Vitamin Shoppe Inc. Announces Second Quarter Results

| Daniela Forte

2Q13 Highlights: – Total revenue increases 14.1%, includes Super Supplements – Comparable store sales grew 2.3% – E-commerce revenues increased 18.5%, 8th consecutive quarter of double-digit growth – Fully diluted EPS of $0.60 – Opened 10 new stores.

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8 Tips for Designing Your Warehouse

| Erin Lynch

If you are thinking about moving forward with building a new warehouse or updating your current one, here are a few tips from Cirrus Logistics to help ensure your warehouse will run at peak performance from the moment you plan your facility.

Target Acquires DermStore Beauty Group

| Daniela Forte

Target announced this week it will be acquiring independent skin care ecommerce site DermStore Beauty Group. The acquisition will position Target to expand its share of evolving online beauty market and will further differentiate the company’s offerings, according to a press release from Target.

Reinvention

| Mike O'Brien

Wouldn’t it have been a master stroke if Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post on Amazon’s “Daily Deal” Web site?