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With the holidays right around the corner, it is no surprise that Bloomingdale’s is promoting its beefed up mobile presence via traditional marketing channels. The department store giant is advertising its mobile commerce site in its fall print catalog.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc., Waterbury, Vt., announced that it has executed a share purchase agreement pursuant to which GMCR will acquire all the outstanding shares of LJVH Holdings, Inc. (Van Houtte), from an affiliate of Littlejohn & Co.

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Toys “R” Us said Wednesday that it will open 10 FAO Schwarz pop-up stores for the holidays, a move that dovetails with the toy retailer’s recent announcement that it is opening 600 Toys “R” Us pop-up stores in time for the 2010 holiday

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Houston-based The Men's Wearhouse Inc. announced it will discontinue tuxedo operations at four of its 11 U.S. distribution locations.

Value apparel retailer Dressbarn said Wednesday that it has launched its first e-commerce site.With the site debut, Dressbarn now offers more than 1,000 daily items online in petite, missy and woman's sizes. The site -- located at Dressbarn.

Global private-equity firm Advent International Corp. said Wednesday it has agreed to invest in value retailer Five Below Inc., after it exited from another dollar shop chain, Poundland, this year.

Mobile commerce solution provider Digby said that Lakeforest, Ill.-based The Popcorn Factory has teamed with Digby to launch a mobile-optimized website for customers to purchase products from their mobile devices.

American Apparel ran a location-based mobile promotion offering customers a 20 percent discount on products in-store to drive foot traffic to its New York locations.