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This undated image provided by Nordstrom shows a handbag made popular on Pinterest that is available at Nordstrom stores. Pinterest, a social media site that allows users to create collections of photos, articles, recipes, videos and other images that are called “pins,” is being used by big chains to draw business to their own sites. (AP Photo/Nordstrom)

Retailers get creative with Pinterest

By MAE ANDERSON - Associated Press

In this March 4, 2013 file photo, snow is piled in the parking lot of the new Target store in Guelph, Ontario as Canadian Tire posts a Canadian message on their sign. For years, Canadians would cross the border to the U.S. to shop at Target. Exporting its cheap chic there seemed like a no-brainer. But a year after opening more than 100 stores north of the border, Target has found business isn’t so easy. Canadian Tire, which operates nearly 500 stores in the country and stocks housewares, barbecue grills and other items besides tires, has increased its marketing and deepened its assortment of home decor and other areas. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Dave Chidley)

Ow, Canada: US retailers get the cold shoulder

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO and CHARMAINE NORONHA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, file photo, April Taylor of Upper Marlboro, Md., left, buys items from groceries to Christmas presents with her son Jarhon Taylor, right, on opening day of a new Wal-Mart on Georgia Avenue Northwest in Washington. Wal-Mart told The Associated Press Friday, March 21, 2014, that it has rolled out an online tool that allows shoppers to compare its prices on 80,000 food and household products to those of its competitors. The world's largest retailer began offering the feature that's called &quot;Savings Catcher&quot; on its website last month in seven big markets that include Dallas, San Diego and Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Wal-Mart’s new tool gives competitors prices

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO - Associated Press

Minn. lawmakers object to data-breach bill

By MIKE CRONIN - Associated Press

Holiday shoppers Jessica Moe (left) and Teresa Stewart compare notes on a Black Friday bargain at West Town Mall in Knoxville, Tenn., on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013. (AP Photo/The Knoxville News Sentinel, J. Miles Cary)

Record crowds over weekend, but spending declined

By Annie D'Innocenzio - Associated Press

This Sept. 19, 2013 photo shows workers at the Target Technology Innovation Center office in San Francisco. Target Corp., based in Minneapolis is among a growing number of old-line retailers opening technology hubs in recent months in high-tech colonies, particularly in Silicon Valley and San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Retailers take on Silicon Valley

By Anne D'Innocenzio - Associated Press

** FILE ** Droplets of rain cover the handle of a shopping cart outside a Wal-Mart store. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

EDITORIAL: Unions play Grinch on Black Friday

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Denise Smith-Lad asks her grandson, Jordan Smith, 6, what he would like to eat as they camp in front of a Best Buy store in Cockrell Hill, Texas, on Monday. Mrs. Smith and her family lined up for the deals available on the day after Thanksgiving. (Associated Press)

Hungry retailers crash Thanksgiving dinner with ‘Gray Thursday’

By Andrea Billups - The Washington Times