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November 25, 2015 at 12:16 pm
Target Corp. and RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust, one of the retailer's former landlords in Canada, have settled a dispute over the leases the retailer left behind when it scrapped its ill-fated international expansion. The Wall Street Journal reported on the $99 million deal, which covers 18 leases between Target and RioCan and its partners.
November 25, 2015 at 12:09 pm
Add J.Crew and American Girl to the list of retailers betting big with their holiday campaigns on ad units launched by Facebook and Instagram. J.Crew bought Instagram ads that include a "Shop Now" button, making its gift guide digital. And for the past week, J.Crew's Instagram page has been promoting an iPhone case that doubles as…
November 24, 2015 at 11:39 am
As the holiday season gets underway, retailers face the busiest shopping period of the year, meaning hours — and lines — can be long. But which companies have created a great work environment for their teams of customer-facing employees? To find out, Fortune partnered with Great Places to Work, the consulting and research firm behind…
November 24, 2015 at 11:31 am
We’re taking a different approach and re-examining paid search activity on our Black Friday keyword group, consisting of 161 keyword terms containing the words "black friday." We saw spending on Black Friday keywords surge the week of Sept. 27, a full month earlier than in 2014, which underscores the increasing importance of this key shopping…
November 24, 2015 at 11:17 am
Breaking turkey wishbones has long been a holiday tradition — and now online merchant eBay is putting a new spin on this by letting shoppers vote to break open and unlock holiday deals. This Thanksgiving beginning at 4 p.m. EST until 10 p.m. EST, competing deals will be featured on eBay on two sides of the "wishbone" and…
November 24, 2015 at 11:00 am
To measure which retailers have the best momentum on social media going into the holidays, Shareablee studied 109 big-box and department store brands across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram between Nov. 1 and Nov. 18. Nordstrom and Sephora are just nailing engagement, and each often uses a fairly simple strategy — posting glossy product photos.
November 23, 2015 at 11:54 am
lululemon suddenly seems to be in better shape, thanks to a sale rumor on the Street. There's plenty of chatter that Under Armour is in talks to buy the maker of sometimes-sheer yoga pants, sending lululemon’s shares up more than 7 percent on Wednesday and Thursday.
November 23, 2015 at 11:44 am
Bass Pro Shops may be gobbling up competitor Cabela’s. Missouri-based Bass Pro has been working with an investment bank on a potential offer of its Nebraska-based publicly traded competitor, according to these reports.
November 23, 2015 at 11:31 am
CVC Capital Partners and the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board have agreed to buy Petco Animal Supplies Inc. in a deal worth about $4.7 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said. The two firms beat a joint offer from buyout firms KKR & Co. and Hellman & Friedman, as well as a bid by Apollo…
November 23, 2015 at 11:21 am
This year there will be no rest for the holiday shopping weary. As part of the growing trend to start holiday sales earlier, Wal-Mart has announced that it will begin its Cyber Monday sales the Sunday night of Thanksgiving weekend. The first round of deals will begin at 8 p.m. ET on Sun., Nov. 29 and…
