International Business News - Shops http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Forget about the outdated notion of thrift shops as the refuge of the working poor, the down and out or the vintage fashion hipster. In these troubled times, the powerful lure of a secondhand retail bargain is attracting a whole new breed of customer. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/thrift-shops-thrive-amid-economic-downturn.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:02:07 EDT Forget about the outdated notion of thrift shops as the refuge of the working poor, the down and out or the vintage fashion hipster. In these troubled times, the powerful lure of a secondhand retail bargain is attracting a whole new breed of customer. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/thrift-shops-thrive-amid-economic-downturn.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:09:09 EDT A new Arizona court ruling says smoking is permitted in retail tobacco stores even if they sell alcoholic beverages. The Court of Appeals ruling issued Tuesday permits a Phoenix shop, Magnum's, to allow smoking under a state law generally prohibiting smoking in indoor public places. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/booze-selling-tobacco-shop-exempt-from-smoking-ban.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:28:25 EDT New York City will pay to install a better security camera system in a Virginia gun store that will make other changes to its sales practices, resolving a lawsuit the city filed two years ago. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/nyc-buys-new-security-for-va-gun-shop-ends-suit.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:33:43 EDT New York City will pay to install a better security camera system in a Virginia gun store that will make other changes to its sales practices, resolving a lawsuit the city filed two years ago. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/nyc-buys-new-security-for-va-gun-shop-ends-suit.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:14:13 EDT Shares in several pawn shop operators fell Monday after an analyst estimated that at least two would see profits crimped by Hurricane Ike. Sterne Agee analyst Henry Coffey Jr. said he expects that Cash America International Corp. and First Cash Financial Services Inc. lost income after the hurricane essentially shut down Houston since making landfall there about 10 days ago. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/pawn-shops-slip-after-analyst-sees-ike-constraints.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:45:29 EDT Managers at the Bob Moates Sport Shop were spoiling for a fight when they found out New York City was suing the Virginia store over the way it sold firearms. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/nyc-foes-split-over-effect-of-gun-shop-lawsuits.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:50:20 EDT It began with a bang, but there's a quieter ending looming for New York City's legal campaign against a group of gun stores that had a history of selling weapons that wound up in the hands of criminals. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/nyc-foes-split-over-effect-of-gun-shop-lawsuits.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:47:04 EDT Cash-strapped consumers desperate for deals are increasingly turning to pawn shops and payday lenders instead of the local mall and neighborhood bank. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/tight-credit-drives-consumers-toward-pawn-shops.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:45:10 EDT