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Boding well for the holiday season, new data shows that online retail shopping remained strong in the third quarter of the year. Year-over-year, online retail spending increased 15 percent to $41.9 billion in the third quarter, according to new estimates from comScore. That represented the 12th consecutive quarter of positive year-over-year growth, and eighth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth, comScore Chairman Gian Fulgoni said Wednesday.

OTHER STORIES ON BtoB Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Postal Service is offering a postage discount through Nov. 21 to online merchants that include 2-D barcodes as part of their direct-mail campaigns. The promotion,giving marketers a 2% discount on...

Dallas -- J.C. Penney Co. Inc. on Friday reported a 26.1% decline in third-quarter same-store sales, more than the 17.9% that Wall Street analysts were expecting. Overall sales fell 26.6% to $2.93 billion. Internet sales fell 37.3% to $214 million....

Black Friday can be so limiting which is why OfficeMax is expanding a program it offered last year involving special deal pricing every Friday until mid December. The promotion, which began November 9 and will run through December 14, involves the...

Amazon.com announced the launch of Amazon Wine, a marketplace offering consumers more than a thousand wines crafted by wineries around the country. The new store features easy-to-use shopping tools to help consumers explore great wines, while also offering access to rich details directly from winemakers, such as tasting notes, recommended food pairings and total case production, according to a company press release.

For more than a decade, Amazon.com has carved out a niche for itself as the online shopping network for every niche. Since making everything available would be an impossible task even for the retail giant, Amazon has a Pro Merchant program for small businesses. In return for padding the enormous marketplace with even more wares, sellers get to ride the coattails of Amazon's search engine optimization. While the relationship seems symbiotic, the trouble occurs when sellers attempt to leave Amazon. When that happens, for whatever reason, Pro Merchants' empty storefronts remain open.

Woonsocket, R.I. — CVS/pharmacy on Thursday expanded the role of two retail field executives as senior VP operations Dennis Palmer, a 37-year retail veteran, announced his retirement. Effective Nov. 5, Hanley Wheeler, SVP operations has assumed...

NORTHBROOK, Ill., Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Home furnishings retailer Crate and Barrel has pledged a minimum of $1.5 million over the next three years to Rebuilding Together, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to rebuild the homes and lives of...

(Reuters) - Walmart will kick off its holiday sales rush at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving, its earliest start ever, and will guarantee that those who line up can buy a trio of gadgets as it places a big bet that shoppers are ready to spend this holiday...

NEW YORK — Luxury shoe retailer Stuart Weitzman has promoted Susan Duffy to chief marketing officer. Duffy, who joined the company in April 2011 as SVP global marketing and communications, will continue to lead marketing, advertising, public relations and...