Retail News
News about the retail industry, including catalog and online retailers, discount, convenience and specialty stores, among others. This section covers everything from animal and pet retailers to wedding and bridal.
New Website Spotlights Products from All 50 States
Noted website designer Jim Hofman has announced the launch of his latest site, StateGiftsUSA.com, which features unique products made in each of the 50 states. Two years in the making, StateGiftsUSA.com is designed to help web users quickly and easily find locally made products from Maine to... - November 13, 2013 - Jim Hofman
Harris Seeds Launches Online Holiday Gift Shop for 2013
Harris Seeds is ready to help customers find unique, practical gift giving ideas for gardeners and growers as the countdown begins to the upcoming holiday shopping season. - November 13, 2013 - Harris Seeds
Free Personalized Letters from Santa Sent from the North Pole to Your Home
Absolute Inspirations online gift store will be sending out free personalized letters from Santa for Christmas this 2013 Holiday Season. Absolute Inspirations gift store simply wishes to spread the wonder and magic of Christmas. The process is simple and completely free. - November 12, 2013 - Absolute Inspirations Gift Store
Zane's Cycles Sends Out Alerts to Other Local retailers; Offers Reward to Help Stop East Coast Bicycle Theft Organization
A rash of robberies targeting high end bicycles and specialty stores have been taking place since the beginning of the year, progressing up the East Coast, as far away as Virginia. The robberies were thought to be isolated incidents until the facts and photos were distributed to fellow bike shop... - November 11, 2013 - Zanes Cycles
Chase Grant of $3 Million to 12 Small Business Across America
Local Business, Loquendi Needs Support to be Eligible for $250,000 Grant from Mission Main StreetSM Grants. - November 08, 2013 - Loquendi
Sofa Cover Specialist Provides Replacement Custom Slipcover Alternatives for Old & Discontinued IKEA Sofas
Comfort Works, an Australian-based sofa slipcover specialist established in 2009 recently announces how their small business extends to more than just selling slipcovers, but rather satisfying a need to the market - sofa rejuvenation. - November 08, 2013 - Comfort Works
Vet2Tech Announces Veteran Scholarship Challenge
Vet2Tech will be awarding five lucky veterans in the Chicagoland area full scholarships for online commercial food equipment technician training to help them re-enter the job market. - November 08, 2013 - Vet2Tech
WikiTrend.org and The Avant-Guide Institute: the Vending Machine is Dropping in to a New Identity
The trends-collective website has identified a growing trend in machine-based retail. - November 08, 2013 - Daniel Levine
North Raleigh Florist Hosts Annual Mum Swap Nov. 14-30
Local Floral Shop Offers a Chance to Recycle Flowers - November 08, 2013 - North Raleigh Florist
Carrollwood Copy Center Celebrates 33rd Birthday by Giving Presents to Customers
Carrollwood Copy Center is giving the public two chances to win $100 for Whole Foods. - November 08, 2013 - Carrollwood Copy Center
Taco Bueno® to Support the Wounded Warrior Project® in Honor of Veterans Day
Veterans and active military to receive free crispy beef or chicken tacos on Monday, November 11. - November 07, 2013 - Taco Bueno Restaurants, L.P.
Ethical Surf Brand, Wave Native, Launches Kickstarter Campaign for Eco-Friendly Boardshorts
Wave Native has launched a new Kickstarter campaign, aimed at raising funds to help it develop and launch a new range of men’s and women’s eco-friendly, ethically-manufactured board shorts. - November 07, 2013 - Wave Native
DAVACO Joins Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
DAVACO announced today that the company has joined the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (www.CCOHS.ca). The organization—whose membership includes Canadian workers, employers, students, and health/safety professionals—promotes the total well-being of working Canadians by providing information, training, education, management systems and solutions that support health, safety and wellness programs. - November 07, 2013 - DAVACO, Inc.
