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04/11/2013 - 08:14
Costco comps up in March

Costco Wholesale Corporation reported net sales of $9.67 billion for the month of March, the five weeks ended April 7, 2013, an increase of 7% from $9.07 billion during the similar period last year.

04/11/2013 - 07:58
Pier 1 income down in Q4

Pier 1 Imports reported net income of $61.7 million, or 58 cents per share, for its fourth quarter. For the fourth quarter ended Feb. 25, 2012, the company reported net income of $115.2 million, or $1.04 per share.

04/10/2013 - 18:19
Bed Bath and Beyond earnings surge 14% in Q4

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. reported net earnings of $1.68 per diluted share ($373.9 million) in the fiscal fourth quarter ended March 2, 2013, an increase of approximately 14% versus net earnings of $1.48 per diluted share ($351 million) in the same quarter a year ago.

04/10/2013 - 11:15
Macy's heats up the grilling competition

Macy's has launched a new contest to find America's best griller. Customers can enter the "Macy's Great American Grilling Guru" contest via Facebook.com/macys from April 9 through April 27. Six finalists will be pitted against each other in a "Sizzle Showdown" on June 8 in Atlanta.

04/10/2013 - 09:06
Rena Ware announces CEO succession

Kitchenware manufacturer, Rena Ware International, has announced that Benjamin J. Zylstra will succeed his father, Russell J. Zylstra , as CEO of the company.

04/09/2013 - 17:19
Tuesday Morning comps up 2.8% in Q3

Tuesday Morning Corp. said total sales for the third quarter ended March 31 increased 3.1% to $178.1 million, from $172.7 million in the year-ago period.

04/04/2013 - 16:54
Brookstone names new CEO

Brookstone announced that it has accepted the resignation of Stephen Bebis, its president and CEO and a member of the company's board of directors.

04/01/2013 - 15:05
Container Store simplifies things with Talend

The Container Store has enlisted Talend, a global open source software leader, to simplify, standardize and move data across multiple platforms.

03/28/2013 - 10:32
Babies'R'Us, WhatToExpect.com conceive a new partnership

Babies"R"Us has partnered with WhatToExpect.com to provide expectant moms access to their combined content and retail resources.

03/27/2013 - 12:06
J.C. Penney resumes old pricing strategy

A Tuesday report by Reuters said that embattled J.C. Penney Co. has recently revived its previously abandoned pricing strategy of raising prices on its own brands then discounting them as a way to spike sales and margins.

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