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BLADE NEWS SERVICES NEW YORK — J.C. Penney Co. Inc. isn’t waiting for a final court decision. The retailer has begun to sell the Martha Stewart “JCP Everyday” line of home goods, even while a court battle with Macy’s continues over the domestic diva’s...

Brooks Sports, Inc. has appointed Anne Cavassa joins as vice president of global apparel. In this new position, Cavassa will manage the Moving Comfort brand and business, as well as the Brooks Ru...

You did what to your pants, exactly? Ooooh, ship! If you've been online at all in the last week or so, you've likely seen this amusing and suggestive play on words circulating via social media and traditional news outlets. Who can resist a double entendre that alludes to the gold standard of embarrassing situations? Surely not the internet. The fact that a clever one-line concept racked upwards of 13 million views on YouTube in one week is hardly surprising. The fact that it's a commercial for Kmart, however, is.

Walmart has now officially joined the National Retail Federation (NRF) as a member. For those new to retail, this may seem to be no big deal, but the background is that Walmart and the NRF have been in what amounts to a blood feud for decades. Why have...

PLANO, Texas — J. C. Penney has promoted Brynn Evanson to EVP of human resources. Evanson will lead all HR functions across stores, supply chain and the home office, including team member relations, recruiting, learning and development, compensation and...

It began as a mail catalog in 1845. More than a century and a half later, the Tiffany & Co. Blue Book has evolved beyond a coveted brochure that goes to certain customers: It's the raison d'etre for the company's annual collection that recently was...

eBay is calling on some 40 million of its users to fight national legislation that would give states the power to collect sales tax from out-of-state online retailers. John Donahoe, eBay's CEO, sent the first of the emails out Sunday morning. The message, aimed at users and sellers in eBay's Marketplace, charges that the proposed legislation, known as the Marketplace Fairness Act, would burden small entrepreneurs. The Act, which the Senate may vote on this week, applies to businesses with more than $1 million in out-of-state revenues.

AT&T today announced the availability of a new online tool that customers can use to schedule appointments ahead of traveling to AT&T retail stores. The appointments can be used to buy new devices, sign up for new lines of service, as well as to to get...

Nike has pulled T-shirts reading "Boston Massacre" and designed to look blood-splattered from store shelves and online retailers in the wake of the terror bombing that left three dead and more than 200 wounded. The "Boston Massacre" T-shirts were designed for New York Yankees fans before the twin bombings that caused chaos throughout Boston last week. They reference the Bronx Bombers sweeping the rival Red Sox during a key regular season series in 1978 and in the 2006 MLB Playoffs. 

Coach Inc. (COH), the largest U.S. luxury handbag maker, reported fiscal third-quarter profit that exceeded analysts’ estimates, helped by demand in North America. Net income rose 6.2 percent to $238.9 million, or 84 cents a share, in the three months...