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• Will You Marry Me? Start-Up Offers Fistful of Diamonds Tuesday, 2 Apr 2013 | 9:05 AM ET

  

  Ocappi, an online diamond company launching Wednesday, aims to equip men with multiple rings to choose from. Each ring will require a $75 deposit and must be returned within five days.

• Struggling Newspapers Expand Online Pay Walls Monday, 1 Apr 2013 | 12:00 AM ET

  

  Across many of the developed economies of America, Europe and Asia, newspaper online pay walls are proliferating as publishers struggle to make up for dwindling revenue on their print products. The NY Times reports.

• Online Retail's Secret Weapon: A Storefront Saturday, 30 Mar 2013 | 3:14 AM ET

  

  After bowing to the realization that many customers like to see items in person before buying, a growing number of online retail companies are setting up physical stores while at the same time redefining what brick and mortar means for them.

• EBay Targets $300 Billion in E-Commerce Transactions Thursday, 28 Mar 2013 | 12:43 PM ET

  

  EBay CEO John Donahoe said Thursday the company will help transact $300 billion of business in 2015, a 71 percent increase from 2012'S $175 billion in transactions.

• Alibaba Group Picks Jonathan Lu as Next CEO Monday, 11 Mar 2013 | 8:51 AM ET

  

  Alibaba Group has chosen Jonathan Lu, its Chief Data Officer who has more than a decade of experience in executive roles, to lead China's largest e-commerce company as it prepares to launch an initial public offering.

• Confidence Back? Several Retailers Top Sales Forecasts Thursday, 7 Mar 2013 | 8:39 AM ET

  

  After a difficult January, when shoppers first felt the effect of a payroll tax hike that lowered take-home pay by 2 percent, some retailers got a little relief in February from growing employment and a rising stock market.

• JC Penney's 180 Is Complete: 'Sales' Re-Enters Its Vocabulary Thursday, 28 Feb 2013 | 6:51 AM ET

  

  The decision to do away with sales last year had no testing behind it. So it is not a mystery why J.C. Penney has done a 180 when it comes to its promotional stance.

• Mid-Turnaround, J.C. Penney Boosts Borrowing Capacity Wednesday, 13 Feb 2013 | 7:42 AM ET

  

  Retailer J.C. Penney increased its borrowing capacity under a bank credit facility by $100 million to $1.85 billion and expanded an option to borrow more at a later date, raising concerns among analysts as it works on a turnaround.

• Analysts Raise Amazon Price Targets as Margins Surprise Wednesday, 30 Jan 2013 | 7:08 AM ET

  

  Amazon.com's better-than-expected profit margins surprised Wall Street, prompting at least five brokerages to raise their price targets on the world's largest Internet retailer's stock on Wednesday.

• Barnes & Noble Plans to Reduce Outlets Over the Decade: Report Monday, 28 Jan 2013 | 7:08 AM ET

  

  Barnes & Noble expects to shut down as many as a third of its retail stores over the next decade, the chief executive of its retail group told The Wall Street Journal.

• Death of Gift Cards? Tuesday, 8 Jan 2013 | 2:09 PM ET

  

  Retailers should be buzzing right now with holiday gift card redemptions. But, there's early evidence retailers aren't getting much of a boost from gift cards this year, according to NBG Market Analyst Brian Sozzi.

• Retail Sales Winners & Losers Thursday, 3 Jan 2013 | 12:27 PM ET

  

  The latest batch of retail sales reports shed light on who the retail winners are right now.

• There's a Secret Behind All Those Christmas Catalogs Thursday, 6 Dec 2012 | 12:03 PM ET

  

  You may think catalogs are only for your grandma so she can complete her holiday shopping, but many retailers will disagree.