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Despite being presented with a petition containing 200,000 signatures urging it to apologize and reinstate its advertising on the TLC reality series "All American Muslim," Lowe's is standing firm in its decision to pull its ads. Several clergy members descended on Lowe's headquarters Dec. 20, armed with the petition.

There might be more women working in retail, but they're getting paid a lot less than their male counterparts. A recent study conducted by the Retail Action Project and the City University of New York found that on average, in New York City women are making $9.77 per hour while men are making $10.64 per hour for the same job.

Family Dollar Stores has named Paul White its executive vice president, chief merchandising officer. White will report to Michael Bloom, president and COO. White joined Family Dollar in 2011 as senior vice president, apparel, home and seasonal. Before joining the company, he served as president, CEO and director of Goody’s, where he refocused the merchandising and marketing strategies on the core customer while leading the company’s exit from bankruptcy.

Career community Glassdoor has announced the results of its fourth annual Employees' Choice Awards for Best Places to Work. The top 50 winners were selected by the people who know these companies best, the employees.

Christopher & Banks has named Joel N. Waller as president for a one-year term, effective immediately. Waller is charged with revitalizing the business and putting the company back on track to profitability. He will report to Larry Barenbaum, CEO.

Hair product brand TRESemmé hit a huge customer relations snafu when an email offering free samples to a few hundred email subscribers was accidentally sent out to tons of fans and posted on its Facebook page. After thousands of people contacted TRESemmé about collecting their free samples, the company realized that it made a mistake and began to backtrack.

In many ways, Tory Burch’s story is one of abiding family values, in the best possible meaning of the phrase. She was raised by doting parents — she still talks to her mother at least once a day — and remains very close to her siblings, one of whom works with her.

Last week, a Macy's employee spotted a transgender woman going into the women's dressing room and decided to stop her and inform her that she wasn't really a woman. Macy's promptly fired the employee, but now she's has enlisted the help of a hatemongering conservative organization and is claiming that Macy's discriminated against her religious beliefs by denying her the right to harass whichever customer she chooses.

Three more syringes have been found hidden inside clothing at a Wal-Mart in Georgia, raising the total to seven and prompting fears for customer safety. In addition to three other incidents reported last month, two shoppers and a staff member have found needles in different pairs of trousers.

Bloomingdale's recently revealed plans to grow the luxury department store brand. "Bloomingdale’s is a growth brand for us,” said Terry Lundgren, chairman, president and CEO of Macy's.