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Holiday offers emerge as free shipping deals grow among top 100 e-retailers
Internet Retailer | 7 days 16 hours 3 minutes ago
Holiday offers emerge as free shipping deals grow among top 100 e-retailers New holiday-related promotions popped up at several of the top 100 online retailers this week, including some only for e-mail subscribers. Meanwhile the the number of top 100 e-retailers offering free shipping inched upward to 63 from 61 a year ago, a survey by Internet Retailer found. The Internet Retailer annual survey of free shipping and other promotions is based on ...

Tips to stop holiday overspending
SeattlePI.com | 8 days 14 hours 11 minutes ago
But listen up: This year can be different. You don't have to spend a lot to have a meaningful celebration. We asked REDBOOK readers like you for their best money-saving tips for all things holiday from gifts and family activities to decorating and entertaining and here are the all-stars. This holiday season, make a mental note to give your wallet a break, then spend your holidays focusing on what really counts: quality time with family and friends.

Liz Claiborne in exclusive deal with J.C. Penney
Reuters | 46 days 9 hours 31 minutes ago
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Liz Claiborne Inc said on Thursday that its namesake apparel line would be sold exclusively at J.C. Penney Co Inc department stores, and it expects a profit from its Liz Claiborne wholesale brands in 2010, sending its shares up more than 12 percent.

Liberty to Buy Unity Cable-TV
Wall Street Journal, The | 11 days 14 hours 40 minutes ago
John Malone's Liberty Global Inc. is set to acquire Unity Media GmbH, Germany's number two cable operator, for more than $3 billion plus the assumption of debt, said two people familiar with the matter.

J.C. Penney expected to report lower 3rd-qtr profit on Friday than for last year -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 12 days 13 hours 55 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Department-store operator J.C. Penney Co. reports earnings for the third quarter on Friday before the market opens. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.

UPDATE 5-Liz Claiborne in J.C. Penney deal, shares jump
Forbes | 46 days 13 hours 29 minutes ago
By Brad Dorfman and Martinne Geller CHICAGO/NEW YORK, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Liz Claiborne Inc will move its namesake brand to JC Penney Co Inc Department Stores and take a line by celebrity designer Isaac Mizrahi off department store shelves in a strategy shift that pushed shares up nearly 33 percent to their highest level in 11 months.

Liberty Global to Buy Germany's Unity Media
Wall Street Journal, The | 11 days 7 hours 27 minutes ago
John Malone's Liberty Global Inc. is set to acquire Unity Media GmbH, Germany's number two cable operator, for more than $3 billion plus the assumption of debt, said two people familiar with the matter.

ColdwaterCreek.com turns in the fastest response time
Internet Retailer | 18 days 15 hours 3 minutes ago
ColdwaterCreek.com turns in the fastest response time ColdwaterCreek.com gave shoppers the fastest high broadband access time among large web retailers for the ninth month in a row, says Gomez Inc. In October, ColdwaterCreek.com produced a high broadband response time of 5.02 seconds. AmwayGlobal.com had the next best response time with 6.78 seconds, followed by Scholastic.com (6.84 seconds), Dell.com (6.99 seconds) and Overstock.com (7.02 seconds)....

New Distribution Strategy for Liz Claiborne - NYTimes.com
New York Times, The | 46 days 21 hours 21 minutes ago
Liz Claiborne, the clothing retailer, said on Thursday that its namesake apparel line would be sold exclusively at J.C. Penney department stores, and it expected a profit from its Liz Claiborne wholesale brands in 2010. The company also said in a statementthat the television shopping network operator, QVC,would have exclusive rights to sell the Liz Claiborne New York line by the celebrity designer, Isaac Mizrahi. The shift, which begins with the fall 2010 line, means department stores will no...

UPDATE 2-Liz Claiborne in exclusive deal with J.C. Penney
Reuters | 46 days 23 hours 24 minutes ago
CHICAGO, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Liz Claiborne Inc (LIZ.N) said on Thursday that its namesake apparel line would be sold exclusively at J.C. Penney Co Inc (JCP.N) department stores, and it expects a profit from its Liz Claiborne wholesale brands in 2010, sending its shares up more than 12 percent.

J.C. Penney expected to report lower 3rd-qtr profit on Friday than for last year
Orlando Sentinel (Fla.) | 12 days 13 hours 57 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Department-store operator J.C. Penney Co. reports earnings for the third quarter on Friday before the market opens. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.

Zappos.com steps up with the best availability rating
Internet Retailer | 11 days 17 hours 31 minutes ago
Zappos.com steps up with the best availability rating Zappos.com posted the best rating in the Gomez Inc. high broadband availability tests for October. Web shoppers could access the shoe and apparel retailer's site 98.55% of the time last month. The average availability for the top 50 retailers in October was 92.33% for high broadband, 84.92% for low broadband and 53.04% for dial-up, Gomez says. Rounding out the top five results for high broadband av...

UPDATE 3-Liz Claiborne in J.C. Penney deal, shares jump
Forbes | 46 days 17 hours 48 minutes ago
By Brad Dorfman CHICAGO, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Liz Claiborne Inc will move its namesake brand to JC Penney Co Inc department stores and take a line by celebrity designer Isaac Mizrahi off department store shelves in a strategy change that pushed shares up 27 percent.

UPDATE: Liberty Media's Malone Predicts More Media Upheaval
Wall Street Journal, The | 38 days 7 hours 44 minutes ago
(Adds comments on NBC Universal.) By Nat Worden Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--John Malone, chairman and controlling shareholder of Liberty Media Corp., said Friday that he expects "massive restructuring and consolidation in old media," but that change is unlikely - at this point - to include his company purchasing NBC Universal.

Earnings Preview-J.C. Penney Co.
Seattle Times, The | 12 days 13 hours 51 minutes ago
NEW YORK Department-store operator J.C. Penney Co. reports earnings for the third quarter on Friday before the market opens. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.