Group, is preparing to open a brand-new assembly plant in West Point, Ga., southwest of Atlanta. The $1.2 billion, 2.2 million-sq.-ft. plant will begin producing Kia vehicles for the retail market next month. Up until now, Kia had imported 100% of its vehicles. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...
...than many of its rivals, which at times has been a benefit to those rivals. With the acquisition of Citi's Salomon Smith Barney, Morgan Stanley now has the largest brokerage force in the nation. And while Morgan has gotten out of some trading businesses, it is expanding its retail banking business. Executives at Bank of America and Wells Fargo say there are no plans to sell off major pieces of those banks...