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St. Louis -- Build-A-Bear Workshop reported Thursday a profit of $0.9 million for the third quarter, compared with a loss of $1.4 million in the year-ago period. Sales rose 3.1% to $95.4 million, and same-store sales increased 1.1%. “We remain optimistic about our business and expect the ongoing implementation of our strategies to enable us to continue our positive performance,” said Maxine Clark, Build-A-Bear Workshop’s chairman and chief executive bear. International revenue surged 14%. During the quarter, the company opened three stores and closed one store across geographies. For the full fiscal year, Build-A-Bear said it expects to open

Toys"R"Us has established business operations in Poland. The first store will open in Warsaw next month and additional locations are slated to open in major cities in 2012.

New York City -- Multiple reports on Wednesday said that American Apparel’s head of business development Marty Staff has abruptly quit the company. A report in the New York Post said that Staff had a falling out with the company’s CEO Dov Charney.

Hamilton Beach, one of the country's leading manufacturers of small kitchen appliances, recently utilized Padalog to create multiple interactive sales catalogs, spanning hundreds of products. By using the Padalog platform, Hamilton Beach was able to avoid the cost associated with developing an application from scratch and provide its sales force and customers with a nimble, customizable, and interactive product sales app in less time. CHICAGO, Oct. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With hundreds of products in over 30 small kitchen appliance categories, the Hamilton Beach sales force was in dire need of a more streamlined and dynamic

Books-A-Million, which has been taking over the leases of former Borders locations, will transform 41 of the sites into Books-A-Million stores in early November. Most of the locations across the nation represent new markets for the bookseller.

Looks like the couple who attempted to trademark "Occupy Wall Street" earlier this week aren't the only people trying to make a buck off of the protests. An Atlanta man is trying to get his own related trademark: The words "occupy this" with an arrow pointed down.

Chicago -- The third annual Mobile Audit, released Thursday by e-commerce and digital marketing company Acquity Group, found that mobile adoption is on the rise. In fact, the percentage of retailers with a mobile site reached 37% in 2011, up from 12% in 2010 and only 4% in 2009 – a 210% increase over the past year alone. The survey also found that one in four retailers have at least one mobile app, with nearly a quarter developing for the iPhone, followed by Android (10%). The number of retailers offering mobile apps grew 278% over the past year, rising

The tracking of user activity via smartphones isn't too uncommon these days. Now, an Australian shopping center will obtain fit receivers that track shopper's locations within two meters by identifying unique mobile phone radio frequency codes.

Inside KISS frontman Gene Simmons' mansion, it's hard to figure out where to start. The merchandise almost amounts to sensory overload. "My favorite piece of merchandising is me," Simmons said while giving a tour to Yahoo Finance of his home office.