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Wage-hour issues to consider during the holidays
By Bruce M. Cross, [email protected]

In the holiday rush, it's easy to overlook wage-hour issues. This article discusses common ones to which retailers should be alerted, including: temporary workers and independent contractors; unpaid interns and trainees; “off-the-clock” work, meal and rest breaks; seating requirements; cost of uniforms; workplace safety; and overtime exemptions.

Temporary workers
H&M makes matching chic for families
H&M is hoping to take some of the stigma out of matching family attire with a new line that promises to offer coordinated pieces without compromising individual style.

The retailer's "Fashion Family" collection will launch on Oct. 22 with chic items as textured jackets, skinny trousers and metallic minis for mom, party dresses and textured jackets for girls, suits, leather jackets and sweaters for dad, and long-sleeve tees, fedoras and sunglasses for boys.

Sears taps Teradata for database analytics expansion

Hoffman Estates, Ill. -- Teradata, the analytic data solutions company, announced that Sears Holdings has upgrades its existing Teradata analytic environment with the Teradata Active Enterprise Data Warehouse Platform 6690, which leverages both SSD and HDD storage.

Sears has also added the new Teradata ADW Private Cloud with Elastic Performance on Demand for on-demand business analytics.
Sears Holdings expands relationship with Teradata

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Sears Holdings has added the Teradata Active Enterprise Data Warehouse Platform 6690 to its existing Teradata analytic environment.
Perfumania Holdings appoints CMO

New York -- Perfumania Holdings announced today the appointment of Linda G. Levy to senior VP and chief marketing officer, effective immediately. She was previously VP merchandise marketing for cosmetics and fragrances at Macy’s.
'Mad Men' is back at Banana Republic

NEW YORK — Banana Republic customers can't seem to get enough of the 'Mad Men' style, so the retailer is bringing back the collection for a third installment beginning March 1, 2013.
Ralphs Grocery v. UFCW

By John H. Douglas, [email protected]
Simon Property and Paragon Outlet in joint venture to open outlet center

INDIANAPOLIS -- Simon Property Group and Paragon Outlet Partners, Baltimore, have signed a letter of intent to jointly develop Charlotte Premium Outlets, in Stallings, N.C.

Projected to open in 2014, the outlet center will be 400,000 sq. ft. and will house approximately 100 designer and name brand stores.

The project, which is expected to break ground during spring 2013, is a 50/50 joint venture between Simon Property Group and Paragon Outlet Partners.
Advertising activity remains intense at Walmart

No wonder Walmart comps are increasing. Check out the latest monthly report from the ad tracking provider Market Track.

The month saw drop in the number of circulars released to the market by the majority of retailers. However, interestingly we saw flyers increasing pages compared with last year for most of the retailers in the year over year comparison.

Walmart had a significant increase in both the number of circulars as well as number of pages when compared with same time last year.
Target to add store in Chicago

MINNEAPOLIS -- Target has announced plans to open a new store in Chicago. The 190,000-sq.-ft. store, to be located on West Division and North Larrabee Streets, is scheduled to open in October 2013.

To date, Target has announced plans to open 10 Target stores in 2013, including CityTargets in Los Angeles, Portland and San Francisco.

Wage-hour issues to consider during the holidays

H&M makes matching chic for families

Sears taps Teradata for database analytics expansion

Sears Holdings expands relationship with Teradata

Perfumania Holdings appoints CMO

'Mad Men' is back at Banana Republic

Ralphs Grocery v. UFCW

Simon Property and Paragon Outlet in joint venture to open outlet center

Advertising activity remains intense at Walmart

Target to add store in Chicago