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  • The TJX Companies touts successful fiscal 2014

    The TJX Companies CEO Carol Meyrowitz touted the company’s performance in the fourth quarter and fiscal 2014, calling it a successful year despite a competitive retail environment and generally unfavorable weather in many of its regions during the first and fourth quarters.

  • Discount Coupons acquires Daily Deal Builder

    Discount Coupons has acquired Daily Deal Builder (DDB), a Daily Deal software and solutions provider.

    DDB’s software platform allows anyone to set up, manage and host a feature-rich Daily Deal or coupon website. Currently, more than 150 companies in the U.S. and abroad utilize DDB as their Daily Deal software provider. DDB Founders Marc and Tyler Horne will remain with DDB and form part of the company's growing staff.

  • Report: Mobile subscriber context data could generate $44 billion a year

    Tampa, Fla. -- The global market for advanced services based on mobile context insights could be worth as much as $44 billion annually. A research report for Syniverse from economists at the Surrey Energy Economics Center (SEEC) values the market for operators providing services to brands based on end-user context data and proposes a sustainable long-term market structure with balanced, mutual benefit between operators, brands and consumers.

  • Former Macy’s exec joins Kurt Salmon

    Management consulting firm Kurt Salmon has named Tom Cole as a partner in its Retail and Consumer Products Group.

  • Big 5 Sporting Goods has competitive Q4, fiscal 2014

    El Segundo, Calif. – Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. released mostly positive financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2013. During the fourth quarter, net income rose 30% to $5.2 million from $4 million compared to the same period in the prior year.

  • P&G's rolls out new fabric care line

    Procter & Gamble, in support of the National Sleep Foundation's Sleep Awareness Week 2014, announced the launch of its newest fabric care line, the Sweet Dreams Collection.

  • Lowe’s Q4 profit up 6%; 20 new stores planned

    Mooresville, N.C. – Customer interest in core home improvement categories helped lift profits at Lowe’s Companies Inc. during the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2013.

    Lowe’s fourth quarter earnings rose 6% to $306 million from $282 million in the year-ago period. Full year net earnings climbed 17% to $2.29 billion from $1.96 billion.

  • Lowe’s delivers in Q4 despite severe winter weather

    Severe winter weather was no match for Lowe’s in the fourth quarter. The company reported sales of $11.7 billion, up 5.6% from the same quarter last year, as comps increased 3.9%.

    The company also posted fourth-quarter net earnings of $306 million, up 6.3%.

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