WISCONSINREPORT.COM (01/08/2015) – Wisconsin JC Penney stores in Oshkosh, Racine and Shawano are scheduled to close this year, leaving more state residents without work. The closings are just a fraction of the JC Penneys cutbacks nationwide.
Read moreWISCONSINREPORT.COM (11/20/2014) [HEALTH] – On the 39th anniversary of the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout, new data has been released showing a record low percentage of Wisconsin teens are smoking. That celebratory data, however, was tempered by new figures showing a surge in use of other tobacco products and electronic cigarettes. According to the Wisconsin Youth Tobacco Survey, 10.7 percent of Wisconsin high school students smoke cigarettes, down from 13.1 percent in 2012 and below the current national average of 12.7 percent. Yet, the rate of Wisconsin high school students using smokeless tobacco products like snuff and snus jumped from roughly six percent to nearly ten percent. Among high
Read moreWISCONSINREPORT.COM (11/11/2014) [SHOPPING] Shopko announces that its stores will be open for extended hours beginning Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 27 through Friday, November 28. Special store hours and pricing will be available at the retailer’s Shopko and Shopko Hometown stores and on Shopko.com. Shopko stores will be open from 7 am to 1 pm on Thanksgiving Day for shoppers wanting to beat the rush or pick up their last minute needs for their Thanksgiving feast. The stores will re-open for Black Friday at 6 pm on Thanksgiving night and remain open until 11 pm Friday, November 28. Over 850 items will be featured at Shopko store locations at door buster
Read moreWISCONSINREPORT.COM (10/22/2014) [COMMERCE] Microsoft is making a 5.4 Million Dollar software grant to Goodwill Industries International. The grant affects the Milwaukee, WI area and 20 other Goodwill agencies in the United States.
Read moreWISCONSINREPORT.COM (10/16/2014) [SHOPPING] – Shopko has announced the rollout of its expanded Omnichannel, which provides customers more access to product, including the ability to buy products on-line and ship them to your local store for free.
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