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May 22, 2013
Weak same-store sales affect Staples Q1 profit

Staples was hurt by a stronger dollar and weak same-store sales in North America and Europe.

May 15, 2013
Club Monaco launches lookbook on Tumblr

International lifestyle brand Club Monaco is leveraging the power of social media to promote its fashion apparel and accessories. It has launched an interactive fashion lookbook on Tumblr.

May 14, 2013
Foot traffic, sales trends bolster Five Below’s Q1

Teen discounter Five Below increased its first quarter profit forecast as sales for the period increased 33% to $95.6 million and same store sales advanced 4.2%.

May 7, 2013
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.

May 1, 2013
Easter holiday helps bolster Publix Q1 results

Publix posted first quarter sales of $7.5 billion, representing a 6.1% increase. The Easter holiday in the first quarter of 2013, which was in the second quarter of 2012, increased sales by approximately 1.3%, the grocer noted.

April 30, 2013
Easter Bunny unkind to Office Depot

The timing of the New Year and Easter holidays negatively affected Office Depot’s first quarter sales which declined 5% to $2.7 billion and led to a $17 million loss compared to a profit of $41 million in the first quarter of 2012.

April 29, 2013
Former Tommy Hilfiger exec named SVP, retail at Columbia

Columbia Sportswear Company has appointed Shawn Cox as SVP of retail, a newly created position that will report directly to president and CEO Tim Boyle.

April 18, 2013
American Girl, Monster High drive Mattel Q1 results

Key Mattel brands drove Mattel sales for the first quarter of 2013. Mattel's net sales for the quarter were $996 million, up 7% compared to $928 million last year, and net income increased dramatically to $38.5 million, or $0.11 per share, compared to last year's first quarter net income of $7.8 million, or $0.02 per share.

April 9, 2013
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.

March 29, 2013
Toys'R'Us sales slip in Q4

Toys“R”Us reported that sales for the the fourth quarter decreased $155 million to $5.8 billion and that net earnings fell to $239 million from $343 million in the prior year.

March 21, 2013
Claire's fashions a Q4 comps increase

Claire's Stores reported net sales of $493.4 million for the fiscal 2012 fourth quarter, an increase of $58.5 million, or 13.4% compared with the fiscal 2011 fourth quarter.

March 15, 2013
Whirlpool names head of Europe, Middle East and Africa region

Whirlpool has appointed Esther Berrozpe as president of the company's Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region and to the company's executive Committee.

March 14, 2013
Target names new board members

Senior executives from Yahoo! and Ecolab are the newest members of the board of directors at Target.

February 28, 2013
Luxury fashion house COO to step down

Luxury fashion house J. Mendel has announced that Susan Sokol will step down as president and COO of the company, and will transition her duties over the coming weeks.

February 20, 2013
Wolverine Worldwide sales spike 60.5% in Q4

Outdoor and sports apparel manufacturer Wolverine Worldwide reported that its consolidated fourth fiscal quarter revenue was $652.2 million, growth of 60.5% versus the prior year.

February 19, 2013
Unilever uses Terra Technology for optimization in Europe

Consumer goods manufacturer Unilever has implemented Terra Technology’s Demand Sensing and Multi-Enterprise Inventory Optimization solutions across Europe.

February 7, 2013
Predictix names head of Europe, Middle East and Africa sales

Retail merchandising solutions provider, Predictix, has named Tom Fischer managing director for Europe, Middle East and Africa.

February 5, 2013
Aeropostale president to retire in March

Michael Cunningham, Aeropostale president, is retiring effective March 29, the company announced Tuesday.

October 16, 2012
Hasbro builds European presence

Showcasing its brands at Brand Licensing Europe this week, Hasbr said it is well-positioned to expand its retail presence in new and emerging markets throughout Europe with innovative and trend-forward licensing programs across many licensing categories.

October 11, 2012
Toys'R'Us online expands international shipping

Toys"R"Us has expanded international shipping for online orders on Toysrus.com and Babiesrus.com to more than 60 countries across Asia, the Caribbean, Central America, Europe, North America and South America.

October 1, 2012
Foot Locker taps LightHaus to measure customer traffic, shopping behavior

LightHaus announced that Foot Locker has deployed the LightHaus Visual Customer Intelligence (VCI) solution to measure customer traffic and sales conversion rates at all of its Champs Sports stores in the United States and Canada, as well as its Foot Locker Canada stores.

August 24, 2012
Fred’s profit rises in Q2

Fred’s reported that net income for the quarter ended July 28 rose 19% to $6.1 million, compared with $5.1 million in the year-ago period.

June 11, 2012
McDonald's global comps up 3.3% in May

McDonald's Corp. reported Monday that global same-store sales grew 3.3% in May, led by a 4.4% gain in the United States and 2.9% growth in Europe.

June 1, 2012
GameStop expands digital content access to international customers

GameStop customers outside of the United States will soon have access to the PlayStation Network's downloadable content from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.

March 28, 2012
Staples names head of Europe e-commerce

Staples has named Willem Vos as director of e-commerce for Staples Europe.

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