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At Kohl's, we're always making headlines. Below is the full version and PDF of our most recent press release. You will also find our five most recent releases on the right. To view all of the releases from the several years, visit our s. Donates $25,000 to the American Red Cross for Wildfire Relief Efforts in Colorado MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis., June 29, 2012 – (NYSE: KSS) today announced a $25,000 cash donation in response to the recent wildfire which caused widespread damage and evacuations in the state of Colorado. Kohl’s is making this donation to the American Red Cross

PLEASANTON, Calif. , June 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ross Stores, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROST) announced that it is making a $50,000 cash donation to the American Red Cross to help those affected by the recent wildfires throughout Colorado . In addition, from June 30th through July 14th , all 30 Ross Dress for Less® stores in Colorado will offer customers and associates the ability to make donations at the point of sale to the American Red Cross for the 2012 Colorado Wildfires.  Online donations to the American Red Cross for disaster relief can also be made at www.redcross.org

ALLEN, TXMavic has no plans to sell its products consumer-direct, despite its parent companys recent agreement with an e-commerce company. At this time there is no plan to take Mavic consumer direct. To the contrary, Mavic is focused on investing in our existing dealer network," said Zack Vestal, the brand's communications manager. Last week, PFSweb, Inc., a Texas-based e-commerce company, announced it had reached a multi-year agreement with Amer Sports Group, Mavic's parent company. , which include Mavic, Salomon, Atomic, Wilson, Suunto and Bonfire. PFSweb already runs Suunto's e-commerce operations in the U.S. "We chose to extend our relationship

New York -- Canadian retailer Aritzia will open its largest store to date, a 13,000-sq.-ft. flagship on Fifth Avenue in New York City. The apparel retailer is taking over a space previously occupied by Esprit. The location is in a building that is part of Rockfeller Center.

Zone pricing, the practice of selectively raising or lowering prices on products based on a variety of factors, is common in retail. Consumers, for the most part, understand there are differences based on factors such as real estate costs. People in the New York metropolitan area, for example, expect to pay more for a Big Mac in Manhattan than they would in the suburbs. But they are not likely to be as understanding if retailers are charging higher prices for goods or services based on criteria that is less clear. 

Virgin Mobile, the pay-as-you-go carrier owned by Sprint Nextel, plans to open its first 10 retail stores Friday in Chicago, aiming to profit from the iPhone's expansion into the prepaid wireless market. Virgin Mobile will become the second U.S. prepaid service to offer the Apple device, following the iPhone's debut Friday at Leap Wireless International. The new stores also mark a strategy shift for Virgin, which has previously relied on retailers such as RadioShack and Best Buy to market its service, said Jeff Auman, a vice president at the carrier.

You know Facebook's getting big with marketers when it shows up in specific job titles. At online retailer Zappos.com, Nate Lurman is the Facebook marketing lead. That means he's in charge of devising strategies for the brand to take advantage of the huge audience on the social media site — and deliver the kind of return on investment that some marketers claim is missing from the social behemoth. The key, Lurman said, is constant testing.

SEATTLE Those ubiquitous, single-use plastic bags will no longer be available at checkout counters at grocery and retail stores across Seattle starting July 1.The ban intended to cut down on pollution requires grocers and other retailers to stop handing out plastic bags and charge customers a nickel fee for every paper bag as a way encourage people to bring their own bags.Stores have posted signs telling customers of the upcoming changes. The city has mailed out thousands of notices to local retailers, as well as calling and visiting them in-person. One group at the University of Washington even held

Amazon.com has signed its first athlete sponsorship — with eight-time world skateboard champion Andy Macdonald — to coincide with the launch of its new online action sports store. Andy "Mac" will be featured in exclusive videos on the site, which will sell skateboards, BMX bikes, surf and stand-up paddle boards, skates, skis, and snowboards. He'll weigh in on the best products and give tips for new and experienced skateboarders.

Comments 0CARDIFF, Wales — Tesco told shareholders it will shut down the Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market chain if it continues to disappoint, according to published reports. Speaking at the company's annual meeting here Friday, Philip Clarke, Tesco's chief executive officer, said, "If we see there is no chance of success, we'll do as we've just done in Japan," referring to Tesco's decision last year to leave that market. "It is not about ego — we are businessmen." The company rejected calls from Change to Win for an independent review of Fresh & Easy. Change to Win, an investment