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Late last year, Lowe's Chief Information Officer Mike Brown led an effort to help customers manage home-related data, including receipts, appliance manuals and service warranties. According to a report in Bloomberg, "Customers will be able to scan a special card to monitor transactions, create room-by-room profiles of their homes and plan projects with store employees."

Retail sales in the U.S. fell in May for a second straight month as slower employment and subdued wage gains damped demand, a sign the world’s largest economy is cooling. The 0.2 percent decrease followed a similar decline in April that was previously reported as a gain, Commerce Department figures showed today in Washington, D.C. Last month’s drop matched the median forecast of 79 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. Sales excluding automobiles slumped by the most in two years. 

Would you like to receive coupons on your smartphone's digital wallet that are related to the products you're viewing on TV? Or forget the smartphone. How about buying products directly through your television using the remote control? PayPal announced it's working with television service providers to help power "television commerce," aka tcommerce. PayPal has entered into agreements with Comcast and TiVo as it tries to establish itself as a payment method for purchases made over the television. 

If you rely on direct mail to bring in business, you've probably had a bumpy ride the last couple of years. Well, time to turn that around with the aid of some very handy "response boosters." Specifically, here are 3 tips for boosting direct mail response during crazy economic times, from the just published "Strategy & Tactics for Boosting Direct Mail Response" report, courtesy of Direct Marketing IQ and Chief Content Officer Ethan Boldt.

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Zumiez Inc, a retailer of action sports related apparel, footwear, equipment and accessories, has reported that comparable store sales for the four-week period ended May 26, 2012, were up 13.72%, compared to a 7.8% increase for the four-week period ended May 28, 2011. Total net sales for the four-week period ended May 26, 2012 were $37.4 million, a 23.6% increase from $30.3 million for the same period ended May 28, 2011. As of May 26, 2012 the company operated 448 stores in the US and 11 stores in Canada, which are located in shopping malls.

This new Wear To Win website was developed by the award winning website design and online marketing company Precept Partners. MISHAWAKA, INDIANA Wear to Win, LLC has launched their new golf and activewear website which features HTML5 technology for cross-platform compatibility. The website features the new look of the Wear to Win lifestyle brand and includes several user-friendly shopping features. Our new Wear to Win website gives the Wear to Win brand a higher level of sophistication and allows our customers to easily view each golf and activewear collection. The new website has technology which also supports iPad

Procter & Gamble (P&G) and Wal-Mart have launched a new shopping experience that uses big trucks, free samples and QR codes to generate online sales of P&G products. 

The Goochland County-based retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last December. It's asked a federal bankruptcy court judge to approve the asset sale. The auction would be held June 25. RoomStore President and CEO Stephen Giordano tells the Richmond Times-Dispatch that the company is being offered for sale as a whole or in parts. Bid packages were sent to potential buyers last week.