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05/07/2013 - 17:56
A Whole Foods home run in Q1

First quarter sales increased 13% to $3 billion at Whole Foods and profits grew 18% to $305 million, prompting the company to increase its full year profit forecast and declare a two-for-one stock split.

05/07/2013 - 17:46
Dillard’s leverages tech to get customer feedback

Dillard’s, a fashion apparel, cosmetics and home furnishings retailer, has selected OpinionLab to extend its omni-channel Voice of Customer program, including its digital, mobile and in-store experiences, with precise insight into what its customers want and need.

05/07/2013 - 17:31
PetSmart, Bret Michaels bring back the 80s

Reality television star and Poison frontman Bret Michaels is bringing the eighties back to PetSmart with the Pets Rock collection, a line which has expanded to a throwback, neon-inspired line of apparel, toys and accessories for dogs.

05/07/2013 - 17:10
Twizzlers flies with the Man of Steel

Twizzers candy is getting in on the Man of Steel hype and teaming up with Warner Bros. to offer fans a chance to remake themselves as the invincible one and win prizes.

05/07/2013 - 16:38
Target plays house at Grand Central Terminal

Target isn’t letting any grass grow under its feet when it comes to the suddenly hot category of home goods and home furnishings. The discounter has installed a giant, two-story dollhouse in the middle of Vanderbuilt Hall in New York City’s Grand Central Station.

05/07/2013 - 16:23
Little Debbie gets first makeover since 1985

McKee Foods, the makers of Little Debbie Snacks, unveiled a new Little Debbie logo, the third version of the logo since the brand was introduced in 1960.

05/07/2013 - 16:00
Chico's names new board member

Chico's FAS, a women's specialty retailer of private-branded apparel, intimates and accessories, has appointed McDonald’s executive Janice L. Fields to its board of directors.

05/07/2013 - 14:33
Senate makes call on Internet sales tax

The U.S. Senate approved the long-debated Internet sales tax proposal, known as the Marketplace Fairness Act, by a bipartisan vote of 69 to 27. The Obama administration has already endorsed the bill, but before it can become law it must be approved by the House.

05/07/2013 - 12:38
OfficeMax has ‘challenging’ Q1

Declines in technology product category sales and decreased foot traffic at its stores affected OfficeMax’s results for its fiscal first quarter ended March 30, 2013.

05/07/2013 - 12:03
Caribbean kind to PriceSmart’s April results

The sun shined favorably this month on PriceSmart, which operates 31 warehouse clubs in 12 countries and one U.S. territory. For the month of April 2013 net sales increased 11% to $176 million from $159 million in April a year earlier.

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