Retail

President Trump signed an order Friday to review the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial oversight law, which could pit banks against retailers. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Dodd-Frank replacement bill brings big lobbying battle over swipe fees

Joseph Lawler · February 8, 2017 5:01 am

House Republicans have proposed taxing imports as part of a broader corporate rate-cutting reform that would tax goods based on where they are sold. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)

Retailers create group to oppose House GOP tax plan

Joseph Lawler · February 1, 2017 8:52 pm

Republicans fear retailers could try to undermine tax reform. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House GOP might call CEOs of retailers in for a dressing down

David M. Drucker · January 30, 2017 11:41 pm

The American Society of Civil Engineers has given U.S. infrastructure a D+ rating, estimating that between 2016 and 2025 the U.S. will need approximately $3 trillion in infrastructure spending, two-thirds of which is needed for transportation.

Private funding should be used to fix the roads

Washington Examiner Staff · January 23, 2017 5:01 am

President-elect Trump on Thursday expressed his appreciation for L.L.Bean (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Trump backs L.L.Bean after liberals boycott company

Alex Pappas · January 12, 2017 4:40 pm

The effect of the border adjustment, retailers fear, would be that the goods they import to sell to consumers would face a 20 percent mark-up, one that would force retailers like Walmart, the Home Depot and Sears to raise prices and lose customers. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Retailers fear House GOP tax plan

Joseph Lawler · December 22, 2016 5:01 am

Big TV's and athletic shoes were big sellers on Black Friday. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Expert: Black Friday bust, ‘calmest in 40 years,’ Thanksgiving now No. 1

Paul Bedard · November 25, 2016 10:54 pm

A CDC survey found more than 66 percent were strongly or somewhat in favor of outlawing tobacco sales. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Survey: Most don’t want tobacco sales at pharmacies

Robert King · September 1, 2016 4:01 am

Lobbyists are gearing up to contest a provision in a House Financial Services Committee legislative package that would repeal a cap on debit transaction fees put in place by the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Measure added to bill repealing Dodd-Frank threatens replay of epic lobbying battle

Joseph Lawler · August 26, 2016 4:01 am

Rep. Bob Goodlatte aims to end a long-running dispute between traditional retailers and online sellers. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Republican introduces Internet sales tax framework

Joseph Lawler · August 25, 2016 8:54 pm

The Prime of Amazon’s Life

Irwin M. Stelzer · July 23, 2016 4:01 am

Labor Department Secretary Tom Perez has sought to reinterpret old rules to expand its reach, an approach that allows it to bypass Congress. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

The Labor Department’s crusade against volunteering

Sean Higgins · June 13, 2016 4:01 am