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The Weekly Closeout: Big 5 Sporting Goods sold, NRF goes up against New York

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The retailer was acquired by Worldwide Golf and Capitol Hill Group. Meanwhile, the National Retail Federation took aim at New York’s new law requiring algorithmic pricing disclosures.

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