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Consumers looking for deals on new big-screen HDTVs before the Super Bowl — traditionally a good time to score savings — will need to step up their game this postseason. Retailers probably won't have as many sets on hand compared with past years, and super savings will be harder to find.

The battle for shoppers' hearts and minds used to take place mainly outside of the store itself in the promotional campaigns that drove people to a brick-and-mortar choice. Now it's a ground game. Who can get shopper consciousness in the store? How can retailers add value to their own mobile experience so the mobilized consumer defaults to their store's app or mobile site?

If retailers displayed criticisms and complaints from their customers on their websites instead of hiding them they would benefit from consumers spending more time on their sites and improved conversion rates, new research has shown.

Deerfield, Ill. -- Walgreens will acquire the prescription files and inventory from 33 Kmart pharmacies in 16 states. Walgreens will purchase the pharmacy patient files and transfer them to nearby Walgreens pharmacies. Patients whose prescription files...

NEW YORK — Barnes & Noble has announced that it will celebrate Black History Month with special events and promotions recognizing the significant contributions by African-Americans to the world’s social, political and economic development. Throughout February, Barnes & Noble stores will host Storytime events, promotions and celebrity appearances in stores and online at Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com). According to the company, all stores will have a Black History Month display of books for all ages, including picture books for young readers and relevant titles for each age group. The display will include "Life Upon These Shores: Looking at African

_ ROCKFORD, Mich., Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Wolverine Worldwide Highlights for the year: "Our portfolio of strong, global lifestyle brands combined to deliver another year of record performance," said Blake W. Krueger, the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Each of our three branded operating groups and our direct-to-consumer business contributed to the year's outstanding results. Additionally, all major international regions reported double-digit revenue growth, as our newly created International Group focused on the significant opportunities outside of North America. Our distributor and licensee business, which markets our brands in nearly 190 countries, also had an exceptional year,

More than 3.5 billion coupons for consumer packaged goods were redeemed in the United States last year, a 6.1 percent increase over 2010. That’s according to Inmar, which reported that while redemption activity in the first half of last year showed...

Issaquah, Wash.-based Costco Wholesale Corp. plans to open 20 new U.S. store locations in 2012, according to www.wwd.com. “We would expect increased expansion activity as we’ve got more in the pipeline, as well as an ongoing increase proportionally of some of the overseas expansion, which tends to be a little more expensive in some of these very densely populated major cities,” said Jim Sinegal, co-founder of Costco Wholesale Corp. The company is reportedly considering expansion in major European cities, including Paris and Madrid. Costco currently operates 598 warehouses, including 433 in the United States and Puerto Rico, 82 in

Just a few weeks after unveiling the locations of its first 24 stores in Canada, Target released an expanded list of stores that will debut in 2013. The stores listed included two in Alberta, two in British Columbia, 29 in Ontario and one in Saskatchewan.

Vitacost.com, a cross-channel retailer of health and wellness products, unveiled a fresh new brand identity, complete with a new logo and corporate slogan, "take the cost out of healthy living." The company website will be revitalized over the next month with a cleaner look and feel and improved usability features.