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A concerned mother is taking to Facebook to rally against Urban Outfitters after being shocked by the hipster retailer's selection of raunchy, sex-themed books in a Valentine's Day display during a visit to its Boston location with her 13-year-old daughter last week.

Blogger Ginger Harris hauled herself out of bed at 6:45 on Feb. 5 and headed to Target for the new Jason Wu collection. But after waiting in line for the store to open, all that remained were larger-size dresses and tops. So, where did everything go?

Hidden behind a disguise so effective he was unrecognizable by even close colleagues, Oriental Trading Company CEO Sam Taylor recently went undercover to learn more about his company. The results of this look inside the nation's largest direct retailer of party supplies, arts and crafts, toys, and novelties will air Friday, March 9 on CBS's hit series "Undercover Boss."

Some people insist that Best Buy is dying a slow death. Meanwhile, its CEO, Brian Dunn, maintains that 80 percent of consumer electronics sales still come from brick-and-mortar stores.

Online retail spending reached $49.7 billion for the fourth quarter, up 14 percent versus year ago, according to comScore, Inc. For the entire 2011 year, U.S. retail e-commerce spending reached a...

Workwear retailer Duluth Trading Co. has promoted Stephanie Pugliese to president and chief merchandise officer, effective immediately. Duluth Trading said that Pugliese most recently served as senior vice president of product development and marketing, spearheading the evolution and expansion of Duluth Trading's women's line.

Amazon.com is about to announce a web video deal with Viacom in what sources said was one of the last steps in a plan to launch a stand-alone subscription service to compete with Netflix. The online retailer will unveil the deal as soon as this week, according to two people familiar with the discussions.

A mall in Cleveland, like many malls across the country, is suffering. Closed on weekends because there are so few visitors, it's down to eight retail stores, eight food-court vendors and a couple of businesses. So part of the glass-covered mall is being converted into a vegetable garden.

When J.C. Penney announced in December that it cut a deal to carry Martha Stewart-branded home goods in its stores, it didn't take Macy's long to say, Wait a minute, Martha.

It's beautiful, it's addictive and now Pinterest is having its glorious hockey stick moment. TechCrunch has attained exclusive data from comScore showing Pinterest just hit 11.7 million unique monthly U.S. visitors, crossing the 10 million mark faster than any other stand-alone site in history.