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General Nutrition Centers reported Tuesday that net income for the second quarter ended June 30 was $25.6 million, compared with net income of $18 million for the year-ago period. The nutrition retailer said its second quarter 2009 financial performance was negatively impacted by the May 2009 Hydroxycut product recall.Consolidated revenue for the quarter rose 5.4%, to $455.9 million. Retail and franchise segment revenue increased by 8.2% and 5.5%, respectively, and declined in the manufacturing/wholesale segment by 13.5%.Same-store sales improved 6.5% in domestic company-owned stores.In second quarter 2010, the retailer said it opened 13 net new domestic company-owned stores, 1

Edwin Watts Golf Shops said Monday it has acquired Double Eagle Golf in Cordova, Tenn. The 11,800-sq.-ft. will be converted to the Edwin Watts banner. This announcement follows Edwin Watts’ multi-year agreement with Sears to open 12 “store-within-a-store” retail locations inside Sears stores nationwide. The retailer also recently acquired five retail stores through Southern Golf Partners.Edwin Watts Golf Shops currently operates about 70 retail stores.

Plano, Texas-based J.C. Penney Co. Inc. announced the launch of Liz Claiborne, making the company the exclusive department store for all Liz Claiborne and Claiborne-branded merchandise in the United States and Puerto Rico. Available in JCPenney's more than 1,100 stores and on Jcp.com, Liz Claiborne will be presented as a full lifestyle collection across approximately 30 categories--including women's and men's apparel, home and accessories. As part of its strategic agreement with JCPenney, Liz Claiborne Inc. will be responsible for designing the merchandise, while JCPenney will source, merchandise and market the brand. "The launch of Liz Claiborne at JCPenney represents

Wal-Mart Stores Inc has raised average prices at its stores by about 6 percent in a month, according to a recent study in Virginia. Wal-Mart - Virginia - Business - Allegedly Unethical Firms - Anti-Corporation

Arts-and-crafts retailer A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts reported Tuesday a loss of $9.7 million in the second quarter, compared with a loss of $8.1 million in the year-ago period. Sales dropped 4.3% to $99.9 million. Same-store sales decreased 5.9%.A.C. Moore currently operates 135 stores located in the eastern United States.

Fossil said Tuesday its second-quarter profit more than tripled, smashing analysts' expectations, as the watch and fashion-accessories retailer posted record results on big sales gains.Fossil reported a profit of $54.5 million, up from $16.6 million a year earlier. Revenue jumped 31% to $412.6 million.Analysts most recently estimated $382 million in revenue.

Sergio "Serge" Gonzales is the new Head of eBay's Developers Program, according to eBay. Serge succeeds Kumar Kandaswamy, who left eBay in March to become Director of Open API Platform Business at Best Buy. Gonzales joined eBay in 2003 and is returning to the U.S. after a 3-year assignment at Marktplaats, an eBay-owned Classifieds site in the Netherlands. While there, he managed different cross-functional parts of the organization and his roles have included: Head of CS Business Applications, Head of Application Delivery, Head of QA, Head of Mobile and Innovation Strategy, and acting co-CTO.

Chief executives of high-end department stores are betting on off-price outlets to generate growth, even as they curb discounts at their main stores. But tony retailers can't rely solely on full-price shoppers for growth now because luxury spending remains muted. So more executives are expanding their outlets, which let them sell to a wider range of customers without having to offer big discounts at regular stores.

Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to total 14.5 million containers for 2010, a 15 percent increase over last year’s unusually low numbers as the economy continues its cautious recovery, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

Coach is launching a new brand of luxury bags and accessories named for creative director Reed Krakoff, kicking off with the  - More -