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Facebook will bring its Timeline profile pages to brands this month in the U.S., according to executives briefed on the company's plans.

Apple's main manufacturing partner in China, Foxconn, is paying workers up to an extra 25 percent following widespread criticism of its labor practices.

Christopher & Banks announced that Larry Barenbaum has resigned all of his positions with the company effective Feb. 17, 2012. In connection with Barenbaum's resignation as chief executive officer, the company's board of directors announced that Joel Waller, president, has been named chief executive officer.

If you walk past the building that used to be a Borders in downtown Chicago you'll find an art exhibit in the window. That's one way of filling the space that was emptied after Borders closed down all 399 of its locations last year. The question of what would become of these huge big-box stores puzzled commercial real estate experts.

Styling goes social with the new Styld.by digital catlog developed for Gap. Collaborating with fashion bloggers, items from Gap's spring 2012 collection are styled and showcased.

American Apparel will be tagging every neon legging, velvet bodysuit, T-shirt and iconic hoodie with a RFID sensor. The sensors will track items from the time they're shipped from American Apparel’s factory in downtown Los Angeles to when a customer purchases the item from one of its 280 stores, helping the chain to keep better track of inventory and disappearances. 

Online shoppers went into a frenzy last week as Jason Kottke’s post “You can buy stuff from IKEA on Amazon!” was reblogged by Gizmodo. The convenience of not having to navigate around the maze that is the Ikea floor plan or having to carry everything home lured shoppers to check out the Ikea furniture items featured on Amazon.

JessicasFashion.com has launched a redesigned website and prom catalog 2012 to give its customers better shopping experience than before. Red Prom Dress JessicasFashion, a leading online retailer specializing in prom dresses, has unveiled a redesigned website that will serve the needs of its customers at an even higher level than before. Customers who shop at JessicasFashion.com, will find that it contains plenty of upgraded elements that will enhance each customer's shopping experience and help them choose the dress they want at the price they want. Finding the right dress at JessicasFashion is made simpler with the site's new product

Last April, Gamestop opened a store on Facebook to generate sales among the 3.5 million-plus customers who’d declared themselves “fans” of the video game retailer. Six months later, the store was quietly shuttered.

Amazon.com plans to build three commercial towers in Seattle, potentially increasing the city's downtown office space by 7 percent, based on the company's preliminary development plans and figures from CBRE Group.