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July 30, 2015 at 2:09 pm
A former J.C. Penney employee said she was sent home from work for wearing shorts she bought in the store's career style section, launching a heated discussion about dress codes for women online. Sylva Stoel of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, called out her former employer on Twitter last week, accusing her boss of sending her…
July 29, 2015 at 3:08 pm
The TJX Companies today announced that it's signed a definitive agreement to purchase Trade Secret, an off-price retailer that operates 35 stores in Australia, from Gazal Corporation Limited for a purchase price of (AUD) $80 million. The potential acquisition of Trade Secret provides TJX an opportunistic entry into Australia, where TJX currently operates one of…
July 29, 2015 at 2:59 pm
Amazon.com wants to carve out a special zone of the sky to shuttle commercial drones that would deliver goods to its customers. Amazon Prime Air project vice president Gur Kimchi used a NASA convention in California on Tuesday to fly the idea of dedicating separate air zones for commercial drones. Kimchi proposed setting commercial drone zones between…
July 29, 2015 at 2:53 pm
For a group of kids in Harlem, lacrosse has become a lifestyle. Depicted in two new national spots from Dick's Sporting Goods set to premiere on Wednesday, the Harlem lacrosse team has become the latest beneficiary of the retailer's program, Sports Matter. In 2014, the program began as an effort to promote awareness and funds for youth…
July 29, 2015 at 2:44 pm
The world’s largest retailer has put suppliers on notice: Pay attention to the little things before they become big problems. Wal-Mart last week sent out a memo to hundreds of suppliers, from Kraft Heinz Co. to Nestlé SA, warning them to comply with labeling laws, emphasizing that the amount inside a package matches what's printed on…
July 29, 2015 at 2:40 pm
Longtime retail executive Marty Hanaka will replace Eddie Albertian as CEO of City Sports, the sports retailer said Tuesday. Hanaka, 66, has been a member of the company’s board since 2008 and an operating partner at the Highland Consumer Fund for the past year. Previously, he served as CEO of Golfsmith International Holdings, Inc. and Sports…
July 28, 2015 at 3:47 pm
Following its split from PayPal last week, eBay announced it’s closing down a number of standalone mobile applications, including eBay Valet, eBay Fashion and eBay Motors, and is retiring its on-demand delivery service eBay Now. On the latter item, the company says that eBay Now was “always intended” as a pilot program, and while it…
July 28, 2015 at 3:39 pm
Vox.com is going after the TOMS "one for one" business model, in which the company donates one pair of shoes to children around the world for every pair of shoes sold. It's a tough take, calling the brand and other for-profit companies that have "similar buy one, give one" programs the "charitable equivalents of yes…
July 28, 2015 at 3:30 pm
It was just one Facebook/Instagram post among many, but Bugaboo's pairing of a running stroller and a bikini-clad fashion model has sparked plenty of laughter and derision from its target market. In the photo, 23-year-old Dutch model Ymre Stiekema is seen running with her two-year-old daughter while wearing what appears to be a black-and-white bikini…
July 28, 2015 at 2:47 pm
Kyle Nel is executive director of Lowe's Innovation Labs, where he's developed the Lowe's Holoroom, an augmented and virtual reality home improvement design tool, the OSHbot autonomous retail service robot, and in-store and online 3-D scanning and printing. In Nel’s words: “I (and my team) build new technologies that solve consumer problems, as envisioned through…
