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Reston, Va. -- E-commerce sales grew 13% year-over-year to $50.2 billion, marking the fourteenth consecutive quarter of positive year-over-year growth and tenth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth, according to comScore. It was also just the...

Fort Worth -- A former store manager is suing RadioShack Corp. with claims the chain has been failing to pay overtime wages for the past three years. Bloomberg reports that David Verderame filed suit in Philadelphia seeking at least $5.8 million in...

As shoppers increasingly gravitate toward tablets and smartphones as personal shopping assistants, innovative retailers are moving in lockstep by arming store associates with mobile devices to help deliver a better overall shopping experience. Integrating video into physical stores via tablets is still a largely unexplored road, and there are definitely some areas to consider, according to Seth Brady, director of user experience and conversion at Brookstone. "Like any multi-channel retailer, our challenge is to

New York -- Big M, owner of the Mandee, Annie Sez and Afaze apparel chains, will be sold to YM Inc., Toronto, in a $22.5 million deal expected to be approved by a bankruptcy judge next week, The Record reported. YM operates more than 600 young women’s...

Mothers day is coming up fast. May 12th 2013 is just around the corner and If you have not already done so, make sure you go out and get mom a special gift as soon as possible. If you need a hand picking something great, take a look at this mothers day gift guide by the HuffingtonPost Many this year like they have in previous years shopped online and bought mom that special gift from an online retailer, a simple, easy and fun process. But is it always?

Sears found success with its layaway plan. Now it's come up with another option to help cash constrained consumers buy big ticket items such as electronics, furniture, home appliances and mattresses — a lease-to-own program. The program, which was...

Teen retailer Abercrombie & Fitch doesn't stock XL or XXL sizes in women's clothing because they don't want overweight women wearing their brand. They want the "cool kids," and they don't consider plus-sized women as being a part of that group.  Abercrombie is sticking to its guns of conventional beauty, even as that standard becomes outdated

New York -- British retailer Marks & Spencer takes a giant leap forward in its goal of becoming a multichannel leader with the opening of its innovative new concept store in Amsterdam. The centerpiece of the 5,000-sq.-ft. space — which marks M&S’ return...

Swatch Group AG (UHR), the biggest maker of Swiss timepieces, said Nayla Hayek will replace Frederic de Narp as leader of the Harry Winston luxury jewelry and watches unit following its acquisition of the brand earlier this year. Hayek, the daughter of...

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