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Harry & David's stores and catalogs will be carrying a new wine label: The company's own. The Medford-based gourmet foods company, which has been selling gift baskets filled with locally produced fruit and snacks since 1934, has hired winemaker Linda...

SAN FRANCISCO — Gap Inc. is bringing several of its divisions under the leadership of one executive in order to fuel long-term growth. With the start of the 2013 fiscal year, the company will bring together its North American, international, online,...

CHICAGO — PacSun has partnered with Lyons Consulting Group to upgrade both their e-commerce and mobile sites. Lyons Consulting Group migrated the site onto the more robust Demandware platform and added several custom features, including thirteen third...

J.C. Penney appears to have returned to a practice it once condemned: couponing. At the bottom of the latest of Chief Executive Ron Johnson's increasingly frequent emails to customers, J.C. Penney offers a "gift": a barcoded offer for $10 off customers’ next purchase of at least $10. "We can't wait for you to see the new and improved jcp," the promotion says.

SECAUCUS, N.J. — The Children's Place Retail Stores has named Tricia Griffith to the company's board of directors. Griffith currently holds the position of claims group president for Progressive Insurance, where she has responsibility for the direct...

Almost half of retailers surveyed in this year's second quarter about their technology spending plans said that search engine optimization, search engine marketing and site research would be a main budget spend over the following three months, according to an eTail report released in October. This put search at the heart of retailers’ short-term commitments, ahead of social media and social engagement, multichannel initiatives, email, and mobile, on which roughly one-third were planning or evaluating external spend.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Best Buy is planning to match prices on many items offered by Amazon.com and other online retailers during the holiday shopping season. The move appears to be part of a larger effort from Best Buy to crack down on the number of consumers who scope out products in brick-and-mortar stores and then buy them more cheaply online, a trend known as showrooming. In addition to the expanded price match policy, Best Buy is also said to be introducing free home delivery for products that aren't in stock in stores.

Sellers began reporting problems with eBay listings on Saturday. "I am unable to complete photo uploads in multiple categories on eBay," one seller reported, while another said search results were coming back with "pictureless" listings. It's a major...

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Express, Inc. (NYSE: EXPR), a specialty retail apparel chain operating more than 600 stores, today announced that David Kornberg has been promoted to President. In this new role, Mr. Kornberg will have...

Apple is preparing to put Password to work in its physical retail stores, reports "9to5Mac" (www.9to5Mac.com). Later this month, Apple will be seeding an updated version of its mobile point-of-sale (EasyPay) system software to Apple Store employees, the...