Midwest-CBK Hosts Retail Display Contest
Midwest-CBK invites independent retailers to participate in its third annual “Show Us Your Sparkle” in-store retail holiday display contest. Independents…
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Fagor Getting ‘Wired’ For The Holidays
Fagor America announced today that the company will have a kitchen installation at the upcoming WIRED pop-up store, slated to…
Kirkland Reports Strong Q3 Sales Growth
Third-quarter sales at Kirkland’s were up sharply with company officials reported that its execution of its merchandising and store…
Cost Plus World Market Recalls Stainless Steel Cookware Due To Burn Hazard
Cost Plus Inc. and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of approximately 300 units of three…
Positive Q3 Comp Sales Lead Williams-Sonoma To Better Than Expected Results
Third quarter net revenue at Williams-Sonoma, Inc., was down 3.9%, but company officials said the drop was less than…
Home Products Help Drive Kmart Q3 Comp Store Sales Gain
Third-quarter sales at Sears Holiday declined 4.7%, but company officials reported seeing some signs of progress most notably the increase…
JCPenney To Cease Publishing Of ‘Big Book’ Catalogs
JCPenney will no longer publish its twice-yearly “big book” catalogs and will focus its print promotional efforts instead on…
ShopNBC Q3 Sales Down But Customer Traffic Grows
Third-quarter sales at ShopNBC were down 4% but the television shopping retailer reported that activity from current and new…
TJX Reports Record Sales, Earnings For Q3
The TJX Companies is reporting record sales and earnings results for the third quarter ended October 31 as customer…
New Store Openings Help Boost Target Q3 Sales
Third-quarter sales at Target were up slightly as new store openings served to offset a slight decline in comparable…
Lowe’s Q3 Sales Down 3%
Third quarter sales at Lowe’s were down 3% as officials with the home improvement retailer blamed the company’s continued…
October Retail Sales Continue To Show Economic Uncertainty
With the holiday sales season fast approaching, October retail sales numbers reported by the National Retail Federation and the…
ICSC/Goldman Sachs Holiday Consumer Survey Finds Growing Interest In Housewares As Gifts
The recent 2009 Holiday Spending Survey completed by the International Council of Shopping Centers and Goldman Sachs found that consumers…
JCPenney Q3 Sales Down But Above Expectations
JCPenney Company reported fiscal third quarter results that were significantly better than initial expectations and showed further improvement in…
Walmart Q3 Sales Up Slighty; Company Q4 Outlook Remains Weak
Third quarter sales at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. were up slightly as officials with the nation’s largest retailer continued to…
Kohl’s Q3 Sales Up 6.5%
Third quarter net sales at Kohl’s were up mid-single digits as the retailer continued to see growth of branded product…
Office Depot Launches Top 30 Smart Gifts Campaign
Office Depot has launched its Top 30 Smart Gifts campaign that company officials said is designed to provide advice to…
Macy’s Narrows Loss, Posts Negative Comp Sales
Macy’s today announced that its had narrowed its losses, from 10 cents a share in last year’s third quarter to…
Trepp To Succeed Retiring Morecroft As Hamilton Beach CEO; LeBrun To Become President Of The Kitchen Collection
Dr. Michael Morecroft, president and CEO of NACCO Industries’ Hamilton Beach Brands subsidiary, will retire on December 31, 2009, according…
KitchenAid Offers Webinar Training Effort For Gourmet Stores
KitchenAid will conduct a holiday webinar entitled Gifts That Share The Season, on Thursday November 19 as part of its…