AM 1240 KLYQ » retail http://klyq.com Hamilton's News Talk Leader Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:11:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Which Is the Top Big Retailer? http://klyq.com/costco-walmart-jcpenny-top-big-retailer/ http://klyq.com/costco-walmart-jcpenny-top-big-retailer/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:05:58 +0000 Shauna Wright http://thefw.com/?p=94328 Costco, Walmart, JCPenney and all the other chain retailers are some of the best places to shop for everything we need, including 200 packs of toilet paper rolls and those 12 packs of cereal. But out of them all — Kmart, Kohl’s, Macy’s, Meijer, Sam’s Club, Sears and Target included — which is the best?

The good folks at Consumer Reports asked 26,000 readers to rate their shopping experiences to determine what the nation’s top retailer is.

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