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A home furnishings importer and manufacturer is suing Kohl’s Department Stores for almost $900,000, claiming the retailer failed to pay the company for goods ordered, sold the goods at lower-than-authorized prices and canceled parts of its orders.

Danbury furnishings manufacturer-retailer Ethan Allen Inc. is launching an online catalog to penetrate deeper into the commercial and hospitality markets, its CEO says. CEO Farooq Kathwari said ethanallencontract.com features many of the items in the 180-page printed catalog for its newly formed Ethan Allen Contract division. Like its residential furnishings-décor division, Ethan Allen Contract offers hospitality and commercial clients product design, interior design, product customization, sourcing, manufacturing, delivery, and installation.

— Target announced it will expand the number of stores offering in-store wireless shopping stations beginning August 15, with plans to roll out the mobile centers to the majority of stores by mid-2011. Target operates Bullseye Mobile centers in partnership with RadioShack. The stations allow guests to purchase mobile phones and accessories as well as activate contracts from three top US carriers.

Amazon shoppers who connect their Amazon and Facebook accounts transport their Facebook friends to Amazon — and can get recommendations from those friends on what to buy.

Men's Wearhouse announced that it has named Susan G. Neal as senior VP e-business and digital strategies.Neal has almost two decades of experience in specialty retail. Most recently, she was VP e-commerce and business development at The Gymboree Corp., where she developed its initial e-commerce strategy and was responsible all of the Gymboree's e-commerce concepts.

Forever 21 has opened a huge flagship in Fashion Show mall in Las Vegas, taking over a space leased, but never occupied by, Lord & Taylor, when the shopping mall expanded in 2002. The bi-level, 126,000-sq.-ft. store has 36 cash registers and 132 fitting rooms, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Footwear retailer Journeys is the first national chain to launch rewards on SCVNGR, a location-based social mobile game. Customers visit any of Journeys 800-plus locations and do challenges, earn points, and unlock rewards, such as $10 off purchase.Journeys has built challenges on SCVNGR at each location, such as taking a photo of the accessory they want most this upcoming school year, boom."Staying relevant to the teen consumer is a guiding principle for Journeys, which is why our collaboration with SCVNGR is the perfect fit," said James C. Estepa, president and CEO of Genesco Retail, parent company of Journeys. "Connecting

Hudson, Ohio-based Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores announced new product offerings and changes to its store layout, according to RetailingToday.com. Jewelry aisles will increase from 88 ft. to 120 ft.

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The Conference Board reported Tuesday morning that consumer confidence declined in July for the second straight month. And yet there are signs that back-to-school shopping isn't going to be a disaster. In the most recent week, sales rose 0.6 percent from the week before and were up 3.8 percent from the year before. Sales have risen from the week before in six of the last nine weeks; and over the past two months, weekly sales have been up between 2.5 percent and 4.2 percent from the year before.