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  • Whole Foods app rewards green behavior

    Austin, Texas — Whole Foods is rewarding customers that live a green lifestyle through a new app it created with Whole Planet Foundation and BlueAvocado.

  • Consumers vs. shoppers, it all makes sense now

    Ever wonder what the difference was between a consumer and a shopper, but were afraid to ask at the risk of a marketer spewing more jargon. Good news. Turns out consumers and shoppers are pretty much the same and have been all along.

  • Blue Nile selects Alliance Data for private-label credit card program

    Dallas -- Loyalty and marketing solutions provider Alliance Data Systems Corp. said Thursday that it has signed a multi-year agreement to create and manage a new private-label credit card program for online jewelry retailer Blue Nile.

  • Retailers Win With Mobile Payments

    By Matthew Talbot, [email protected]

  • Dillard's profits rise in Q1

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Dillard’s net income for the quarter ended April 28 rose to $95 million, from $76.7 million in the year-ago period, setting a company record for profit increases.

    Sales rose to $1.55 billion, from $1.47 billion. Same-store sales climbed 5%, the department store retailer’s seventh consecutive quarter of comp increases.

    Dillard’s said it saw its greatest strength in the first quarter from the central region of the United States, followed by the eastern and the western regions.
     

  • GameStop Q1 sales decline

    Grapevine, Texas — Ahead of releasing its first quarter results, GameStop said earnings for the quarter were 54 cents per share and that same-store sales fell 12.5%. According to the company, this drop in same-store sales is due to light demand for “AAA” game launches and slower-than-expected store traffic during the quarter.

    The company has reaffirmed its full year earnings per share guidance of $3.10 to $3.30.

  • Here come the comps - data sharing era begins

    Walmart’s view of the shopper is a whole lot clearer now that the company has resumed sharing point-of-sale data with the likes of Nielsen, SymphonyIRI Group and NPD. No wonder chief merchant Duncan Mac Naughton and consumer insights head Cindy Davis expect good things to happen.

  • Former Best Buy chief Dunn may get $3.2 million; investigation widens

    Minneapolis -- According to a Wednesday filing by Best Buy, former CEO Brian Dunn may receive either $3.1 million or zero in termination payments following his highly publicized resignation.

    The payout is dependent on whether or not Dunn is determined to have left voluntarily on April 9.

    In the filing, Best Buy said it is reviewing Dunn’s compensation pending its investigation into his personal conduct.

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