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June 18, 2013
QVC gets jolt from former Starbucks exec

QVC, a global video and e-commerce retailer, has appointed former Starbucks executive Mustafa El-Rafey as the company’s SVP of talent management and rewards.

June 18, 2013
Saban launches e-commerce sites for two brands

Saban Brands has launched two new e-commerce sites for its Power Rangers and Paul Frank brands, featuring products spanning all categories from toys and apparel to accessories and collectables.

June 4, 2013
Former Hershey exec heads to QVC

QVC, a global leader in video and e-commerce retail, has appointed former Hershey’s executive Ted Jastrzebski as the company’s new CFO. Jastrzebski will oversee QVC's financial operations, and will report to president and CEO Mike George.

May 31, 2013
Pottery Barn Kids, PBS Kids, court bookworms

Pottery Barn Kids, part of Williams-Sonoma’s brands portfolio, has launched its Summer Reading Challenge in partnership with PBS Kids.

May 29, 2013
Nickelodeon nabs corner of New York real estate in Toys'R'Us

Nickelodeon has launched a store within a store in Toys"R"Us Times Square. The Nick Shop is 1,000 sq. ft. and offers exclusive New York-branded products, such as kids and adult apparel, accessories, plush toys and home goods featuring Nickelodeon characters.

May 26, 2013
Kroger launches Honoring Our Heroes campaign

Kroger plans to provide $2.3 million to support the USO's broad range of programs that assist service members and their families, as part of its Honoring Our Heroes campaign.

May 20, 2013
Walmart, Operation Homefront saluting heroes together

Walmart, Sam’s Club and Operation Homefront kicked off their nationwide series Saluting Heroes Together with a community-wide military appreciation event in San Diego on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 18.

May 15, 2013
Build-A-Bear welcomes the SpongeBob gang

SpongeBob and Patrick are heading to Build-A-Bear Workshop thanks to an agreement between the retailer and Nickelodeon. Beginning Friday, May 17, customers will be able to make their own SpongeBob and Patrick dolls at Build-A-Bear Workshop stores.

May 7, 2013
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.

April 29, 2013
Sesame Street packaging gets a refresh

Sesame Street has tapped Parham Santana, The Brand Extension Agency, to help it refresh its licensed consumer products packaging worldwide.

April 12, 2013
JCP dealt another blow in MSLO case

New York State Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Oing on Thursday refused to dismiss Macy's Inc's claim that Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia violated its contract when it designed certain merchandise for J.C. Penney Co., regardless of whether the items carry the Martha Stewart brand.

April 12, 2013
Tempur-Pedic goes to bed with HGTV

Tempur-Pedic has partnered with HGTV to feature a wide range of sleep products in the first-ever HGTV Smart Home, which showcases the latest products in home technology, coupled with eco-friendly features.

April 12, 2013
Walgreens helps launch 'Biggest Loser' web series

Walgreens has partnered with NBC to launch a new web series inspired by NBC’s hit weight-loss competition series "The Biggest Loser."

April 5, 2013
Home Depot builds how-to video series with Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart Living and The Home Depot have teamed up for a new video series launching April 25.

April 4, 2013
Hunger heroes include Target

Target was among six companies recognized by Second Harvest Heartland, a member of Feeding America, as one of the relief organization’s Hunger Heroes.

April 4, 2013
QVC, Fashion Footwear Association of New York to fund cancer research

QVC and the Fashion Footwear Association of New York have announced a $140,000 grant to fund research at The Wistar Institute on a specific and deadly form of breast cancer called triple negative.

March 11, 2013
HSN names two to corporate leadership team

HSN has named to key executives to its corporate leadership team.

March 7, 2013
‘Project Runway’ contestants to make high-fashion styles with Duck Tape

Duck Tape is heading to the runway this Thursday on Lifetime’s “Project Runway,” as season 11’s aspiring designers face the “Unconventional Materials Challenge,” a competition in every season that challenges them to create high-fashion clothing from something other than fabric.

February 26, 2013
Macy's CEO takes stand in Martha Stewart case

Terry Lundgren, CEO of Macy’s, took the stand on Monday to testify in the trial of two Macy's lawsuits regarding the deal between JCPenney and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. The long-awaited trial began last Wednesday, in New York Supreme Court.

February 11, 2013
Brainteaser game wins Game of the Year

PlaSmart Inc., the Ottawa-based global toy distributor, announced that its brainteaser game PerplexusTM Epic was named the 2013 Game of the Year last night by the Toy Industry Association.

February 11, 2013
Fisher-Price gets into some monkey business with Saban Brands

Saban Brands that Fisher-Price Inc., a subsidiary of Mattel, will be the global master toy licensee for the company's newly announced Julius Jr. property.

February 11, 2013
Pre-school toy line comes to life on Nickelodeon

NEW YORK -- MGA Entertainment has partnered with Nickelodeon to create a new animated series based on the best-selling Lalaloopsy toy line.

January 28, 2013
Former QVC chief to head merchandising at Rue La La

Private sale site, Rue La La, has appointed Darlene Daggett as a president overseeing merchandising, programming and member experience. Daggett will report to Ben Fischman, founder and CEO of Rue La La and be headquartered in the Boston and New York offices.

January 17, 2013
Fashion retailer gets ready for catwalk

Lord & Taylor is teaming up with Lifetime's Project Runway for the show’s eleventh season, making it the show’s exclusive retail sponsor.

December 20, 2012
BBC exec joins HSN, Inc. board

Interactive multichannel retailer HSNi has appointed BBC executive Ann Sarnoff to its board of directors.

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