Digital Air Strike Announces Industry First: Customer Verified Review Integration with Cars.com
Digital Air Strike, the nation’s leading automotive social media, online reputation and lead-response company, today announced a new partnership with Cars.com, the premier online resource for buying and selling new and used cars. Digital Air Strike has built the industry’s first direct... - November 06, 2013 - Digital Air Strike
SpyCrushers Spy Camera Pre-Holiday Sale Launches Today
Crushers, Inc. the makers of the SpyCrushers Pen Camera announces it's pre-holiday season sale for it's most popular item. - November 06, 2013 - CrushersInc.net
BunchesDirect Announces Thanksgiving Contest to Give Away a $50 Bouquet
In celebration of the upcoming American Thanksgiving, BunchesDirect is looking to hear what people are thankful for. The winner of the contest will receive a $50 flower bouquet of their choice from BunchesDirect. - November 06, 2013 - Bloomex
360 Cloud Solutions Debuts at #727 on The 2013 Inc. 5000
360 Cloud Solutions, business cloud application experts, ranked 727 on Inc.'s list of fastest growing American companies as well as highly ranked for Top Arizona and Top Software companies. - November 05, 2013 - 360 Cloud Solutions
Platform Technology, Sri Lanka's Newest Web Development Company, Opens for Business
Platform Technology, a web development company based in Colombo 7, has opened for business. The tech company has expertise in premium web design, content management systems, mobile application development, search engine optimization and internet marketing. The team at Platform is passionate,... - November 05, 2013 - Platform Technology
Renowned Ann Arbor Cosmetic Surgeon Robert H. Burke, MD, FACS, Director of the Michigan Center for Cosmetic Surgery Named a Vitals Patient's Choice Award Winner
Vitals recently named Ann Arbor Cosmetic Surgeon Robert H. Burke MD, FACS, as a Patients’ Choice Award Doctor for 2013. Vitals’ Top Doctors are chosen for this prestigious honor based on over 200,000 patient reviews each month. "It is truly an honor to be recognized by patients. - November 05, 2013 - Michigan Center for Cosmetic Surgery
VIRUN® & Vital Pharmaceuticals® Expand Operations to Offer a Combined 29 Patents for Raw Material Manufacturing and Finished Product Capabilities
The year 2013 has been a blockbuster renaissance of key partnerships and explosive innovation for VIRUN; early in the year, VIRUN published Chapter 39, Nanotechnology and Nonpolar Active Compounds in Functional Foods through Wiley. In March, Stepan Lipid Nutrition and VIRUN formalized a partnership... - November 05, 2013 - VIRUN
Ed Bolian Enjoys Blue Donkey Iced Coffee on "Cannonball Run" Speed Record
Blue Donkey Iced Coffee, an Atlanta business known for their all natural iced coffee drink, provided bottles and sponsored Ed Bolian of Lamborghini Atlanta on his U.S. coast-to-coast speed record. Ed drove across the entire United States in an impressive 28 hours and 50 minutes. Bolian and two friends got into a Mercedes-Benz CL55 and with an average speed of 98 mph, launched themselves from midtown Manhattan to Redondo Beach, California. - November 05, 2013 - Blue Donkey Coffee, Inc.
Jane Basch Launches Brand New Monogram
Jane Basch, recognized as the leading “Original” designer and manufacturer of handcrafted personalized jewelry has taken 2 of her best-selling designs and made them one. - November 04, 2013 - Jane Basch
eMediaCampaigns!: Software Expert, Lawren Greene Wows Online Marketplace with TransactionCity.com
Only marketing platform in the world to offer members Buy Now shopping, auctions, subscription selling, ticketing, wholesale, and liquidations options for selling. - November 03, 2013 - eMediaCampaigns!
