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Lilly Pulitzer and Digby CEOs to host live launch of the retailer's new mobile commerce initiative today in Austin Lilly Pulitzer® today announced the launch of its first-ever mobile website, compatible with all web-enabled mobile phones and optimized for the iPhone and Android devices. A live launch meet-and-greet will be held at 3:00 pm CDT this afternoon (Thursday, July 8, 2010) at the Lilly Pulitzer® store in Austin, Texas at The Domain. Lilly Pulitzer® CEO, Scott Beaumont, and Digby CEO, Dave Sikora, will both be in attendance to introduce Lilly Pulitzer customers to the new mobile website. The project is

A subsidiary of Staples now controls about 92% of the shares in Corporate Express Australia and the office supply chain said Monday that the acquisition would be completed later this summer.In March, Staples Australia offered $5.60 per share, or more than $350 million, for outstanding shares of the company. At the time it had more than 58% of shares.The closing for the offer is July 26 and the acquisition is expected to close within six weeks of that date.

Charming Shoppes Inc. said Thursday it named Marla C. Anderson as president of its Lane Bryant outlet business, effective July 12.Anderson previously served as president and CEO of Lady Foot Locker. She succeeds MaryEllen MacDowell who was promoted to president of Fashion Bug in June.

NEW YORKTroubled video-rental chain Blockbuster Inc. named Jeffery Stegenga as its chief restructuring officer at the request of its senior-secured bondholders.

eBay announced international releases of its "eBay Selling" and "eBay for iPad" mobile applications. The latest version of the eBay Selling application integrates RedLaser barcode-scanning technology, which eBay acquired last month. eBay sellers in Germany, the United Kingdom and the U.S. will now be able to create listings by simply scanning an item's barcode to access pricing trends, product details and list items from eBay's catalog for sale. In 2009, eBay generated over $600 million in GMV through its mobile platforms, and expects to generate over $1.5 billion in mobile GMV in 2010. Over half of eBay's mobile GMV comes

NEW YORK-- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Retailer Saks Incorporated (NYSE: SKS) (the “Company”) today announced that owned sales totaled $237.9 million for the five weeks ended July 3, 2010 compared to $230.2 million for the five weeks ended July 4, 2010, a 3.4% increase. Comparable store sales increased 2.5% for the month. On a quarter-to-date basis, for the two months ended July 3, 2010, owned sales totaled $415.4 million compared to $396.2 million for the two months ended July 4, 2009, a 4.9% increase. Comparable store sales increased 3.9% for the two months. On a year-to-date basis, for the five months

More than 450,000 people filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week, as joblessness continued to hamper the U.S. economy and other new economic indicators reflected mixed signs about the recovery. The number of people filing new unemployment claims has fluctuated between 450,000 and 500,000 a week since January, on a seasonally adjusted basis. Although that is down from last year, it remains an indication of ongoing weakness, economists said. Other new figures showed that consumer borrowing fell again in May, suggesting that Americans remain nervous about the economy. June retail sales jumped 3 percent, though some analysts noted that

Linens & More for Less, a new retailer based in Brookfield, Ohio, is set to debut its first store on July 23 in Warren, Ohio, according to the Dayton Business Journal. Fred Mershad, the former CEO of Elder-Beerman Stores Co., will serve as the companys CEO. Mershad said the new retailer will open six stores before the end of the year, including a 30,000-sq.-ft. location inside the Dayton Mall, which will open on Sept. 23. Linens & More for Less will specialize in kitchen, bedroom and bathroom merchandise, offering 28 lines of cookware and more than 150 patterns of comforters.

Coldwater Creek launched a mobile website on June 24 that supports the iPhone and Android platforms. The new mobile website is an optimized version of Coldwater Creek's ecommerce site that allows for easy viewing and navigation from these mobile devices.Utilizing resized and reformatted versions of the pages of the brand's ecommerce site, coldwatercreek.com, the new mobile website allows the user to see each page, in full, on the screen of an iPhone or Android, eliminating the need to scroll or zoom.� Navigation throughout the shopping experience has been optimized for touch screen devices."Since the launch, we have already seen

Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to be up 16 percent in July compared with the same month a year ago, but double-digit increases seen in recent months should taper offer this fall as retailers cautiously manage their inventories, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.