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Target Reports 61.7% Drop In Profits

Target reported higher sales in its U.S. and Canadian divisions during a quarterly earnings report call. Total sales reached $17.4 billion, a 1.7% improvement from Q2 2013. Yet total profit…

News August 21

PetSmart Acquires Pet360, Increases Net Income By 5.1%

PetSmart has acquired online pet products retailer and integrated media company Pet360 for $130 million to ramp up its e-Commerce business. With the purchase, PetSmart will provide customers with seamless…

News August 20

Arctic Cat Builds EBay Presence With Shopatron

Establishing an e-Commerce site is a necessary step for retailers looking to expand their customer base and engender brand loyalty. However, if retailers do not have the financial means to…

Features August 20

Content Marketing Brings Retail Brands To Life

Condé Nast recently announced that fashion magazine Lucky would spin off into its own division, The Lucky Group, and converge with BeachMint to create an e-Commerce platform.  BeachMint, which is…

Executive Viewpoints August 20

Eu Yan Sang Expands Digital Presence With Demandware

Asia-based health and wellness company Eu Yan Sang has ramped up its digital strategies with help from Demandware Commerce. In less than five months, Eu Yan Sang launched an e-Commerce…

News August 20

Aeropostale Reinstates Former CEO To Recover Waning Teen Interest

The logos that teens once flaunted proudly on their clothes are now becoming scarlet letters. As a result, once-reigning teen retailers, such as Aeropostale, are fighting to maintain customer loyalty…

News August 20
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Walmart Lowers Financial Forecast For 2014

Walmart has lowered its 2014 FY forecast, citing “incremental investments in e-Commerce” and higher-than-estimated health care costs. Initially, the retailer predicted that shares for 2014 would reach between $5.10 and…

News August 19

SuperValu, Albertson’s Report Data Breach

Supermarket chain SuperValu is investigating a data breach that may have affected credit and debit cards swiped at POS systems in 209 stores between June 22 and July 17, 2014.…

News August 19

We’re In Back-To-School Prime Time!

Can you feel the fresh fall air in the morning? Can you hear the school bell ringing in the back of your head? OK, so it’s still technically summer but…

Executive Viewpoints August 19
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