Milestones in the History of the American Retail Industry

Drastic discounts, dropoff, and death made Black Friday 2008 the worst U.S. retail industry sales event on the retail calendar in recent history. Get a review and analysis of Black Friday 2008, and gain perspective about the nature retail consuming in the U.S.

Thanksgiving Day is the new Black Friday, with some of the largest U.S. retail chains opening their retail doors and starting their Black Friday sales promotions on Thanksgiving Day instead waiting until the Friday after Thanksgiving. This is a complete list of the largest U.S. retail chains which are opening their retail stores on Thanksgiving...

GM's bankrupcy filing in June, 2009 was the largest for the retail industry in 2009, and the fourth largest in the history of U.S. business. Get an overview of the facts about the General Motors Chapter 11 proceedings and the details that allowed it to emerge as a new government-owned company in just 40 days.

The retail industry history books of the 70s, 80s and 90s proves that it's possible to profit in the midst of economic recession. Read about the strategies that Chrysler, Charles Schwab, P&G, Kellogg's, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and Toyota used to survive U.S. economic downturns.

Neiman Marcus is most famous for its fantasy Christmas catalog, the urban legend chocolate chip cookie recipe hoax, and luxury shopping for the rich and famous. Get facts, research, statistics and trivia about The Neiman Marcus Group, which includes Bergdorf Goodman and Horchow, here.

Exxon & Mobil couldn't combine more than a century of experience to make their retail gas stations and convenience stores profitable. 2008 became a milestone in gas station and convenience store history when ExxonMobil started selling off all of its company-owned and company-operated sites.

Every product in a retail store had to be invented before it could be sold. Test your trivial product knowledge with this "Invention History Quiz."

Browse through the Inventors Hall of Fame for profiles of the people who have changed the course of human history.

A fun tribute to retail malls which may not have been famous, but were still significant. Some have died, some have evolved, but all have carved out their own little piece in local retail history.

This retail timeline provides significant news events in retail history from 1898 to the present.

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In 2009 the U.S. retail industry saw high highs and low lows, and "The Best and Worst of 2009" list reflects both extremes. Find out which 15 major U.S. retail chains were designated as the best and worst of U.S. retailing, and how some retailers found a new due north in a difficult recessionary year.

Find a list of the top retail industry companies that donated the largest amount of money to political campaigns for the Mid-Term national elections in 2010. This list highlights U.S. companies with significant retail operations that contributed the most money to political campaigns in 2010, according to OpenSecrets.org.

This article highlights the U.S. companies with significant retail operations that contributed the most money to congressional political campaigns in 2010, according to Mother Jones. Find a list of the top retail industry companies that made large donations to support congressional candidates in the mid-term national elections in 2010.

This is a list of the major U.S. retail industry corporations that have Political Action Committees (PAC) which collect money from employees and shareholders and then distribute that money to political campaigns. Find a complete list of U.S. retail industry PAC's here.