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Something very interesting happened to Urban Outfitters' website: all 21 of the company's products that had been called "Navajo" vanished. At least at first glance. 

New York-based Donna Karan Intl. Inc. opened a fashion and home store—dubbed Urban Zen—in Los Angeles' West Hollywood neighborhood on Oct. 17, according to the Los Angeles Times. Two separate buildings offer the designer’s furniture, clothing and accessories, while standout design elements include exposed ceiling beams, dark-stained floors and unique decoratives. Also on site is a third building that houses a full private kitchen, as well as a garden. With two stores in New York, this is the first West Coast Urban Zen store location for the fashion and home retailer. SAVE | EMAIL | PRINT | MOST POPULAR

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shopkick announced its first supermarket chain partnership, penning a deal with Giant Eagle to bring activity from the loyalty app into the retailer's 228 stores in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Maryland. 

Cape Town, South Africa -- A Thursday report by Bloomberg said that South Africa’s Competition Appeal Court began hearing a government lawsuit filed to compel regulators to review a decision allowing Wal-Mart Stores to acquire 51% interest in Massmart Holdings Ltd. The Competition Tribunal ruled on May 31 that Wal-Mart could proceed with the deal on condition no jobs are cut for two years and the companies set up a $12.4 million fund to assist local suppliers and manufacturers. The government objected, saying the conditions were inadequate to protect the economy and prevent a surge in imports undermining manufacturing

Columbus, Ohio -- Limited Brands told investors Wednesday that it would up its capital spending to $590 million next year, a 39% increase over the $425 million it will spend this year and double what the retailer spent in 2009 and 2010. Limited CFO Stuart Burgdoerfer, in his address at the company’s annual investor update meeting in New York City, said that most of the increase will be used to expand or remodel Victoria's Secret stores in the United States. Limited plans to open its first full-assortment Victoria's Secret stores outside of North America next year, with a company-owned

The flash-sale business has lost some of its flash, forcing online luxury clothing merchants such as Gilt Groupe, ideeli and Rue La La to radically change their business models.

Brentwood, Tenn. -- Tractor Supply Co. reported Wednesday that profit for the third-quarter surged 43% to $42.7 million, compared with $29.9 million in the year-ago period. Revenue rose 18% to $977.8 million, credited partly to a boost in emergency supplies as Hurricane Irene hit the East Coast in August, and surpassing Wall Street’s expected $931.6 million in revenue. Same-store sales rose 11.5%.

Armed with savvy shopping skills and a renewed focus on value, consumers this holiday season will shop at a variety of locations and channels as they scope out ways to get the best bang for their buck.

A former Target manager says that he was more or less forced to work through his mandatory breaks — and then fired for doing so. This prompted quite a few current and former Target workers to write to us with their own stories of Target employment woe.