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eBay launched a new celebrity landing page that aggregates celebrity content, charity auctions, and the breadth and selection of related products unique to eBay.

Family Dollar launched an in-store shopper behavior monitoring system using video and advanced analytics in 20 of its stores, measuring customers’ real-time interactions with designs, displays and promotions.

From the start, the casual shoes were known by a single name: Vans. James Van Doren, who ran the company from 1976 to 1984, died Oct. 12 at his home in Fullerton after a long illness, said his wife, Char. He was 72.

Aaron’s announced that for personal health reasons Robert C. Loudermilk Jr. has resigned his position as president and chief executive officer of the company.

Starbucks, which laid off 39,000 employees over the two years ending last fall, is about to start hiring again. By year’s end, Starbucks will have a new barista battalion, some 3,500 strong, pulling on their aprons and dealing with steam burns. Next year will see 200 new Starbucks added to the nearly 11,000 existing ones. Those will need to be staffed up while 1,700 other Starbucks go through job-creation remodeling.

Target's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Doug Scovanner plans to retire from his posts next year. The discounter said that Scovanner will retire on March 31, 2012.

Cabela's is finding that its smaller format stores are performing 30 percent to 40 percent better than its traditional locations in several key areas, so the retailer plans to build on these results by opening additional smaller format stores.

One month after eBay CEO John Donahoe brought in an outsider to head its Marketplaces business, eBay executive Dinesh Lathi left for a new role at retailer One Kings Lane, a home decor flash-sales site.

Jenna Lyons, the J.Crew creative director and president who famously was shown painting her son's toenails pink in a company catalog earlier this year, is reportedly in the middle of a messy divorce from artist Vincent Mazeau after almost a decade of marriage.

Customer loyalty programs span everything from online coupons and discounts to VIP rewards and free shipping promotions. Some retailers use a points system to reward frequent buyers while others use social networking sites like Facebook to generate product reviews and recommendations. Regardless of which method you prefer, loyalty programs are the lifeblood of e-commerce.