New York, NY- Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), one of the nation’s largest booksellers and the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced the company will be teaming up with American Girl to present “Truly Talented You,” an event for girls ages 8 and up, in all of Barnes & […]
MINNEAPOLIS — Target Chief Financial Officer John Mulligan, in testimony before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary in Washington, D.C., announced today that the company will be accelerating its implementation of smart card technology designed to dramatically reduce the threat of credit and debit card fraud among guests shopping in its stores. Mulligan appeared on […]
Stamford, CT and St. Petersburg, FL – As the retail industry dissects 2013’s holiday shopping results, GE Capital’s Retail Finance business and Kobie Marketing are introducing a new Integrated Multi-Tender Loyalty (IMTL) solution this week that leverages GE Capital Retail Finance’s 80 years of expertise and a leading customer engagement and loyalty technology platform from […]
Today, Target announced updates on our continuing investigation into the recent data breach and our expected fourth quarter financial performance. New Details about the Data Breach Investigation As part of Target’s ongoing forensic investigation, it has been determined that certain guest information—separate from the payment card data previously disclosed—was taken from Target. This theft is […]
Our investigation into the data breach incident is continuing and ongoing. While we are still in the early stages of this criminal and forensic investigation, we continue to be committed to sharing the facts as they are confirmed. While we previously shared that encrypted data was obtained, this morning through additional forensics work we were […]
“Macy’s has resolved its breach-of-contract lawsuit against Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. We are pleased to be able to put this matter behind us. The terms of our settlement are confidential, will not be disclosed, and are not deemed to be material to Macy’s. We can now return our focus to what we do best – […]
MINNEAPOLIS — December 20, 2013 We are continuing the process of reaching out to guests across a number of channels including traditional and social media. Also, we have begun notifying, via email, those guests whose emails we have and who shopped in our U.S. stores with a credit or debit card during the period of […]
NEW YORK, November 12, 2013 –The fiscal month of November got off to a positive start propelled by a number of factors – lower gasoline prices, cold weather and easy sales comparisons – which provided retailers with a healthy uptick in sales. Overall for the week ending November 9, 2013 weekly retail sales increased by […]
As we approach the Christmas holidays and retailers brace themselves for increased patronage. Online retailers are especially concerned that shipping rates may rise considerably with announcements from DHL, FEDEX and UPS that they intend to increase rates for local shipments within the US.
