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Neiman Marcus Posts $3 Million Loss

Neiman Marcus Inc. posted a net loss of $3.1 million for the third quarter, compared to net earnings of $55.4 million in the prior year....

Sears Holdings Settles FTC Behavioral Tracking Complaint

The Federal Trade Commission announced that Sears Holdings Corp. has settled allegations that it collected personal data from customers without warning them adequately that their information was being collected....

Talbots Sells J. Jill to Equity Firm

Women’s apparel chain The Talbots Inc. has announced it will sell almost all the assets of the J. Jill brand to a private equity firm for approximately $75 million. ...

Dick’s Sporting Goods Sees Q1 Sales Gain from Web

Sales at recreational retailer Dick’s Sporting Goods rose 5.2% in first-quarter 2009, helped primarily by new store openings and the rollout of a company Web site enabled for e-commerce, the company announced yesterday....

Sales, Net Income Fall for Penney

First-quarter sales for J.C. Penney Co. decreased 5.9%, to $3.8 billion, down from $4.1 billion for the same period last year. For the period ended May 2, net income sank to $25 million, from a net income of $120 million last year. Same-store sales fell 7.5%. ...

Eddie Bauer Losses Widen

Eddie Bauer Holdings Inc. posted a net loss of $44.5 million for the first quarter, compared to a net loss of $19.3 million in the prior year....

Cross-Media Campaigns: Are They Worth the Effort?

Cross-media campaigns can offer confident managers a great opportunity to boost ROI. But don't confuse cross-media with multichannel, as their objective differ....

Brookstone Posts More Than $117 Million Loss

Brookstone Inc. posted a net loss of $117.5 million for the fourth quarter, compared to net income of $34.2 million in the prior year....

KPS Capital Wins Bid for Lenox Group

KPS Capital Partners LP was the successful bidder in the auction to purchase the assets of the Lenox Group, which filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November....

Grainger to Lay Off 300 to 400 Employees

Grainger, the direct marketer of industrial supplies, will lay off 300 to 400 employees across the company....

AeroGrow Posts $4.4 Million Loss

AeroGrow International Inc. posted a $4.4 million loss for the third quarter, compared to a loss of $1.7 million the prior year....

America’s Garden Resource Taps Alliance

America's Gardening Resource, Inc., parent company of Gardener's Supply and Dutch Gardens catalogs and Web sites, has chosen Alliance Data Systems Corp. to provide direct and database marketing services....

Voice Commerce Acquires Perpetual Payments

Voice Commerce Group, a British transaction processing firm, has acquired Perpetual Payments, a London-based credit card and merchant services processing company. ...

FetchDog Lines Up $4 Million for Web and Catalog Expansion

Fetch Enterprises has arranged $4 million in investment capital to fund expansion of its FetchDog.com and catalog marketing operations for targeting products to dog owners. ...

Frederick’s of Hollywood Names Thomas Lynch CEO

Frederick’s of Hollywood Group Inc. has selected Thomas Lynch to serve as its CEO. Lynch had been a member of the company’s board of directors since January 2008. ...

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