| January 2, 2009 | News for the retail industry |
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- Talbots CEO tries to revamp brand
Talbots CEO Trudy Sullivan has her work cut out for her in rescuing the company, but she promises that all the stores aren't closing and that the brand will survive. So far, she has brought new life to the brand's clothing designs, launched special events in stores and increased the frequency of sales. The Boston Globe (free registration)
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- Authors poised to speak at NRF's BIG Show
 At last year's BIG Show, Tim Gunn of "Project Runway" wowed attendees with his sincerity and knowledge. This year's speaker lineup includes Best Buy's Dan Moe, author of "Retail: The Art and Science," and Michael Gates Gill, author of "How Starbucks Saved My Life." NRF Blog
(12/31)
- Music hits high note online, but CD sales plummet in '08
The drop in consumer spending and ongoing shift away from CDs resulted in a 14% dip in total album sales in the U.S. in 2008. Digital music sales rose 27% last year from 2007 levels, and some record companies reported profits from sites such as MySpace and YouTube. NYTimes.com
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- Search features help make the sale
E-retailers are improving their conversion rates by fine-tuning their site searches. BabyAge.com gives users thumbnail photos with their results; golf retailer 3balls.com enables shoppers to refine their results; and CDW, which sells computer products, has added a dynamic taxonomy. Internet Retailer magazine
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 About one-third of online retailers surveyed said they expect their online business to perform better than expected in the next year. Source: State of Retailing Online 2008
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- Major ad effort, new CEO in store for Dunkin' Donuts
Dunkin' Donuts is scheduled Monday to launch a $100 million multiplatform ad campaign to better position itself against competitors including Starbucks and McDonald's. The coffee and food chain also plans to open stores in Indiana, Arizona and Nevada and add more Dunkin' Deals value items -- all under new CEO Nigel Travis, the ex-head of Papa John's, who starts Tuesday. USA TODAY
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- Chick-fil-A, bowl game help each other grow
When Chick-fil-A became the title sponsor of the Peach Bowl at the end of the 1997 season, the game couldn't fill its seats, but today it's one of the strongest non-Bowl Championship Series games. And the quickservice chain has grown, too, since it began its first national campaign with that bowl game. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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