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LuAnn Via has left her position as president and CEO at Payless ShoeSource, Footwear News has learned. A call placed to Via’s office line Friday was met with a system message that said the number was no longer in use. A company spokesperson said the...

Nordstrom has joined such other Washington-based retailers as Starbucks Coffee Company and Amazon.com in coming out in support of  approving Referendum 74, a Washington state ballot measure that seeks to affirm same-sex marriage with voters. (In July, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, pledged $2.5 million in support of the measure.) Company president Blake Nordstrom sent out a companywide memo that detailed the retailer's "philosophical approach" to business, which includes a workplace where "every employee is welcomed and respected."

Share This Story B BEIJING, Oct. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- American Apparel (Amex: APP), the vertically integrated clothing manufacturer based in downtown Los Angeles, has announced the opening of a new store Beijing. Located in the new Parkview Green...

About 40 people marched on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue on Wednesday, stopping in front of retailers such as Uniqlo and Abercrombie & Fitch. A union executive said salespeople are treated like day laborers rather than employees. For retail workers, "underemployment" is a bigger problem than unemployment, according to a worker advocacy group that is organizing retail workersto protest "on call" scheduling and policies that allow them to work only one or two shifts per week.

Target Corp. is adopting a take-no-prisoners style this holiday to combat online rivals. The discount chain announced a host of new strategies to tempt customers to buy this season, including free Wi-Fi at all Target stores, new ways to shop from...

In its latest attempt to win over customers during the crucial holiday season, Toys"R"Us announced today that it will extend its free layaway plan until Dec. 16. The toy company has offered free layaway since early September, the first retailer of the...

Sixty-nine percent of online consumers who visited Pinterest found an item they've purchased or wanted to purchase, compared to 40 percent of online consumers who visited Facebook and found the same, discovers a Bizrate Insights study. "While Facebook is far larger than Pinterest in terms of audience size — 63 percent of online consumers have a Facebook account, while only 15 percent have a Pinterest account — our study, based on a survey of verified online buyers, finds that Pinterest provides a better experience for shopping discovery, purchase consideration and deeper engagement with retailer content," says Hayley Silver, vice president, Bizrate Insights.

PITTSBURGH — Dick's Sporting Goods has launched its first-ever winter coat trade-in event. From Oct. 21 through Oct. 27, customers can donate their gently-worn winter coats at their local Dick's store. Donated coats will then be distributed in the...

San Francisco -- Pbteen, a division of Williams-Sonoma, plans to open five pop-up stores in the Durham, Cincinnati, Edina, Houston and Miami areas this October and November. The stores will showcase PBteen’s new holiday gift assortment, including...

Tags: Retail - Electronics, Specialty Stores, Technology Apple will open its largest retail store in Asia this weekend, employing more than 300 workers at the new Beijing location. According to an article on xinhuanet.com, Apple is looking to step up...