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October 30, 2012
This holiday season, shoppers will be able to buy Spanx "shapewear" at the brand's new stores, Brookstone gadgets at other retailers, including Target, and Uniqlo clothing on the Japanese retailer's new website.
October 30, 2012
Katherine Field Boccaccio Chicago -- Claire's Stores Inc. said Tuesday that it has opened its first stores in Venezuela and Panama; the Venezuelan store opened on Oct. 12 in Sambil Paraguna Mall in Punto Fijo and the Panama store opened Oct. 27 at Metro...
October 30, 2012
Tags: Customer Service, Retail - Electronics, Specialty Stores, Store Design & Layout Apple announced today the immediate departure of John Browett, the company's newly minted SVP of retail. Browett has encountered some snags in his six-month stint on...
October 30, 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in an intellectual-property case involving an eBay seller that could define the scope of the first-sale doctrine, or the right to resell copyrighted works purchased in a legitimate transaction without first obtaining permission from the rights owner.
October 30, 2012
Clothing brands appear to have committed the biggest brand fails of Hurricane Sandy, with both American Apparel and Gap forgetting that death and loss make a poor springboard for promotional messaging. American Apparel sent out an email blast on Monday...
October 30, 2012
As e-commerce grows in popularity, brick-and-mortar retailers are finding themselves losing more and more sales to online outlets like Amazon.com. But how are some of the most successful brick-and-mortar retailers holding their own against online retail?
October 30, 2012
Apple fired the executives in charge of the company’s mobile software efforts and retail stores, in a management shake-up aimed at making the company’s divisions work more harmoniously together.
October 30, 2012
Hurricane Sandy is threatening to reduce sales of clothing and holiday gifts during one of the most important shopping months of the year, while benefiting supermarkets and home-improvement stores such as Home Depot Inc.
October 30, 2012
Two pure-play e-tailers, Amazon and Zappos, outrank Walmart in this year's Brand Keys Customer Loyalty listing. In bad news for the industry overall, retail brands were down by nearly one-third.
October 30, 2012
Marketers Have to Find the Balance: Shoppers Increasingly Open to Money-Saving Offers on Social Channels, but Not to Promotional Message Overload PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 30, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to a new holiday shopping report from Yesmail...
