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Deerfield, Ill. -- Walgreens on Tuesday announced a new application built into Facebook that allows desktop computer users to print their favorite photos, complete with likes and comments, at any Walgreens location nationwide as part of a feature called...

Everywhere you look there's an athlete on the go. Or so it seems from what people are wearing on the streets: running shoes, compression tees, bike shorts, yoga pants. The trend is a winner for a bunch of brands and the retailers that are scrambling to carry them or their own labels to meet demand. Active wear is the fastest growing apparel sector and performance wear is the fastest growing subsegment, industry observers say. Overall active wear sales in the U.S. grew 9 percent in the 12 months ending in June.

Tags: Customer Experience, Mobile, Pharmacy / Drug Kiosks Smartphone users now have another option for printing photos stored on their mobile devices. CVS/Pharmacy announced last week a new feature to both the CVS mobile app and CVSphoto.com that allows...

Quarterly online e-zine shines spotlight on athletes and sport-lifestyleThree–time NBA scoring champion Kevin Durant graces inaugural issue cover BRADENTON, Fla. -- Anybody can buy sneakers and sports apparel, but only genuine athletes have ‘Game.’...

Wal-Mart is testing a program that invites consumers to send the retailer a photo of a grocery receipt from one of its competitors. Within a couple of days, Wal-Mart responds with a calculation of how much the consumer would have saved by shopping at one of its stores.

DSW, the designer shoe warehouse, has continued its stream of success since 2011. For the second quarter of 2012, ended July 28, 2012, net sales increased 7.5% to $512.2 million versus $476.3 million in the same quarter last year. The retailer's growth is...

BELLEVUE, Wash. , Aug. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Beauty.com, Inc., debuts a new look for fall 2012.  The Beauty.com® site, which offers more than 18,000 high-end beauty products and an edited assortment of accessories, has rolled out a variety of new...

NORTHBROOK, Ill., Aug. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, leading home furnishings destination Crate and Barrel announces the launch of its national campaign, created by Los Angeles-based agency TBWA Chiat Day. The integrated, multi-platform campaign will...

Target's customers are looking for answers and connected solutions. Best Buy is looking for new customers, specifically how to reach women and families. So, is the Geek Squad and Target a match made in heaven? Most retail partnering experiments and mergers fail, but the Best Buy Geek Squad in Target might just work. The consumer needs for services in a mobile and highly connected digital world require more than the traditional product-centric merchandising of mass merchants.

Victoria's Secret and its parent company Limited Brands have been accused of breaching a 2001 agreement and deliberately selling cheaper "knockoffs" to unsuspecting consumers in a $15 million lawsuit filed by one of the retail chain's former major hosiery suppliers. In a complaint unsealed today in federal court in Columbus, Ohio where Victoria's Secret is headquartered, New Jersey-based hosiery designer Zephyrs alleges that Victoria's Secret is misleading customers by selling less expensive, Canadian-made stockings while intentionally using photographs of Zephyrs-designed Italian-made stockings on packaging and in-store displays.