Christie’s: Global sales of luxury homes cooled in 2016
Global luxury home sales cooled off in 2016 for the second consecutive year, even with a record number of homes selling for more than $100 million.
Gun sales surge ahead of grand jury’s Ferguson decision
Some suburban St. Louis gun dealers have been doing brisk business, particularly among first-time buyers, as fearful residents await a grand jury’s decision on whether to indict the police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown.
Report: Large home, condo sales increasing in Oktibbeha
More local homeowners are upgrading their living conditions and purchasing larger homes in Oktibbhea County.
Indictment alleges advertisement sales scam
A Shannon woman has been indicted on charges that she attempted to defraud businesses by selling ads in a fictitious publication.
PC shipment slump bottoms out
A two-year slump in personal computer sales ended in the second quarter, helped by improving demand in developed markets like North America and Europe.
Carpenter: Spring events spike hotel occupancy
Participant and hotel stay data for events held during Pilgrimage and other events this spring continues to trickle in, and the numbers tell a success story.
Weak electronics sales pressure Best Buy, Sears
Is America’s love affair with gadgets fading?
Carpenter: Overlapping events helped Pilgrimage
Several overlapping events during this year’s Pilgrimage season helped increase ticket sales and hotel stays over the 16-day period, Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Nancy Carpenter said.
Legal pot sales begin amid doubt in Colo.
A gleaming white Apple store of weed is how Andy Williams sees his new Denver marijuana dispensary.
Holiday sales down for 3rd week
Stores are hoping Americans who’ve been tight-fisted with their money will get the last-minute itch to buy in the final week of the holiday shopping season.
Hagel outlines new weapons sale plan for Gulf nations
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel opened the door for the U.S. to sell missile defense and other weapons systems to U.S.-friendly Gulf nations, with an eye toward boosting their abilities to counter Iran’s ballistic missiles, even as global powers ink a nuclear deal with Tehran.
Apple’s sales of new iPhones off to fast start
SAN FRANCISCO — Gadget lovers still can’t resist the iPhone’s seductive call, even amid a bevy of enticing lower-priced alternatives that offer similar features. In
Retailers see slow start for back-to-school shopping season
NEW YORK — Shoppers are holding off on back-to-school shopping, and those who delay long enough might be rewarded with some steep discounts from desperate
Hearing set for cold beer sales in Oxford
OXFORD — Oxford aldermen are considering a proposal to allow cold beer and light wine sales in the city for the first time in 40
What can schools sell instead of candy? Trash bags
NEW YORK — When Beth Hendrickson first proposed selling garbage bags instead of candy as a school fundraiser, “people laughed at us.” They don’t laugh
Surveillance reports spark sales of ‘1984’
NEW YORK — The country’s book-buyers are reading up on being watched. Sales for dystopian classics such as George Orwell’s “1984” and Aldous Huxley’s “Brave
Microsoft aims to simplify with Windows 8.1 update
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft is trying to fix what it got wrong with its radical makeover of Windows. It’s making the operating system easier to
Research firm: PC sales plunge as Windows 8 flops
Microsoft’s Windows 8 software appears to be driving buyers away from PCs and toward smartphones and tablets, research firm IDC said Wednesday. That’s leading to the fastest drop in PC sales the firm has ever seen.
Girl Scouts out in force for cookie sales
Sunday’s blue skies and warm temperatures inspired many to spend the day outdoors, including local Girl Scouts, who were out in full force to kick off the first weekend of the 2013 cookie sale season.
Car dealers encouraged by 2012 sales
For the first time since the Great Recession, new car sales topped 17 million in 2012.
For local car dealers, those numbers not only mean a banner year, but hope for the future.