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  • Bluefly appoints new CFO

    NEW YORK — James Gallagher was named CFO at Bluefly, an online retailer of designer brands founded in 1998 in the heart of New York’s fashion district.

    Gallagher comes to Bluefly with more than 33 years of  financial, strategic and operations experience with growth oriented international, entrepreneurial and corporate entities across a broad range of industries, including Internet-focused marketing, e-commerce, entertainment and technology companies.

  • Multi-channel madness eliminated with new measurement tool

    Digital audience measurement firm comScore has launched a new service called Media Metrix Multi-Platform to help advertisers makes sense of how shoppers are interacting with their brands in an increasingly multi-channel world.

  • NCR enhances retail offering with Retalix deal

    NCR agreed to pay $30 a share to acquire retail software and service provider Retalix in a deal valued at $650 million.

  • Comp momentum intact at Kroger

    Kroger extended its same store sales winning streak to 36 consecutive quarters and reported better than expected profits Thursday.

    The grocer reported a third quarter adjusted profit of 46 cents a share that exceeded analysts’ consensus estimate by three cents and said its identical store sales grew by 3.2%. Total sales, including fuel, increased 5.9% to $21.8 billion

  • Forget game-changer, U of A group recognized as world changer

    The Sustainability Consortium jointly administered by the University of Arkansas and the University of Arizona, with support from Walmart and many of its suppliers, is ranked among 10 ideas changing the way people live by Scientific American.

  • comScore: Cyber Monday retail spending hits record $1.46 billion

    Reston, Va. -- Spending on Cyber Monday reached $1.46 billion, up 17% versus a year ago, making it the heaviest online spending day in history, according to comScore.

    Retail e-commerce spending for the first 26 days of the November-December 2012 holiday season rose to $16.4 billion, up 16% versus the corresponding days last year.

  • NCR to acquire Retalix

    Duluth, Ga. -- NCR Corp. announced a definitive agreement for NCR to acquire Retalix Ltd., a leading global provider of innovative retail software and services, for a cash purchase price of $30.00 per Retalix share, for a transaction value of approximately $650 million.

  • Holiday Shopper Sentiment Report: Behind-the-Scenes Q&A

    Where did the idea for the Black Friday and Cyber Monday Consumer Face-Off originate?

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