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eBay lost its motion to dismiss a lawsuit by a seller over its Featured Plus listing upgrade. According to Courthouse News Service, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston agreed Thursday that the contract claim can move forward, writing: "Defendants' argument that the contract did not promise "priority" if consumers initiated their search from Core eBay or decided to sort their search results by anything other than "Best Match," ignores that the Featured Plus! description did promise to list Featured Plus! items in a "section at the top of the search results page" without any limitation or description." 

SOURCE The Cato Corporation CHARLOTTE, N.C. Sales for the seventeen weeks ended May 26, 2012 "May same-store sales were good for much of the month and benefited from an easier comparison to the prior year," commented John Cato During the month of May, the Company opened a store in Plano, TX The Cato Corporation is a leading specialty retailer of value-priced fashion apparel and accessories operating three concepts, "Cato", "Versona" and "It's Fashion".� The Company's Cato stores offer exclusive merchandise with fashion and quality comparable to mall specialty stores at low prices every day.� Versona is a unique fashion

FORT WORTH, Texas — Pier 1 Imports reported that sales for its first quarter ended May 26 increased 7.9% to $361 million from $335 million in the year-ago quarter. Comparable-store sales for the quarter were up 7.2%. For the first quarter, the company is expecting earnings per share are expected to be approximately 16 cents versus last year’s first quarter earnings of 12 cents per share. Alex Smith, president and CEO, commented, “We are pleased to report another quarter of profitable sales growth. Great in-store execution and strong Easter, spring, Mother’s Day and Memorial Day assortments have resonated

H&M, the retailer known for its affordable and fashionable apparel, will open a temporary store in Miami Beach on Friday. Reports are that the store will remain open until September, when the company plans to open a 22,000 square-foot, two-story store in the Lincoln Theatre, which was formerly home to the New World Symphony.

Nordstrom and GQ have announced a multimedia strategy designed to integrate GQ editorial into the Nordstrom online shopping experience. Nordstrom will host an online store that will feature "GQ Selects," a selection of men's products handpicked from the pages of the magazine by the editors of GQ. Beginning with GQ's July issue, the items will be designated in-book, compiled on GQ.com and available for purchase on NordstromMen.com. "Our customers look to us for style advice," said David Witman, Nordstrom general merchandise manager, menswear. "Who better to partner with than GQ, the authoritative style experts?" 

New York -- When Macy’s reported a 4.2% May same-store sales gain on Wednesday, ahead of the rest of the pack, analysts wondered whether that would set the tone for the rest of the department store players. It did — and it didn’t. Macy’s outpaced the 4% gain predicted by Wall Street, citing online strength as a major reason for the strong performance, but Kohl’s saw a wider than expected drop in same-store sales. The department store retailer posted a 4.2% decrease in May, worse than analysts’ predicted 1.2% drop. According to CEO Kevin Mansell, the May results will

The Kronos Retail Labor Index rose to 4.1 percent in May from an April level that was revised two-tenths lower. The May reading reflected a moderate decline in hiring outpaced by a sharp drop in applications. The level of applications in May was more than 250,000 below its level one year ago, reflecting the uneven downward trend that began in the second half of last year. The number of applications received in May was at the lowest level since September 2007.

Clothing based on the 1960s “Mad Men” styles of Don Draper and Peggy Olson helped Banana Republic post its best first-quarter sales ever this year.

Macy’s, Inc. Same-Store Sales up 4.2% in May CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 30, 2012-- Macy’s, Inc. (NYSE:M) today reported total sales of $2.015 billion for the four weeks ended May 26, 2012, an increase of 4.1 percent compared with total sales of...