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TJX Cos. plans to cut 4,400 jobs as it converts 91 A.J. Wright stores into T.J. Maxx, Marshalls or HomeGoods stores and closes the brand’s remaining 71 locations.

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VISTA, CA (BRAIN)Masi Bicycles has launched its revamped Web site with all 2011 information, including a new video feature for each model or category in the line. For the first time in the companys history, consumers can visit the company Web site (click on above link) and watch a short video explaining a given model or category. Were really excited about the new site. The videos are a great tool to further explain why and how we do what we do, said Masi brand manager Tim Jackson. The point of the videos is to give the site a much

Daily-deal websites are growing in popularity, as bargain-hungry holiday shoppers look for fun and easy-to-give items. Groupon is the most popular of the bunch, accounting for 79 percent of all U.S. group-buying site visits according to Hitwise and comScore.

Everyone is talking about mobile these days, as we're starting to see consumers using mobile phones as a personal shopping device. While m-commerce is still small, shoppers plan to use smartphones during Holiday 2010 by comparing prices, locating retailers, looking for promotions, etc. Given this shift, smartphone owners are looking forward to using Apps to help with shopping this season.

Product segmentation is the No. 1 factor that makes your visitors either decide to pursue their shopping on your site or leave for another one. A good product segmentation is thus very important and should be the first optimization you may consider to perform on your online store.

Amazon.com's European sites suffered an outage on Sunday, but the company didn't acknowledge the outage or reveal its cause.

Shares of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. plunged in trading after the company issued a weak outlook.

Fashion designer Tory Burch's new stores are on a roll. Her London flagship, opening this month, is the 46th Tory Burch boutique. More are on the way — a new lease has just been inked for a New York store at 68th and Madison — and all this from a business that's only six years old.

For the holiday season-to-date, more than $21.95 billion has been spent online, marking a 12 percent increase vs. the corresponding days last year. The most recent week reached $5.15 billion in spending, an increase of 11 percent versus the corresponding week last year, as two individual days each surpassed $900 million.