Southern Imperial Introduces New Allura™ LED Light Kits and Components
Variety of options available for adding light to fixtures and displays. - November 03, 2013 - Southern Imperial
Upscale Plus Size Retailer Boutique Larrieux Revamps E-Commerce Site
Boutique Larrieux, an upscale plus size retailer with an extensive selection of contemporary designer apparel and accessories for women from sizes 12-24, is pleased to announce the expansion of its e-commerce site. Building on the successful growth of the brand’s brick and mortar location,... - November 02, 2013 - Boutique Larrieux
Boston Cedar Proudly Announces Distribution of Trex Decking and Railing, KOMA Trim boards, and an Expanded Line of RDI Railings
Boston Cedar is very pleased to announce that the company has been awarded distribution rights of three exceptional product lines. Starting on Friday, November 1st, 2013 Boston Cedar will market, stock, and deliver Trex® Decking and Railing; KOMA® Trim boards; and an expanded RDI® Railing offering which features a revolutionary railing product that’s exclusive to Boston Cedar. - November 01, 2013 - Boston Cedar
Pinoy.baluv.com Launched to Make Buying and Selling Products and Services Feel Right
The developers of a Dubai-based website say they’ve launched a site that takes buying and selling in the Philippines to the next level. - November 01, 2013 - Baluv
Back to the Future Chronology Now Available Worldwide at Amazon and CreateSpace
Customers and resellers can purchase Hasslein Publishing's second Back to the Future reference guide at the popular electronic-commerce and print-on-demand Web sites, as well as at BTTF.com and reseller companies. - November 01, 2013 - Hasslein Books
The Shoe Haven Celebrates One Year in Business
Making the most out of what almost every woman loves, a healthy shoe closet, The Shoe Haven celebrates a successful one year milestone. Announcing the completion of their first year in business owner of the E-commerce site Ashleigh Rasmussen said of the landmark occasion, “The Shoe Haven... - November 01, 2013 - The Shoe Haven
EquineLUX Offered Price Drop Alerts
EquineLUX announces that they will now be notifying users of price drop alerts on its innovative English saddle pads via email. - November 01, 2013 - EquineLUX
Bloomex Australia Announces Promotion of Key Designer to Lead Florist for BunchesDirect Australia
Bloomex Australia is continuing its strong growth in 2013, announcing the promotion of Julie Bogdanovska to lead designer for the BunchesDirect brand (www.bunchesdirect.com.au). - November 01, 2013 - Bloomex
ABBA Wholesale Closes Physical Store to Make Way for New LA Metro Line
After over 20 years on the Westside of Los Angeles, ABBA Wholesale has closed the doors of its physical store to make way for the new Metro Expo line construction. The business will now operate entirely online at alightingstore.com - October 31, 2013 - ABBA Wholesale
Best-Selling Area Rugs at DormCo.com Pave Way for New Designs in 2014
Area rugs have been a consistent top seller at DormCo.com, meaning new styles and products will follow in 2014. - October 31, 2013 - DormCo
Family Footwear Center Announces Further Expansion in Manchester
Local footwear retailer is slated to open fifth store location in November 2013. - October 31, 2013 - Family Footwear Center
Laura Rathe Fine Art Announces Daluz, Gagliano & Ziegen: "Enlighten"
Renown Contemporary Dallas Gallery Debuts New Works by Neo-Luminist Painters in Group Exhibition. - October 30, 2013 - Laura Rathe Fine Art
The Biggest Discount, Sample Sale and Warehouse Sale Season of the Year is Here
BargainsLA.com, Southern California’s established premier bargain shopping guide has the inside skinny on local sample and warehouse sales, liquidators and off price discount sources in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. With the holidays around the corner, November and December are the... - October 30, 2013 - BargainsLA.com
New Line of Baby Lock Sewing Machines Now Available at Above & Beyond Sewing
With Baby Lock’s recent introduction of a new line of sewing machines and sergers, sewers throughout Centennial, Parker and Aurora who must have the latest technology in sewing have been trading their perfectly good machines in for newer models. - October 30, 2013 - Above and Beyond Sewing and Vacuum
XOWi and Ordr.in Partner to Launch Food Ordering on Wearable Voice Technology
XOWi Inc., a McLean, VA based Wearable and Ubiquitous Technology company today announced a partnership with Ordr.in, the world's only restaurant ecommerce ordering platform for restaurants and publishers, to power the XOWi Voice Badge's food ordering capabilities. By integrating with Ordr.in, XOWi... - October 29, 2013 - XOWi
Concord Chocolate Factory to Add 40 Jobs
Rachel Dunn Chocolates, located in Concord, CA is using a unique approach to finding the best talent for their holiday job search. Interested applicants can apply by submitting a brief YouTube video talking about why they would be great for this sweet opportunity. Learn more at www.RachelDunnChocolates.com (Select Talent Search from the title menu.) - October 29, 2013 - Rachel Dunn Chocolates
Progenomics LLC Offers Service to List Its Amazon Japan Customers’ Products on the Yahoo Japan Shopping Portal.
