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Walgreens is following in the footsteps of Target and Wal-Mart in offering a digital edition of its weekly advertising circular that will offer additional items through Walgreens.com and the company's mobile applications. The Sunday circular — viewed by more than 50 million consumers, according to Walgreens — also will get a new look and feel, designed to improve the shopping experience.

Los Angeles-based American Apparel Inc. announced the opening of a new in-store shop within Selfridges department store in London. Situated at Manchester's Exchange Square, the new 156-sq.-ft. location is American Apparel's second in-store boutique in Manchester, and the company’s fifth in-store collaboration with Selfridges. The new Manchester shop will be the first location opened by American Apparel in 2012. Currently, American Apparel operates approximately 249 stores in 20 countries. SAVE | EMAIL | PRINT | MOST POPULAR | RSS DDI's RetailDesignDiva blog is dedicated to retail design issues, opinions and frustrations of the day.Read the Diva's recent rantings.

LoveSpoils announced today the launch of its online retail site, a first-of-its-kind romantic relationship-based shopping experience. The site provides couples the opportunity to generate reward points, called "LoveSpoils," by shopping at participating retailers. At LoveSpoils, when you purchase something for yourself, your significant other receives reward points, which he or she can apply toward discounted items.

The world's most popular mobile game, Angry Birds, can now lay claim to two physical retail outlets. The latest addition has landed in Finland's Helsinki-Vantaa airport.

Valentine's Day flowers symbolize more than love; they represent prosperity for the retail industry. And business is looking good not only for American retailers but also for Colombian flower growers.

Wal-Mart, Office Depot and Macy’s were the only three retailers listed among the National Association for Female Executives’ (NAFE) list of the Top 50 Companies for Executive Women. According to NAFE, women represent 53 percent of the employees at these companies, on average. Women make up 23 percent of the board of directors at the NAFE Top 50 vs. 16 percent of the boards of companies in the Fortune 500. In addition, women comprise 22 percent of the executive level at companies in the NAFE Top 50 vs. 14 percent across Fortune 500 companies.

Austin, Texas -- Whole Foods Market announced that two regional presidents, David Lannon and Ken Meyer, have been promoted to executive VPs of operations, joining the executive leadership team. The company's 12 regional presidents will report to them. In these newly created positions, Lannon and Meyer join John Mackey, Walter Robb, Glenda Flanagan, A.C. Gallo and Jim Sud, expanding the executive team to seven leaders. They will begin transitioning into their new roles over the next month. Lannon will reside in Northern California and Meyer in the Washington, D.C., area. Both will frequent the company's headquarters in Austin.

Tommy Bahama Group has named 20-plus year industry veteran Ferdinand Van Alphen the company's new VP of creative services. The appointment is effective immediately.Van Alphen has held many major posts within the creative side of the business, including senior creative posts at Tommy Hilfiger in both the USA and Europe as well as agency work in The Netherlands, New York, and Hong Kong. Most recently, Van Alphen owned a creative consulting agency, handling various projects for Vertu mobile phones, Boss fragrance, Pringles, and Liebeskind Berlin, among others.In his new endeavor, Van Alphen is responsible for the creative expression and

Walmart will work with PAR Technology to adopt its EverServ SureCheck and Temperature Measuring Devices. The cloud-based solutions for in-store mobile terminals and temperature measuring devices are designed to deliver a leading-edge, automated, HACCP food safety program as well as checklist management to ensure food safety.

Bass Pro Shops is kicking off a pilot of mobile sales devices that will optimize the customer experience by reducing the amount of time spent waiting in line.