Home & Housewares

06/03/2013 - 14:54

Ikea to present loyalty program at annual conference

Ikea and 89 Degrees, a marketing solutions provider, will give a presentation on the company’s loyalty program at this years’ Customer Relationship Management Conference Tuesday, June 18 at the Hilton, Chicago.

06/01/2013 - 11:16

Study: Father’s Day sales up 2% in 2013

Thanks to a rebounding economy, dads this year stand to get more than just a boring tie, a pair of socks or a pat on the back for Father's Day.

05/31/2013 - 18:54

Pottery Barn Kids, PBS Kids, court bookworms

Pottery Barn Kids, part of Williams-Sonoma’s brands portfolio, has launched its Summer Reading Challenge in partnership with PBS Kids.

05/31/2013 - 15:24

Online consumers spending more on floor care

Floor care, water filtration devices and air purifiers generate higher average prices online than in brick-and-mortar stores, according to research from NPD Group.

05/30/2013 - 22:21

PBteen heads to SoCal this summer

Parent company Williams-Sonoma said that its PBteen banner will open its first store in southern California, at The Oaks Mall in Thousand Oaks Saturday, June 1.

05/29/2013 - 22:48

Amazon reduces sign-in friction to drive higher traffic

Amazon has launched Login with Amazon, a new service that will enable the more than 200 million active Amazon customers to securely log in to apps, games and websites once without having to remember multiple passwords.

05/29/2013 - 22:26

Nickelodeon nabs corner of New York real estate in Toys'R'Us

Nickelodeon has launched a store within a store in Toys"R"Us Times Square. The Nick Shop is 1,000 sq. ft. and offers exclusive New York-branded products, such as kids and adult apparel, accessories, plush toys and home goods featuring Nickelodeon characters.

05/28/2013 - 11:53

Cold weather delivers ‘unacceptable’ Q1 results for Sears

Sears Holding Corp. reported a bigger-than-expected net loss of $279 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2013, compared to net income of $189 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2012.

05/23/2013 - 15:58

Michaels sees same store sales slightly dip

Michaels reported net sales of $993 million for the first quarter ended May 4, an increase of 1.5% from $978 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2012.

05/23/2013 - 11:56

E-commerce business bolsters Bon-Ton Q1

Inclement weather was not enough to hold back Bon-Ton’s first quarter results for the period ended May 4.