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In a setback for the QVC shopping network, a federal judge has said that vitamin marketer Andrew Lessman, who sells supplements on the Home Shopping Network, may continue to use his blog to criticize competing products sold by QVC.

Department store chain J.C. Penney has continued to roll out applications that support mobile coupons as it gears up for its holiday season sales push.

Sears Holdings Corp. said Thursday it has launched the Sears.com Shoe Experience website.According to the company, the new site features more than 450 brands and a new user experience to help customers find their perfect pair of shoes. Highlights of sears.com/shoes include a featured item scroll bar showcasing hot new items at a glance, as well as easy customer access to shopping the latest shoe trends, the company reported. To further help customers find what they are looking for, sears.com/shoes features a wide array of educational videos and style expert blogs.

Consumer electronics retailer Conn's said Thursday that its second-quarter net income fell by more than two-thirds to $1.7 million, from net income of $5.2 million a year earlier. The company cited falling sales for the poor performance.Revenue fell 7% to $213.7 million, from $230.4 million in the year-ago period. Sales beat analysts’ expectations of $207.5 million.Same-store sales fell 6.4% during the quarter.Conn's operates 76 stores in the United States, mostly in Texas.

Best Buy Co. announced Thursday that it has launched a video-game trade-in service in nearly 600 stores.With the new service, consumers can now bring their previously played video games into Best Buy and trade them for an instant Best Buy gift card to use for purchasing anything in the store, including any game or gaming accessory. Soon, they will be able to purchase a pre-owned game as well, the company reported.

Target, with 1,743 stores in 49 states, will announce "My TargetWeekly," a fully customizable version of its weekly ad. The ad now appears on Target.com, where it draws more than 1.2 million visitors weekly, and in Sunday newspapers, where it is seen by 100 million consumers each week.

Luxury jewelry retailer Tiffany & Co. (TIF) said Friday that second-quarter net profit rose a better-than-expected 19%, driven by demand from tourists and in markets such as Europe and China.

Responsys, a global provider of on-demand email and cross-channel marketing solutions, announced the release of its 2010 Retail Email Guide to the Holiday Season. Full of benchmark data, sample creatives, and best practices and advice, the guide will help retailers and other business-to-consumer companies better formulate their holiday email marketing campaigns this year.

Express' app for iPhone and Android devices recognizes when users are close to one of the apparel chain's brick-and-mortar stores and sends a promotional alert such as a tie giveaway to encourage shoppers to stop. "We only started in e-commerce a few years ago and the growth there has been very rapid, so it was a natural extension for us to go mobile and interact with the customer anywhere," said Express VP for e-commerce Jim Wright.

Overstock.com announced the launch of Eziba.com, a private sale website. Eziba.com features exclusive deals on the latest home decor products from many leading brands. The products will be offered in daily sale events starting each day at 11:00 EST. Each sale will last between 48 hours and 72 hours.