/tags/shopping Shopping en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Mon, 21 Nov 2022 23:25:49 GMT /business/2022-11-21/former-farmers-cooperative-in-new-braunfels-to-be-redeveloped Co-Op Marketplace is anticipated to open in fall 2024, with construction starting next year. Mon, 21 Nov 2022 23:25:49 GMT /business/2022-11-21/former-farmers-cooperative-in-new-braunfels-to-be-redeveloped Brian Kirkpatrick /business/2018-11-23/stores-fighting-for-black-friday-sales-aim-for-convenience Retailers are offering much of their Black Friday deals online, but shoppers still showed up at malls and stores around the country looking for discounts� Fri, 23 Nov 2018 16:04:45 GMT /business/2018-11-23/stores-fighting-for-black-friday-sales-aim-for-convenience Joseph Pisani /texas/2017-04-18/brick-and-mortar-retailers-are-going-extinct From Texas Standard:New York fashion can often take a while to trickle into the middle of the country. And let's just admit it, some of the styles just� Tue, 18 Apr 2017 19:10:55 GMT /texas/2017-04-18/brick-and-mortar-retailers-are-going-extinct Laura Rice /business/2015-11-25/black-friday-keeps-getting-longer-and-that-might-not-be-a-good-thing-for-retailers Black Friday is almost here � the day stores used to target as the start of the holiday shopping season. Now, they start holiday marketing and slashed� Wed, 25 Nov 2015 15:12:44 GMT /business/2015-11-25/black-friday-keeps-getting-longer-and-that-might-not-be-a-good-thing-for-retailers Jimmy Maas /austin/2015-09-01/what-happens-if-barton-creek-mall-closes In some U.S. cities, shopping malls are a thing of the past. For the malls that are surviving, about one-fifth have vacancy rates that experts consider� Tue, 01 Sep 2015 15:46:30 GMT /austin/2015-09-01/what-happens-if-barton-creek-mall-closes Joy Diaz /2013-12-02/sluggish-start-to-holiday-sales-may-mean-more-price-cuts Shoppers spent less this weekend than they did last year, even though many stores were open on Thanksgiving. Analysts are still predicting a strong holiday shopping season, but uncertainty about the economy is making customers uneasy. Mon, 02 Dec 2013 21:58:00 GMT /2013-12-02/sluggish-start-to-holiday-sales-may-mean-more-price-cuts Emily Siner /business/2013-09-18/photos-inside-austins-first-trader-joes Grocery retailer Trader Joe’s is opening its first Austin store on Friday.The store on Bee Caves Road is the first of three planned for the Austin region.� Wed, 18 Sep 2013 21:37:57 GMT /business/2013-09-18/photos-inside-austins-first-trader-joes KUT Staff /business/2013-09-06/heard-of-buy-one-give-one-this-austin-company-helps-pay-for-a-childs-education-instead Austin resident and UT grad Oliver Shuttlesworth had just returned home from a series of trips to Central America, but he couldn’t shake the stories he� Fri, 06 Sep 2013 19:39:16 GMT /business/2013-09-06/heard-of-buy-one-give-one-this-austin-company-helps-pay-for-a-childs-education-instead /business/2012-11-27/consumer-confidence-edges-up-again-reaches-highest-point-since-early-2008 Consumers purchase more than two-thirds of all goods and services. If they're feeling better, that's a good omen for the overall economy. Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:13:00 GMT /business/2012-11-27/consumer-confidence-edges-up-again-reaches-highest-point-since-early-2008 Mark Memmott /special-coverage/2012-11-26/outrage-protests-in-bangladesh-after-factory-fire-that-killed-scores More than 100 workers died in Saturday's blaze, at a factory that had previously been cited as a "high risk." Clothes were made there for retailers in the U.S. and around the world. Today, thousands of workers protested and hundreds of factories were shut down. Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:00:00 GMT /special-coverage/2012-11-26/outrage-protests-in-bangladesh-after-factory-fire-that-killed-scores Mark Memmott