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A new free home-delivery service Amazon has been testing for months could ensure you never have to leave your house to shop again. AmazonTote is a program that delivers items to your home at a scheduled time each week, free of charge. The items, which include any good weighing 50 pounds or less that Amazon sells and ships, are left in "a sealed, weather-resistant tote bag up to twice a week," according to Amazon.

Orange, Va. -- Walmart’s next step to open a Supercenter near Wilderness Battlefield in Orange, Va., goes to court Tuesday, as Orange County Circuit Judge Daniel R. Bouton is scheduled to hear arguments on requests for summary judgments from attorneys in the case. If the trial moves forward, a preservation group and local residents who oppose the store will square off against Walmart and the Orange County officials who approved the Supercenter. Opponents claim the store will be built on what was a "nerve center" for the Battle of the Wilderness in 1864. County officials have countered by saying

At a time when the U.S. Postal Service is fighting to survive, along comes news of the latest disruptive model: BareDeal.com, which calls itself "Groupon meets Netflix."

CHICAGO, Jan. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- "One is never too young to celebrate the fashion concept of the little black dress," according to Carol Kahn, Creative Director and founder of llbd shop, the little-little black dress shop. llbd shop recently launched its website, http://www.llbdshop.com, selling apparel, accessories, jewelry, gifts, and books for girls 12 months to age 8. "My vision is to take the fashion standard, the little black dress, and tailor the concept unique to little girls. Women always look stylish in black dresses," Kahn stated, "so why not little girls?" To accessorize the dresses, Kahn, a jewelry

J.C. Penney announced a series of actions designed to build on its accomplishments and focus on its highest potential growth opportunities. They include the wind down of its catalog and outlet operations, closing certain underperforming store locations, and streamlining its call center operations.

Over the past several years eBay has focused on improving the shopping experience buyers and sellers have on its main eBay.com site in hopes of ramping up growth in its online marketplaces business, which is its largest unit. One of these efforts came last year in the form of eBay Bucks, a shopping reward program eBay rolled out to all U.S. users in August.

Sandpoint, Idaho -- Coldwater Creek announced that Jill Brown Dean has been appointed president and chief merchandising officer, effective Feb. 14. She succeeds Georgia Shonk Simmons who previously announced her intention to retire. Dean joins Coldwater Creek with over 25 years of retail and merchandising experience in the specialty retail sector. She most recently served as president of the Limited Too division of Tween Brands. The company also announced that Jerome Jessup, currently executive VP creative director, has been promoted to president and chief creative officer.

Tommy Bahama has signed a groundbreaking lease for the opening of its first Manhattan store at 551 First Avenue at 45th Street. The Seattle-based chain signed a 12-year lease agreement and will occupy 8,500 sq. ft. on the ground, mezzanine and basement levels of the renowned art deco Fred F. French building that is owned and managed by The Feil Organization.

Retailer Coach has now seen two of its design executives split at the seams and leave for New York & Company. The latest to jump ship: Coach's Executive Vice President Of Design David Witkewicz.

Online sales soared to new heights this past holiday season even though major retailers had a tough time attracting traffic during December. For example, Target.com during December had 37.3 million unique visitors which sounds like a lot and was enough to earn it the 30th ranking on comScore’s top 50 Web properties report released this week. However, traffic to Target’s Web site actually declined 11% when compared with last December’s nearly 42 million unique visitors. A similar situation existed at other top Web properties. The number of unique visitors to Walmart.com declined 5% to 51.4 million from 54.2 million