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New York -- Bebe Stores Inc. reported that net income for the second quarter fell 36.2% to $3 million, from $4.7 million in the year-earlier quarter. Revenue in the quarter fell 0.6% to $131.5 million from last year. Same-store sales fell 2.5%.

New York -- Walgreens will launch a loyalty card on Sept. 16, Reuters reported. The move follows the chain’s long insistence that it did not need a loyalty card, even as rival CVS Caremark Corp. and Rite Aid Corp had their own successful...

Big Lots and Guess led retail decliners Thursday as investors reacted to missed earnings estimates and downgraded full-year outlooks. Most retailers saw share price declines as reflected in the S&P 500's retail index's 0.6% slide at the close, while its consumer discretionary index fell nearly 1% during the session.

No related items were found. Warrendale, Pa. -- Rue 21 earned a better-than-expected $9.1 million for the quarter ended July 28, up from $7.7 million in the same quarter last year. Revenue rose 17% to $202.1 million, from $172.8 million. Same-store...

It has taken a long time for the dust to settle from the battle for first generation e-commerce supremacy (Amazon.com and select smart brick and mortar guys won).  Fifteen years later, a confluence of macro trends on and off the Web have created a tidal wave finally strong enough to birth a whole new generation of new e-commerce companies.  Comparatively, in the same 15 years, the online photo market went through almost 4 generations of battles won and lost: Photobucket -> Flickr -> Facebook (->?) Instagram.

Pier 1 Imports said Thursday it has launched a fully redesigned website, Pier1.com, with a lineup of new features, including "Pier 1 To-You" allowing users to buy products online and have them shipped to any location in the continental United States. Additional options continue to include "Pier 1 To-Go," which launched in June 2011 and allows customers to pay for selected product offerings online and pick them up in-store with no shipping charges.

Columbus, Ohio-based Express Inc. plans to open flagship stores in New York’s Times Square and San Francisco’s Union Square. Both are scheduled to open by fall 2013. The company also announced that it has signed a franchise agreement to open stores in...

ATLANTA , Aug. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Aaron's, Inc. (NYSE: AAN), a lease-to-own retailer specializing in the sales and lease ownership of residential furniture, consumer electronics, home appliances and accessories, announced today that Kathy Betty has...

Uniqlo is exploring building an online store for the U.S., according to a document obtained by Ad Age. The request for proposal indicates the retailer is looking for partners to help build the e-commerce site, which, if it goes according to the document's timeline, would go live in October. The Japanese retailer, in the midst of a global expansion as growth slows at home, is searching for an agency to build what it's calling a "digital flagship" for the U.S. market. It hopes to push Stateside sales to $10 billion with 20% originating online by 2020, according to the document.

LOS ANGELES , Aug. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --  LuxeYard, Inc. (OTC Q B: LUXR), a luxury living and style flash site, announced the appointment of Jerry Wilkerson , LuxeYard's current CTO/CIO, to the position of Chief Operating Officer, effective today. The...