To quote Sy Syms, ”an educated consumer is our best customer.” An exciting research field in economics has documented the power of information and “report cards” in influencing individual choice and this in aggregate has public health consequences. For...

At the annual event, shoppers strip the racks and change in the aisles to find the ultimate dress bargain. Syms Corp. filed a voluntary Chapter 11 petition in Delaware in November and has liquidated both of its nameplates, according to New York Times. ...

That makes for increasingly sophisticated sales for Seagate, as they get plugged into the most sophisticated enterprise uses of storage. As Sy Syms used to say, “an educated consumer is our best customer,” and Google and their ilk are very, very...

Corp. (SYMS), the discount clothing chain, is seeking an examiner to investigate management’s decisions before the company filed for bankruptcy last month. An examiner is needed to determine if there were any “breach of fiduciary duty, mismanagement,...

You would think that a deep discounter of clothing, even if some of it was fairly fancy clothing, would thrive in a recession, but apparently not. One might argue that it sure must be one awful recession if it takes down even Syms. One report suggests...