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HauteLook will become the latest online player to use TV advertising to boost awareness and attract subscribers. Like Groupon and LivingSocial before it, the flash-sale site is using mass media to define its brand to a broad audience.

New York Knick Jeremy Lin Photo By Chris Trotman for Most Recent Articles On People More Articles By New York Knicks’ Jeremy Lin has fascinated sports fans, and athletic retailers are hoping to capitalize on the “Linsanity.” Ever since the basketball player led his team to an unexpected streak of wins, starting on Feb. 4, Lin’s jersey has been the top seller on NBAstore.com. Sportsonesource reported that sales of all NBA-licensed product were up 19 percent last week, with sales of Knicks-licensed merchandise doubling over last year. Lin’s meteoric rise to fame has also drawn more eyes to

In a victory for traditional brick-and-mortar retailers, Amazon agreed to collect and pay sales tax on purchases made to Virginians. Gov. Robert F. McDonnell's office announced that an agreement had been reached between his office, the online retailing giant, small businesses and several members of the General Assembly, which has been considering legislation to close the so-called Amazon loophole.

At Kohl's, we're always making headlines. Below is the full version and PDF of our most recent press release. You will also find our five most recent releases on the right. To view all of the releases from the several years, visit our s. • 2011 diluted EPS increases 17% • Dividend increases 28% to $0.32 per share MENOMONEE FALLS, WI (Business Wire) – February 23, 2012 - Kohl’s Corporation (NYSE:KSS) today reported results for the quarter and year ended January 28, 2012 ...

The NBA is working to raise awareness among fans that counterfeiters are also drawn to the star-studded NBA All-Star weekend festivities and to make sure fans take precautions to avoid being stuck with unlicensed NBA merchandise.

The satirical cartoons that Tony Avent puts on the cover of his garden nursery catalogs have earned him sporadic hate mail for more than a decade. Now his new spring catalog is getting investigated by Penn State University officials for possible trademark infringement. 

Columbia Sportswear has implemented a new payment data solution. This cloud-based solution protects sensitive point-of-sale payment data and reduces Columbia's PCI scope by reducing the retailer's requirement of storing any payment data on its network. The implementation across Columbia Sportswear's 54 U.S. retail locations will be completed by April 2012. 

Nordstrom recently announced adjustments to its loyalty program; Barnes & Noble unveiled temporary price cuts to its Nook tablets and e-readers; and Safeway, Kroger and Stop & Shop are hoping to offset rising food prices by providing gasoline discounts to their rewards members and personalized savings for loyal shoppers.

Minneapolis -- Target Corp. reported Thursday that profit for the quarter ended Jan. 28 slid 5.2% to $981 million amid heavy holiday promotional activity. But the chain is still forecasting a full-year profit outlook that beats analysts’ expectations. Revenue for the fourth quarter increased 3.3% to $20.94 billion, missing Wall Street’s expected $21.23 billion in revenue. Same-store sales rose 2.2%, below Target expectations. On a conference call with analysts, Target CEO Gregg W. Steinhafel said that the pace of sales after the holiday period has returned to stronger, pre-holiday levels, and sales momentum has built, particularly in discretionary categories.

OfficeMax reported that net income for the quarter ended Dec. 31 dropped to $2.9 million from $32.8 million a year earlier. Sales edged up 3.9 percent to $1.8 billion in the quarter, but dipped 0.4 percent to $7.1 billion for the full year.