AUSTIN, Texas — Whole Foods Market here has changed the name of one of its blogs to “The Whole Deal” after Stop & Shop filed a lawsuit against the company for using the slogan “The Real Deal.” In the ...

”Shop locally” — two words that are heard everywhere this time of year and it made me wonder if we are as aware as we should be of other ways we can do that. Everyone understands that it means to shop ...

Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. has accused closeout retailer Big Lots Inc. of violating its trademarked “Real Deal” slogan. The Quincy supermarket company, which operates 382 stores in the Northeast, ...

The holiday sales at big-name retailers in Lakewood, Signal Hill and Cerritos can be tempting, especially in an economic downturn when folks are tightening their proverbial belts to the last notch.