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Charming Shoppes Shareholder Group Calls for Changes

January 16, 2008 | Jim Tierney

A shareholder group sent a letter to the board of directors for Charming Shoppes outlining several concerns about the company and suggesting a possible sale of the catalog business.

Live from NRF: Sales Slowdown Ahead

January 15, 2008 | Jim Tierney

New York– Retail sales are expected to rise 3.5% in 2008, the lowest increase in six years, according to Rosalind Wells, chief economist for the National Retail Federation. During her remarks at the trade organization

December Sales Roundup

January 12, 2008 | MCM staff

Generally speaking, December sales for the publicly traded companies tracked by Multichannel Merchant were all over the place.

Coldwater Creek Cuts 65 Jobs

January 10, 2008 | MCM staff

In yet another sign of the tough times facing the industry, Coldwater Creek on Jan. 8 eliminated 65 positions companywide.

Chefs Catalog Shutting San Francisco Office

January 10, 2008 | MCM staff

Cooking and kitchenware products merchant Chefs Catalog will close a San Francisco office and shift jobs from that location to its Colorado Springs, CO, headquarters.

BabyUniverse Now The Parent Co.

January 10, 2008 | Jim Tierney

A year after BabyUniverse, an online marketer of baby/maternity products, merged with toys merchant eToys Direct, the combined company has a new name: The Parent Co.