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Jos. A. Bank to dress vets with success
June 26, 2013

HAMPSTEAD, Md. โ€” JoS. A. Bank Clothiers teamed up with the Gary Sinise Foundation to give suits to thousands of military veterans as they re-enter the civilian workforce. The promotion, called...

Jain leaves Wal-Mart India
June 26, 2013

Bentonville, Ark. โ€“ Raj Jain, who has overseen Wal-Martโ€™s India unit since 2007, has left his position. Neither Wal-Mart nor...

Staples reaches 500 Energy Star buildings
June 26, 2013

Framingham, Mass. โ€“ Staples has reached the milestone of having 500 buildings meet EPA Energy Star certification. The facilities include stores, distribution centers and sales offices nationwide....

Hallmark names Google VP to board
June 26, 2013

Kansas City, Mo. โ€“ Hallmark Cards has named Claire Hughes Johnson, VP at Google, to its board of directors. Johnson, who has been with Google since 2004, currently runs its Google Offers...

How Risky is Discounting for New E-Commerce Brands?
June 26, 2013

Discounts have been around as long as retail has. And on the web, the flash sales wave pushed them front and center. But I was still surprised when I recently visited certain non-flash sales e-commerce sites to find that young startups with aspirations of creating brands with cachet would be offering discount promotions to first-time buyers right on their homepage. So I asked three of them that offer homepage discounts in exchange for an email address โ€” menswear maker Bonobos, high-end T-shirt startup Pickwick & Weller, and women's jewelry seller BaubleBar โ€” to explain their thought process. 

Lumber Liquidators opens 300th store
June 26, 2013

Toano Va. โ€“ Lumber Liquidators has opened its 300th store. The store, located in Las Vegas, is the companyโ€™s third in Nevada and second in Las Vegas. It also features the retailerโ€™s new โ€œstore of the...

Barnes & Noble upgrades Nook Windows app
June 26, 2013

New York โ€“ Barnes & Noble is releasing an updated Nook App for Windows 8 with a new user interface, faster performance and features including highlighting, annotations, dictionary lookup, find in...