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A homeless dog in Wisconsin named L.L.Bean has found a new home in Maine, thanks to the company he's named after. The Dunn County Humane Society in Wisconsin received a call from an employee at L.L.Bean's Freeport headquarters after a local TV station ran a story featuring an 80-pound Coonhound named L.L.Bean that had been in the shelter for more than a year.

Chatsworth, Calif. — Rite Aid is planning to roll out 3-D holographic display kiosks in its stores next year, according to the kiosks' manufacturer. In a letter to shareholders, Provision Interactive Technologies president and CEO Curt Thornton wrote that it would place its 3-D Reward Centers in Rite Aid stores, starting with 200 locations and, according to the agreement between the two companies, eventually installing the kiosks in up to 4,800 stores. Rite Aid currently has 4,679 stores. The kiosks include a display unit that shows 3-D images "'floating in space' without the need for special glasses," which the

Barneys New York has launched the Micros-Retail miStore mobile point-of-sale solution in its flagship New York store. The retailer will use the new mobile solution to help streamline multiple transaction stations created by its multifaceted holiday campaign around Gaga’s Workshop.

Investor Marc Andreessen thinks traditional retailers are going to feel the heat next year as e-commerce "category killers" in verticals like electronics and home furnishings clean up. That's what he told CNET in an interview where he offered up some predictions for the coming year.

Edwin Watts Club Finder “This new platform provides shoppers with a more efficient online shopping experience, and I’m thrilled to deliver the new site just in time for holiday shopping.” Soumen Das CEO UniteU Technologies Fort Walton Beach, Florida (PRWEB) December 22, 2011 In conjunction with the holiday shopping season, Edwin Watts Golf Shops, LLC, (EWGS) one of the world’s largest specialty golf retailers, today announced the re-launch of http://www.edwinwattsgolf.com. With seamless navigation and a breadth of interactive features, the new-look e-commerce website offers online shoppers a turnkey shopping solution, whether shopping for yourself or a special golfer. The

7:45 PM ET) -- A manager for The Men’s Wearhouse Inc. slammed the dress apparel giant with a putative class action lawsuit Tuesday, claiming the retailer misclassified salaried managers at California stores as exempt from overtime and improperly denied them pay, breaks and reimbursements. The lawsuit against the national men’s retailer with over $2 billion in annual sales could have repercussions for hundreds of current and former managers at the 83 Men’s Wearhouse stores across the Golden State. Salaried manager Robert Fruithof filed the wage-and-hour class action lawsuit in Los...

Behind the piles of smiley-faced Amazon.com boxes arriving on doorsteps this holiday season are workers like Ray and Sarann Williams. The retired couple are part of the swarm of seasonal employees taking up temporary residence in this small desert city — home to one of Amazon's warehouses — to help the online-retail giant fulfill its influx of holiday orders.

Specialty retailer LIDS has launched a new mobile shopping website, which consumers will be redirected to when visiting lids.com on any smartphone. The new site, which allows users to shop from the entire product selection on the company's website, was designed and developed by LIDS Sports Group.

Union, N.J. -- Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. reported Wednesday that profit for the quarter ended Nov. 26 rose 28% to $228.5 million, compared with $188.6 million in the year-ago period. Revenue rose 6.8% to $2.3 billion, from $2.2 billion a year earlier. Same-store sales increased 4.1%. During the quarter, the company opened seven Bed Bath & Beyond stores, seven Buybuy Baby stores, one Christmas Tree Shops store and one Harmon Face Values store.