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During the manic shopping period around the Thanksgiving holiday, sometimes refered to as "Cyber Week," there was a huge jump in the number of emails opened on mobile devices compared to the same period in 2011. Knotice analyzed over 2.8 million emails and found a 50 percent increase in the number opened from a mobile device during the Thanksgiving retail frenzy period. Overall, 45 percent of emails sent by retailers were opened on a mobile device, including tablets.

A buyout of Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) is looking less and less likely. The process of founder Richard Schulze has just gone on for too long to make much sense at this point. Consider this: How much has Best Buy changed since Schulze was blown out of...

New York -- Toys “R” Us posted a wider loss for its fiscal third quarter due primarily to an increase in interest expenses. The retailer said it lost $105 million for the quarter ended Oct. 27, compared with a loss of $93 million in the year-ago period....

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Comme des Garçons said Friday it has signed a lease for a 20,000-square-foot, seven-story emporium, set to open in late 2013. From: designer-luxury/news Comments . A- A A+ Sending... Send to a Friend Your Name (Cannot be empty) Your...

Discount luxury goods retailer Gilt appointed board member Michelle Peluso CEO effective at the end of February 2013, replacing company founder Kevin Ryan. Peluso is currently the global consumer chief marketing and internet officer at Citigroup and has served on the Gilt board since 2009. She fills the position held by Ryan, who founded the innovative company in 2007 and will remain as chairman. Current chairman Susan Lyne will become vice chairman.

FiftyOne Global Ecommerce, a provider of global e-commerce solutions, released data and survey findings showing that international sales more than tripled at U.S. retailers as consumers in over 100 countries around the world opened their wallets to take part in Black Friday and Cyber Monday holiday shopping specials. U.S. retailers have increasingly positioned themselves to expand their reach and grow sales beyond their borders, especially during the critical holiday shopping season.

Online shoe and apparel retailer Zappos.com gained popularity with online consumers in part because of its generous shipping policies. How does the company do it while keeping costs manageable? Here's a look at the inner workings of Zappos’ shipping program:

comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, reported holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 32 days of the November-December 2012 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date, $21.4 billion has been spent online, marking a 14 percent increase vs. the corresponding days last year. The most recent week saw three individual days eclipse $1 billion in spending, led by Cyber Monday, which became the biggest online spending day on record at $1.46 billion. However, growth rates softened considerably in the wake of Cyber Monday and through the weekend.

Miami Beach, Fla. -- Terranova Corp. has signed a lease with Gap, providing a temporary store for the retailer while it builds its new multi-story location on Lincoln Road in Miami. Gap will open a new location just off Lincoln Road at 1669 Meridian...