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The time is now for wholesale and retail companies to get their act together by making sure that their customers can search and find their product offers with a simple Google search.

NEW YORK Over the past year, retailers and eBay have become allies in the fight against organized retail crime, transforming a relationship that had been contentious at times. EBay, along with other online auction sites, has been a conduit through which ORC gangs have been able to sell stolen goods, often getting 70 cents on the dollar, according to the National Retail Federation, Washington. NRF and its retail members criticized eBay for not providing retailers with the names, addresses and email addresses of eBay sellers suspected of e-fencing on eBay. EBay countered that it was being unfairly blamed.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DSW Inc. (NYSE: DSW), a leading branded footwear specialty retailer, today announced the appointment of Christopher Lanning as Senior Vice President & General Manager of the Leased Business Division. Lanning will be responsible for managing DSW's existing leased business client base and developing new account relationships. ( Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100325/DSWLOGO-a ) "Chris is an innovative and customer-focused executive with a demonstrated record of success in multiple retail and consumer channels," said Michael MacDonald, CEO of DSW Inc. "We are excited to add Chris to our senior leadership team and confident he will further

eBay sent an email to members of its eBay Bucks loyalty program last week informing them it was terminating the program's VIP level effective January 31, 2011.

Google is getting into the online deal-a-day game with a program of its own, a move that may cause Groupon to break a little sweat.

Rue LaLa CEO Ben Fischman discusses the future of retail from the National Retail Federation's BIG Show in New York City.

FORT WORTH, Texas - RadioShack said Monday its chairman and CEO Julian Day is leaving and announced disappointing fourth-quarter guidance. Day, 57, will retire as chairman, CEO and a director as of its annual shareholder meeting on May 16. The company brought on former investment banker Day — best known for pulling Kmart out of bankruptcy — as chairman and CEO in 2006 to help turn around results. Since then the company has shifted its focus to smart phones and wireless plans and mobile phone kiosks with some success. But Monday it said "disappointing performance" from its T-Mobile business

The percentage of consumers using their mobile phones to access a retailer's website jumped from 24% in 2009 to 33% in 2010, according to a study of mobile shopping behavior.

Baynote revealed the results from the Baynote Holiday Online Shopping Experience Survey. The independent study, which surveyed 500 U.S. online holiday shoppers during the month of December, provides a retrospective look at consumers’ satisfaction with their digital experience across a number of key areas, including retailers’ behavioral retargeting and privacy practices, mobile and social features, offers and promotions, and product merchandising approaches.

CNBC's Jane Wells has the details on some research on Wal-Mart and your weight.