Wal-Mart’s Sam’s Club chain hopes to steal more customers from rivals by expanding its space for such everyday categories as fresh food and health and beauty items at the expense of general merchandise like electronics.

Wal-Mart’s Sam’s Club chain hopes to steal more customers from rivals by expanding its space for such everyday categories as fresh food and health and beauty items at the expense of general merchandise like electronics.

Home Depot, the nation’s largest home improvement retailer, anticipates its full-year earnings may now come in better than previously forecast. The move comes a few weeks after smaller rival Lowe’s Cos. raised its full-year outlook.

Home Depot, the nation’s largest home improvement retailer, anticipates its full-year earnings may now come in better than previously forecast. The move comes a few weeks after smaller rival Lowe’s Cos. raised its full-year outlook.

Most retailers are taking a beating from the recession, but there is one chain where business is booming with double digit growth. In an atmosphere where many businesses are scaling back, this chain is boldly expanding, even opening new stores. Barbara Pinto has more.

Amazon.com Inc. is releasing a new, slimmer version of the Kindle, its electronic reading device. The online retailer’s founder and CEO Jeff Bezos told a New York news conference today that the highly anticipated new Kindle will cost $359, same as the previous version.

Retailers in Manning say a city council plan to give close to $1 million to a big-box home improvement store will hurt them. Officials say a new Lowe’s Cos. home improvement store will bring 75 full-time jobs and 25 part-time jobs to the area.