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Toronto -- Sears Canada said Tuesday it has debuted a permanent shoppable iPad application for its Wish Book catalog after a temporary launch for the 2011 holiday shopping season. The app will contain various content throughout any given year, the first...

An American Apparel ad for a “Hurricane Sandy Sale” has sparked backlash from the Twittersphere. The retailer sent out an email blast Monday night, offering 20 percent off to customers for the next 36 hours “in case you’re bored during the storm.” 

Online retailer Amazon will no longer be Arizona's duty-free store. Amazon noted in its latest SEC filing that it's going to start collecting Arizona sales tax on purchases in the state, which currently stands at 6.6 percent. This change comes after quite a bit of complaining from state-level authorities about Amazon skirting the sales-tax in Arizona.

Dallas -- Jewelry wholesaler and retailer DGSE Cos. said Friday it has named James J. Vierling as president, CEO and chairman of the board. Vierling, previously president of Southern Bullion Coin & Jewelry which was recently acquired by DGSE, succeeds...

Bolingbrook, Ill. -- Ulta Beauty said Monday that it has named DSW Inc. president and CEO Michael MacDonald to its board of directors, effective Oct. 24. Prior to joining DSW in 2009, MacDonald served for three years as chairman and CEO of ShopKo...

Amazon.com will begin collecting sales tax for transactions in Arizona, as the Seattle Times reported on Friday. The State of Arizona had issued assessments on behalf of the State and certain cities in November 2011 in the amount of approximately $53...

A full third of goods sold in the U.S. are impacted by weather, according to a report from the Weather Channel. That’s good news for some retailers such as grocery stores and home improvement centers, who can profit by making sure their shelves stay stocked with essentials like milk, bread, flashlights and duct tape. But what about costumes and candy?

(Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- The Jones Group Inc, a producer of apparel, footwear and accessories, has reported that income attributable to the company for the third quarter of fiscal 2012 was $17.4 million, or $0.22 per diluted share, compared to $41...

The most skillful marketing efforts, ad campaigns, and site statistic analysis means little if one's online visitors slam into an unwelcoming 404 error page, their desired destination nowhere to be seen.

Women's Wear Daily is reporting that Drew Barrymore -- yes, that Drew Barrymore -- is launching a makeup collection with Wal-Mart. Yeah, that Wal-Mart. While no one from Barrymore's team would confirm the news to WWD, the rumors go like this: Drew's stint as a Cover Girl is ending in January and her follow-up project is a full beauty collection to be sold exclusively at Wal-Mart. While Drew has worked with CoverGirl since 2007, this will be her first time creating a makeup line all her own.