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Cleveland Auto Show set for Feb. 27 to March 7

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Auto Show will be from Feb. 27 to March 7 at the I-X Center. Automakers will have new models, as well as concept models, on display.

Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for seniors and pre-teens. Children 6 and under are free. Discount coupons worth $2 will be available at northern Ohio car dealers starting Feb. 18. Tickets are available online at www.clevelandautoshow.com. The show will be open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturdays, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sundays and from noon to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

Fabian Auto Sales opens, offers used-vehicle program

CANFIELD — Frank Fabian has opened Fabian Auto Sales, 650 W. Main St. He has been in the automotive industry for 37 years. He said he is offering a used-vehicle search program, which allows a consumer to search vehicles offered to dealers, and the opportunity to attend online and onsite auctions.

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Wal-Mart to cut about 11,200 Sam’s Club staffers

NEW YORK — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will cut about 11,200 jobs at Sam’s Club warehouses as it turns over the task of in-store product demonstrations to an outside marketing company.

The move is an effort to improve sales at Sam’s Club, which has underperformed the company’s namesake stores in the U.S. and abroad.

The cuts represent about 10 percent of the warehouse club operator’s 110,000 staffers across its 600 stores. That includes 10,000 workers, mostly part-timers, who offer food samples and showcase products to customers. The company also eliminated 1,200 workers who recruit new members.

Employees were told the news at mandatory meetings Sunday.

Shopper Events, based in Rogers, Ark., works with Wal-Mart’s namesake stores on in-store demonstrations.

Vindicator staff/wire reports