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Increased online sales, more temporary stores and guarded optimism about the season are leading some retailers to expand their workforces more than usual for the holidays.

Zappos.com, a leading destination in online apparel and footwear sales, has announced the launch of Zappos’ first Mobile shopping application for the iPad. Within the first week of the launch, the Zappos Mobile app garnered nearly 10,000 downloads, putting the app in the Top Ten iPad apps at the Apple iTunes Store.

If you are like most retail brands, you put a significant amount of ongoing effort into managing your online presence. Social media for businesses is all about maintaining a healthy and open dialogue with your customers in the channels they frequent.

Build-A-Bear Workshop said Friday that it has partnered with teen actress and singer Victoria Justice to introduce Victoria Justice-branded fashions and accessories in-store and online.

While mailers were still rejoicing over the victory on the exigency rate case, the USPS filed a lawsuit on Oct. 22 in the U.S. Court of Appeals to reverse the widely heralded Postal Regulatory Commission decision. The Postal Regulatory Commission on Sept. 30 denied the USPS's extraordinary request for a well-above-inflation-rate postage price increase that would have effectively nullified the Congressionally-imposed rate cap.

Online sales are driving revenue growth at Gap's brands, and the company has aggressive plans to expand its Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy online stores in international markets, including China and Japan.

Golden Gate Capital Corp. hired Moelis & Co. to find a buyer for Orchard Brands Corp., a retailer that sells clothing to people 55 and older, as it weighs restructuring the company’s debt, said three people with knowledge of the situation.

For the past several years, Black Friday has ranked as the largest shopping day of the year, in both sales and traffic. But analysts say a host of factors is converging to make it likely that Black Friday 2010 will set a record.

Home Depot revamped its e-commerce site in May; now the home-improvement chain plans to augment the site with features aimed at personalizing the experience based on a user's location.

e results of Shop.org’s eHoliday Study conducted by BIGresearch, nearly two-thirds of retailers expect their company’s online sales to grow by 15 percent or more compared to last holiday season—up from less than half of retailers who had those