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The recession didn't help many industries, but it may prove the savior of print coupons. Even consumers in their 20s and 30s appear to be adopting the coupon-clipping habit, defying what once looked like long odds, declining newspaper circulation and the growth of digital media.

One brand's loss is another's gain. To achieve a stronger foothold in the off-price world, women's retailer AnnTaylor Stores Corp. will take over 40 factory outlets being closed by apparel brand Liz Claiborne Inc.

URC Urban recently helped secure three new sites for two Urban Outfitters concepts in North Texas.

The U.S. Postal Service is temporarily suspending acceptance of inbound mail from Yemen in response to potential terror threats from the country.

Amazon.com launched a portal to educate consumers on home networking technologies featuring products available on its marketplace. Amazon called the new Amazon Connected Home site a "cross-categorical customer-education destination." The site currently features information about how to stream music and movies, set up security cameras and home automation, boost cell phone signals and share a printer with more than one computer. New topics will be added quarterly and existing topics will be updated regularly as technologies change. Amazon Connected Homefeatures videos, step-by-step guides, FAQs, and links to relevant Forum discussions to help customers easily understand the technologies that make

NOW that Halloween is done, Madison Avenue is embarking on the mad dash to Dec. 25. The sluggish economy is raising the stakes for the Christmas shopping season. Some retailers and marketers, worried that uncertainty among shoppers might increase as the weeks go by, hope to pull demand forward by moving up the start of their pitches.

Toys R Us has taken its Great Big Christmas Book holiday catalog and made it available in a digital version for the iPad, letting children drag items they want to receive into a gift box to create their must-have list for family members.

OfficeMax on Thursday that its third-quarter profit more than tripled to $20 million from $5.66 million a year earlier. Sales fell 1% to $1.81 billion. The company forecast lower fourth-quarter sales after quarter-to-date U.S. demand declined from the year earlier."Looking forward through the balance of 2010, we expect the macroeconomic environment to remain muted," chief executive Sam Duncan said.OfficeMax ended third quarter 2010 with a total of 998 retail stores, consisting of 920 locations in the United States and 78 stores in Mexico. During third quarter 2010, OfficeMax closed three U.S. stores.

The Lowe's at 491 Bayshore Blvd. will be the first Lowe's in San Francisco when it opens Friday. The company will celebrate an official opening-day party on Nov. 4.The store is located in the Bayview/Hunter's Point area of the city. Construction began 12 months ago on the site, which has been vacant for nine years and which was formerly occupied by Goodman's Lumber.The Lowe's will be the first national chain home center in the city. Home Depot at one time had approval to build at the same location. It fought for and won approval in 2005, but Home Depot