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Grand Rapids, Mich. -- Regional grocer Meijer said Tuesday it will hire 12,000 new employees in preparation for the 2012 holiday shopping season. Most positions will be part-time. According to Janet Emerson, executive VP of operations for Meijer, “Our...

Last night's Monday Night Football game at the Dallas Cowboys’ $1.2 billion stadium offered attendees a chance to drink some beer, eat a few hotdogs and pick up a bra or two. According to an article in the Detroit Free Press, a Victoria's Secret PINK store opened at the stadium just in time for last night's game. The grand opening marked the first underwear store to set up shop at a professional sports stadium or venue, according to the article.

NEW YORK — Research released Monday by Citigroup and published by Wall Street Journal’s MarketWatch found that digital sales for the holiday 2012 shopping season are expected to increase at least 20%, thanks to two additional shopping days and amped-up...

Macy's has announced that it plans to hire approximately 80,000 seasonal associates for its Macy's and Bloomingdale's stores for the 2012 holiday season. That would be an increase of about 2.5 percent over the retailer's 2011 holiday hires. The company's seasonal associates serve customers on the selling floor, work in store operations positions, interact with customers via the telephone in call centers, and staff the distribution and fulfillment centers.

Lynnwood, Wash. -- Reporting ahead of most retailers whose results will be posted on Thursday, action sports retailer Zumiez said that same-store sales for the month of September rose 5.6%. Total sales for the month increased 18.6% to $62.7 million,...

Just in time for holiday shopping to start, Google has made its stable of retail catalogs available for browsing on the web. It was just over a year ago that the company introduced Google Catalogs for iPad, giving users a way to shop at popular retailers directly from their tablet. An Android app followed. The company is now bringing that experience to the web, offering more than 300 catalogs including Williams-Sonoma, J.Crew and Eddie Bauer. Users can browse alphabetically or by category. Inside a catalog, clicking "view details" on items will take you to the retailer's site to make a purchase.

MONTEVALLO, Ala. - Summer Classics and Frontgate have partnered to create an exclusive new Summer Classics/Frontgate Web store that will allow customers the opportunity to buy the entire line of Summer Classics outdoor furnishings online. Frontgate, a...

Americans are expected to spend more during what's traditionally the busiest shopping season of the year, but they're not exactly ready to shop 'til they drop like they have been in the past two years. The National Retail Federation, the nation's largest retail trade group, said Tuesday that it expects sales during the winter holiday shopping period in November and December to rise 4.1 percent this year.

Retailers are pushing for changes to credit card swipe fees nearly a year to the day after they triumphed in one of the biggest lobbying battles ever. The Federal Reserve lowered the fees that merchants are charged when customers swipe a debit card last year, handing a decisive win to retailers after a multimillion dollar advocacy war with big banks. The new rates took effect on Oct. 1, 2011. With that victory notched, retailers are coming back for more.

Dallas -- The Merchant Customer Exchange announced Tuesday that Bed Bath & Beyond, Dillard's, Dunkin’ Brands, Gap, Sheetz and Wakefern Food Corp. are among those joining the existing lineup of merchants who are committed to creating a seamless...