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HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Sears Holdings announced that its Shop Your Way Rewards members can now receive 5% back on all qualifying purchases at Sears and Kmart stores through Jan. 28, 2012. "We know budgets are tight, so we want to reward our customers by offering them ways to stretch their dollar," said Dave Friedman, SVP and president marketing at Sears Holdings. "We believe this program will help families get more out of every visit to Sears and Kmart when they use their Sears card." The company announced that Sears cardholders can now choose between the extra Shop Your

Matthews, N.C. -- Family Dollar Stores said Tuesday it has named Beth MacDonald to the position of VP – assistant general counsel and assistant secretary. MacDonald, previously a partner in the Charlotte office of law firm Alston & Bird, joined Family Dollar in 2010 as divisional counsel - securities and was promoted to assistant general counsel in April.

The high-end department store starts accepting Visa and Mastercard in hopes of attracting a younger, broader customer base. Pedestrians walk past a Neiman Marcus store on the Magnificent Mile March 5, 2009 in Chicago, Ill. (Scott Olson/) Jeremy Hobson: There's a big change happening today at Neiman Marcus. The exclusive department store -- which for years has only accepted American Express, Neiman's own credit card, or cash -- is going mainstream. Marketplace's Jennifer Collins reports. Jennifer Collins: Today, Neiman Marcus department stores start taking Visa and Mastercard. Vincent Quan teaches business at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology. Vincent

We asked executives, “What one question would you most want answered about social media for business?” The two most popular responses: “What can I measure that will get me buy-in from the entire organization?” and “How can we measure social media ROI?” Both questions are about metrics and how to write the business case to justify a focused social media initiative.

Brooklyn, N.Y.-based home furnishings retailer West Elm, a division of Williams-Sonoma Inc., plans to open a pop-up shop in Towson, Md., on Nov. 10. Situated in the Towson Town Center, the store will be the brand’s first-ever pop-up shop in Maryland and its second pop-up shop overall. The shop will offer an assortment of furniture, décor and gifts, as well as West Elm's holiday collection. 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. DDI's Retail Design Newswire

Iconix Brand Group has signed a definitive agreement to acquire The Sharper Image brand and intellectual property assets from Sharper Image for about $65.6 million in cash. This acquisition will mark Iconix Brand's first entry into the rising consumer electronics sector.

Jenna Lyons, the J.Crew creative director and president who famously was shown painting her son's toenails pink in a company catalog earlier this year, is reportedly in the middle of a messy divorce from artist Vincent Mazeau after almost a decade of marriage.

RadioShack's 2010 holiday program took top honors at the fifth annual Forrester Groundswell Awards in the "Business to Consumer North America: Energizing" category.