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October 28, 2011
PartySuppliesDelivered.com expects to donate $20,000 to the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit. October is more than Halloween and Oktoberfest, it's Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the season of pink ribbon walks and fundraisers.
October 28, 2011
Wal-Mart sold a pack of coffee that had passed its expiration date at a store in China’s southwestern municipality of Chongqing, the state-owned People’s Daily reported today, citing a customer surnamed Zhang.
October 28, 2011
Etsy reached a milestone over the weekend, reporting that on October 22, buyers had purchased $1 billion in goods since the site's founding. While that's small compared to eBay's gross merchandise volume, it's more impressive when you consider that a significant number of sales were items handmade by the seller. Etsy's CEO Chad Dickerson acknowledged that there had been a lot of changes made to the site recently, and said it would soon "lock down the site for the peak holiday season." However, he wrote in his sixth communication with sellers since taking the CEO reins 3 months ago,
October 28, 2011
Target has launched a new beauty line, Nip + Fab, from U.K. beauty expert Maria Hatzistefanis. The collection is available exclusively at Target. The line includes 14 products designed to target specific beauty concerns such as anti-aging, eye brightening, skin plumping and cellulite smoothing.
October 28, 2011
Neiman Marcus announced that it's entered into agreements with Visa and MasterCard to begin, effective Nov. 1, accepting MasterCard and Visa credit, debit and prepaid cards at all 41 Neiman Marcus stores.
October 28, 2011
President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign, Obama for America, sued a Washington-based promotional company for selling what it alleged was unauthorized merchandise.
October 28, 2011
Outdoor retailer Cabela’s reported that profit for the third quarter surged 68.7 percent to $33.3 million, compared with $19.7 million in the year-ago period. Results surpassed analysts’ expectations and mark the third straight quarter of profit rises.
October 27, 2011
Austin, Texas -- Golfsmith International Holdings reported Thursday a profit of $1.3 million for the quarter ended Oct. 1, compared with a loss of $1.1 million a year earlier. Net revenues increased 8.3 % to $101 million, from $93.3 million. Same-store sales rose 3.4%.
October 27, 2011
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — Pet Supplies Plus, the third-largest pet specialty retailer in the United States, announced that Harvey Solway, executive chairman of the company, is retiring effective Dec. 31. Solway, 60, began his twenty-year career with Pet Supplies Plus as EVP and general counsel and served as the company's CEO from January 1993 through June 2011. Solway led PSP through its formative years and was instrumental in growing the business to its 92 corporate and 159 franchise stores today, the company reported. "Harvey has been a key member of the PSP leadership team and a respected leader in
October 27, 2011
Macy’s has launched a new online destination, called mBLOG, for fashion, beauty, home and lifestyle news and trends. Each day of the week is dedicated to a specific topic, and embedded e-commerce enables readers to purchase featured merchandise directly from macys.com.
