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While a story reviewing this year's retail bankruptcies isn't generally considered something to cheer about, the good news is there were 56 percent fewer of them than in 2009.

Mall-based teen fashion retailer Hot Topic and Midwestern broad lines chain Duckwall-Alco will each close approximately 45 stores in the coming months.

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Home Depot has rolled out 24,000 "First Phone" mobile devices to 1,600 of its stores, providing associates with hand-held technology that combines inventory management and analytics functions, a mobile POS, a phone, a store walkie-talkie, label printing, and more.

PETERBOROUGH, N.H., Dec. 6, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Eastern Mountain Sports (http://www.ems.com) one of the nation's largest outdoor retailers, today announced a partnership with ShopRunner (http://www.shoprunner.com), a new online service for consumers looking to shop smart and save time. Eastern Mountain Sports joins the growing network of retailers participating in the newly launched members-only online shopping program. ShopRunner offers savvy consumers unlimited free two-day shipping with no minimum order size, and free shipping on returns, across a wide selection of today's most popular retailers. "Eastern Mountain Sports is all about enabling the outdoor experience," said Scott Barrett, Vice President of

With fast-growing e-commerce sales now accounting for 10% of its business, Abercrombie & Fitch is making key investments in online and mobile technology to accelerate the momentum.

The Cyber Week party has come to an end, and retailers and economists are now off to post the week’s best pictures. With nearly nine out of 10 retailers offering promotions during the long weekend, there are certainly plenty of snapshots to review.

Amazon has launched a new feature in the U.S. that brings content from Wikipedia pages to its own servers in a new project that appears to be called Shopping Enabled Wikipedia Pages.

Borders may be looking to purchase rival Barnes & Noble with the help of hedge fund manager William Ackman. But would a merger between the two behemoth booksellers be the best bet?