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Setback for USPS Flats Sequencing System
January 29, 2013

The Flats Sequencing System is costing the USPS more than it's saving, information submitted by USPS this week indicates. USPS's response to a question from the Postal Regulatory Commission showed that FSS has pushed up the costs of mail processing far...

How to Prepare Your Google Shopping Feed for Google Catalogs
January 28, 2013

Now that Google Catalogs is integrated into Google Shopping, the catalog platform is more relevant than ever to merchants. Google has reformatted the Google Shopping homepage. The redesign includes prominent placement for Google Catalogs, with "Featured Catalogs" on a banner at the bottom of the above-the-scroll page. Google's reintroduction of Google Catalogs includes more and better ways for merchants to connect with consumers.

Macyรขs, Inc. Announces Executive Management Changes
January 28, 2013

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2013-- Macyโ€™s, Inc. (NYSE:M) today announced a series of changes to its senior executive leadership team, effective immediately. Thomas L. Cole is retiring as Macyโ€™s, Inc.โ€™s chief administrative officer after an...

Microsoft closes its Times Square retail store
January 28, 2013

The Microsoft Times Square pop-up store has closed up shop, ahead of the February 9 launch of the company's Surface Pro PC/tablet hybrid. The Times Square store was the closest thing Microsoft had to any kind of real Manhattan-based brick-and-mortar...

Target Bringing Fresh Grocery to Detroit
January 28, 2013

More fresh grocery is coming to the Detroit area as part of Target Corp.โ€™s ongoing effort to remodel its stores across the country. In addition to featuring a large selection of affordable fresh foods, the new layout will include reinventions in several...

Web Development Top B-to-B Priority in 2013
January 28, 2013

Slightly fewer than half of U.S. business-to-business marketers plan to increase overall marketing budgets in 2013, according to a November survey conducted by BtoB magazine. But an even larger number, 67.2 percent, will up digital investment, according to the survey. Web development was the most widely shared digital priority: seventy percent of respondents planned to increase spending on websites this year. Email marketing also received attention: sixty-two percent said they'll be spending more on this outreach. 

Italian luxury apparel brand Prada may enter India market
January 28, 2013

Spa, the Italian luxury apparel brand, is mulling to enter the Indian market and is currently in talks with various prospective partner firms, according to a Live Mint report. The Italian brand is one of the few leading luxury apparel brands that do...

Tory Burch Rolls Out iPad App to Track Store Ops
January 28, 2013

Luxury retailer Tory Burch has deployed a store operations reporting application for the iPad using the MicroStrategy Mobile platform. The app was built by Southport Services Group.

Best Buy chief joins RILA board
January 28, 2013

LOS ANGELES, Calif. โ€” The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) added five industry executives to its board of directors during its semi-annual meeting on Jan. 28 in Los Angeles, Calif. Also as a part of the meeting, Walmart president and CEO Bill...