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Whole Foods Market has launched an online magazine that explores food, art, health and sustainable living. The content includes videos, photography, recipes and articles from "mentors and inventors" in the artisanal and sustainable living movement.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Books-A-Million's quarterly profit edged up to $7.6 million, from $6.7 million a year earlier. Sales increased 10.7% to $166.9 million, from $150.8 million. Same-store sales declined 5.7%. During the quarter, the retailer said it incurred costs of $1.6 million related to the closing of 21 underperforming locations and the opening of 41 new Bam! stores in October and November. For the full year, Books-A-Million reported that it lost $2.5 million, compared with a $9 million profit in 2011. Sales dropped 3.6% to $468.5 million and same-store sales declined 9.5%. Commenting on the results, Clyde Anderson,

As part of the launch of her cookbook, "My Father's Daughter," actress and GOOP newsletter publisher Gwyneth Paltrow partnered with home decor flash-sales website One Kings Lane to curate a one-day sale. Prior to the sale, Paltrow hosted an A-list dinner party where she cooked recipes from her book for guests like actress Cameron Diaz and chef Mario Batali.

Moosejaw, an outdoor gear and apparel retailer, is now equipped to perform customer checkouts from anywhere in its stores. The recently deployed devices offer faster and more convenient checkout options.

By the time NBC's new reality series "Fashion Star" airs, the garments featured on TV will be available online from Saks, Macy's and even H&M, which doesn't currently have an e-commerce platform in the U.S. but will offer online shopping specifically for the items it's produced for the show.

Wal-Mart is launching a new service that will allow consumers to digitize the movies they own on DVD or Blu-ray, enabling them to watch them on their smartphones, computers or other internet-connected devices. "Wal-Mart is helping America get access to their DVD library," said John Aden, executive vice president for general merchandising at Wal-Mart U.S. "Wal-Mart Entertainment’s new disc-to-digital service will allow our customers to reconnect with the movies they already own on a variety of new devices while preserving the investments they’ve made in disc purchases over the years."

Want a side of culture with your shopping? Barneys New York is happy to deliver. The department store has teamed up with Exhibition A, the members-only contemporary art e-commerce site. Barneys’ shoppers can now swing through the store's Chelsea Passage to view and pick up prints by the likes of Spencer Sweeney, René Ricard, Max Snow and Lucien Smith, and signed books by Andreas Gursky, Andy Warhol and Cindy Sherman.

Oodle, which powers the Facebook Marketplace and lets users post items for sale across Facebook, launched a new feature this week that allows users to refine their selling activity. Facebook users can now easily sell, give or ask within specific social circles within the Marketplace.