Americans face a tough choice Tuesday morning: watch Barack Obama’s historic inauguration, or storm department stores to take advantage of a first-come, first-serve cosmetics giveaway worth $175 million.
Mark Your Calendars: Massive Cosmetics Giveaway Set For Inauguration Day
By January 17, 2009
Two More Retail Bankruptcies, Goody's And Gottschalks
By January 14, 2009
Gottschalks, a regional department store chain with 61 stores (most of them in California) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but will continue to operate as usual. Goody’s a clothing retailer that emerged from bankruptcy in October, however, has failed and will be liquidated.

