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KiraGrace Introduces The Goddess Collection, a Performance Activewear Line Designed for the Goddess in All of Us KiraGrace, a new yoga apparel brand, launched today with The Goddess Collection, a line of technical yoga gear designed to celebrate women's beauty, strength and grace. Founded by Kira Karmazin, an expert in women’s fashion apparel and a lifelong yoga student, KiraGrace was designed to inspire women moving through life’s journeys. Karmazin has spent her entire career in women’s fashion apparel and was the force behind many successful product lines at Lucy Activewear, Victoria’s Secret and Gap. Her passion for yoga and

bebe stores, inc. (Nasdaq: BEBE) today reported retail sales from continuing operations of $141.1 million for the second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2011, an increase of 9.9% compared to $128.4 million for the fiscal quarter ended January 1, 2011. As previously disclosed, beginning in fiscal 2012, the Company reports comparable store sales results inclusive of our on-line store. Comparable store sales for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2011 increased 9.6% compared to flat comparable store sales in the second fiscal quarter of the prior year. Retail sales from continuing operations for the year-to-date period ended December 31,

Limited Brands, Inc. (NYSE: LTD) reported a comparable store sales increase of 7 percent for the five weeks ended Dec. 31, 2011, compared to the five weeks ended Jan. 1, 2011. The company reported net sales of $1.868 billion for the five weeks ended Dec. 31, 2011, compared to net sales of $1.790 billion last year. Total sales for the month were negatively impacted by the sale of our third party apparel sourcing business in the beginning of November 2011. The company reported a comparable store sales increase of 10 percent for the 48 weeks ended Dec. 31, 2011,

Chelmsford, Mass. -- Monthly hires in the retail industry remain well above the lows reached during the recession and suggest retail hiring is continuing to improve following sharp declines in 2008 and 2009, according to the January Kronos Retail Labor Index. The Index dipped to 3.5% in December, reflecting a 7.6% drop in hires made. (The January report includes data for December 2011. The analysis and write-up is prepared by Macroeconomic Advisers LLC). “The December decline in hires followed a strong 8.0% increase in hires in November, which could indicate retailers made hiring decisions earlier in the year in

Federal authorities investigating the sale of shirts and jerseys bogusly branded NHL Winter Classic merchandise say they’ve seized counterfeit goods worth an estimated $350,000. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations office says it intercepted 150 international mail parcels and seized merchandise from vendors outside Citizens Bank Park, where the Philadelphia Flyers met the New York Rangers on Dec. 2.

MINNEAPOLIS — Joe Namath he’s not. Target chairman, president and CEO Gregg Steinhafel assured investors last month that December comps would exceed November’s 1.8% increase, but then Thursday morning reported a disappointing 1.6% increase and a reduced profit forecast. Namath, the former New York Jet’s quarterback, famously guaranteed victory over the heavily favored Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III and then delivered on his guidance with a stunning 16-to-7 victory. Conversely, Target’s failure to live up to Steinhafel’s guarantee that fourth-quarter comps would be in a low-to-mid single-digit range, but above November’s 1.8% gain, caused the company to significantly

One of France's best-known mail order catalogs apologized after web users noticed a naked man in the background of an advertising photo published in the children's section of its website.

The countdown until the British government's ban on displaying tobacco products in large retail stores comes into effect is now underway. New legislation announced last March ruled that large stores over 3,000 square feet will have to hide cigarettes and other tobacco products under the counter or in closed cabinets, with the aim of changing attitudes to smoking and reducing promotion of these products.

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