Selling products in Japan just got easier with Progenomics LLC's new service of posting its Amazon Japan customers' most popular selling products on Yahoo Japan. The new service will vastly widen the exposure of customers' products to Japanese consumers in Japan. - October 29, 2013 - Progenomics LLC
Olivia's Solutions Offers Free Shipping on Everything
For limited time Olivia's Solutions is giving free shipping on all products. - October 27, 2013 - Olivia's Solutions
Shortfoot Auctions, a New Online Auction Platform
Shortfoot Auctions is designed to be a platform used by online shoppers or cyber shoppers to reach out to users like themselves who buy, sell and discuss items they have a common interest in. Founded by Maveline D. Locke a Navy veteran, Shortfoot Auctions is intended to provide a common platform... - October 26, 2013 - Shortfoot Auctions
Hill Bill Free for iOS This Weekend as B27 Celebrate the Launch of Vegas Levels
Get familiar with Hill Bill for Free this weekend, before the big addition of Vegas next week. - October 25, 2013 - Balloon 27
"Bottoms Up" to "Cheeky" Beauty Essentials - And Taboos Made to be Broken
Heavenly Bottoms (http://www.heavenlybottoms.com) is launching a new, luxurious line of products for ultra-feminine women made especially for her and her precious bottom. Devoted to the female that takes complete delight in pampering herself fully, all products are made from the most gentle, luxuriant ingredients for a truly decadent experience. - October 25, 2013 - Heavenly Bottoms
WorkingPerson.com Wins IMA Best in Class Award
Two years in a row WPS is Best in Class. - October 25, 2013 - Working Person's Store
Tobin’s Pharmacy Fosters Wellness with RetailSTAR Rx
RetailSTAR Rx’s Pharmacy Interface Streamlines Pharmacy and Retail Processes - October 25, 2013 - Celerant Technology Corp
New Locations for Luggage Drop Off
The Authorised repairers of Samsonite Luggage have announced 3 new locations to drop off luggage for repairs. - October 24, 2013 - LuggageStore.com.au
11Giraffes® White Paper Advises Retailers Planning Digital Signage Deployments
11Giraffes releases a must read free white paper for retailers considering or planning 2014 network rollouts. - October 24, 2013 - 11Giraffes
Percolate LMS Launches New Quiz Builder to Capture Learner Certainty
Michaels & Associates announced news of the latest Percolate LMS™, housing a more robust Quiz Builder tool that easily captures learners’ certainty using a new feature called Learner Certainty Assessment (LCA). For administrators and learners alike, LCA reporting data provides key (and otherwise overlooked) information that assists in gauging learners’ needs, monitoring progress and checking for understanding. LCA can also be a critical component in helping to identify employee competencies. - October 23, 2013 - Michaels & Associates
Villiger Cigars Proudly Announces: Fabian Barrantes as the New Director of Marketing
Villiger Cigars North America based in Charlotte N.C. is proud to welcome Fabian Barrantes as the new Director of Marketing effective Monday October 21st 2013. "I'm excited to be working with a creative genius like Fabian," said Roy MacLaren. His extensive knowledge and creativity will... - October 23, 2013 - Villiger Cigars