June Chain Store Sales Show Slower Growth Across Sectors
June retail chain store sales rose about 3.0 percent year over year, signaling a slowdown as Fed rate hikes curb spending and gasoline prices squeeze discretionary dollars. Department stores weakness contrasts with modest gains at discount chains Wal-Mart and Target, while TeleCheck reports a 3.4 percent rise. regional variance exists, with the Midwest posting 3.6 percent.
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Chicago
Federal Reserve
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
Michael Niemira
Fed
Dana Saporta
Stone
McCarthy
William Ford
TeleCheck
Midwest
Dillards
JC Penney
Ames
Federated
Wal-Mart
Target
Hicks Receives Highest Honor for Community Service
Katherine Hicks R Ph owner of The Medicine Shoppe at 1020 Richland Ave West received the 1999 Community Service Award from Medicine Shoppe International for health care screenings wellness programs and public health education efforts conducted with local professionals. Since 1983 the company has honored more than 900 pharmacist owners with the award.
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Katherine Hicks
R.ph
Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy
Richland Ave
West
Medicine Shoppe International Inc
Medicine Shoppe Pharmacists
Medicine Shoppe Pharmacies
South Carolina seeks move of Safety-Kleen bankruptcy case
State officials ask US Bankruptcy Court in Columbia move the case from Delaware to South Carolina to save travel costs for creditors and other parties. DHEC and agencies push for $70 million cleanup fund and set deadlines at Pinewood landfill near Lake Marion, with closure and waste restrictions through July to Aug 2024.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Safety-Kleen Corp
Delaware
Safety-Kleen
Santee Cooper
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Natural Resources Department
DHEC
Lake Marion
Pinewood
Thom Berry
Wilmington
Del
Berry
Gap misses earnings forecast for second quarter
The Gap Inc. lowered its second quarter earnings outlook to 23 cents a share from 26 cents as shares rose 7.3 percent to 32.125 dollars. The San Francisco retailer cited a 2 percent same store sales drop and slow June traffic, noting operations across about 3,100 stores including Banana Republic, GapKids, babyGap and Old Navy in multiple countries.
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Gap
San Francisco
the Gap Inc
New York Stock Exchange
First Call Corp
Com
Pany
Canada
France
Germany
Japan
Banana Republic
GapKids
babyGap
Old Navy
Bowles Named Bank Vice President at Security Federal
Jack R. Bowles joined Security Federal last week as vice president. A native of West Virginia, he has over a decade of banking leadership experience and now bases his life in Aiken South Carolina. He is a University of South Carolina graduate with a BS in management. Bowles participates in Kiwanis and Ser toma clubs, United Way, and the Council on Aging, enjoys golf and fishing, attends Cedar Creek Church, and lives with wife Deborah and their daughter.
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Security Federal
Jack R. Bowles
Bowles
West Virginia
Aiken
Aiken High School
University of South Car
Olina
Aiken Kiwanis Club
Sertoma Club
United Way
Coun
Cil
Cedar Creek Church
Deborah
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S.C
IAL
alRio
R. Lee Grantham
M.D
Board Certified
Ophthalmologist
Center For Sight
University Lane
Universit
Kroger
Bank V.p
Wes
OSE
ST. Augustine
Bermuda
Zoysia
Riverwatch Parkway
Aiken Men Coury Hestorical Museum
Montinenal
Newbery
Swincox
Colleton Ave
Augusta Omnis Museum of Art
Mouoay
Augusta-West
Stevens Creek Ra
North Augusta
Brookside Ave
Iity
Ting
Woves & Enocn
Aubrey Rhodes
Tracy Kenton Taylor
Ameri 4
Plannine
Iour
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