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Coming soon to your local Wal-Mart: more craft beer. In another sign that the fast-growing segment is going mainstream, the nation's largest retailer and biggest beer seller is planning to add shelf space to accommodate more craft brews, former Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott told distributors this week at their annual convention in Las Vegas.

overstockArt.com has released third-quarter results for its m-commerce site. The art retailer has seen a nearly 270 percent  increase in mobile sales year-over-year, as well as a more that 200 percent increase in mobile site visitors. Its number of mobile sales grew 300 percent an sales on Android devices grew by 100 percent and on iPads 2,500 percent.

New York City -- While 43% of smartphone owners have installed and used a retailer's app, only 14% of those who installed them say the app led to a purchase decision, according to the most recent Retrevo Pulse Study, an ongoing study of tech industry trends conducted for the consumer electronics shopping and review site. "Retrevo's findings indicate that customers are willing to download and use retailer's mobile apps," said Manish Rathi, co-founder and VP marketing Retrevo.com. "But when only 14% of the installed base actually indicates it 'helped them buy something,' it's time for retailers to rethink their

Findings from a new study won’t do anything to ease the fears of brick-and-mortar retailers that are anxious over losing sales to mobile-empowered shoppers. The survey by consumer electronics site Retrevo.com found that many smartphone owners aren't only using their devices to comparison shop in stores, but end up buying products online elsewhere

How-to product videos are one of the most underutilized features that every e-commerce site should have. Many brands and retailers should be doing a lot more of them for real financial gain as well as social value with their customers. Learn in this post what are the many benefits of doing how-to videos for your own brand, and some helpful times for getting started.

Daily-deal site BuyWithMe laid off half its staff on Oct. 19, raising questions about its future as market leader Groupon prepares for its initial public offering.

Outdoor equipment and clothing retailer REI and warehouse club operator Costco are among five companies that are using new voluntary recycling labels on some of their products beginning next summer. They've committed to participate in the pilot of the Package Recovery Label System developed by the Sustainable Packaging Coalition.

FORT COLLINS, CA (BRAIN)Big Shot has hired Jason Jones as national sales manager to help launch its new wholesale division. The new hire will allow Ryan Clark, the former head of sales, to focus more on retail and administrative duties as the companys new operations manager. We started shipping to shops after Interbike, so we are very new to the wholesale side of our business, Jones said. Currently we have about 12 shops nationwide. Jones, formally the sales director at Cantitoe Road/Cole Wheels, is looking to establish both dealer and rep relationships. Big Shot is offering fixies to dealers

New York City -- Barnes & Noble said its CFO Joseph Lombardi has resigned and the company is starting a search to replace him. Lombardi will stay on with the company until mid-2012 to assist in the transition as the company undertakes an executive search for a new CFO. Corporate controller Allen Lindstrom will take over CFO duties until a replacement is named.

Walt Disney apologized to customers after demand for limited editions of its princess dolls crashed the Disney Store website. More than 1,200 Facebook users posted comments when the company acknowledged that the site was “extremely busy” and that it “won’t allow such high volume to check out simultaneously.”

The furor erupted when the company put the last five models in its Disney Princess Designer Doll Collection for sale on its website for $59.50 each. All of the dolls — the characters Tiana, Jasmine, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty and Pocahontas — sold out the same day, the company said.