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• Nike and the NFL: Sizing Up the First Year

  

  Last year, Nike paid $1.1 billion to clothe the NFL for the next five years. If it goes well, some analysts estimate it could mean half a billion in revenue for each of those five years. However, the first year has not been without hiccups.

• Retailers Must Be in the 'Sweet Spot': CIO  

  

  Chris Wyllie, Chief Investment Officer at Iveagh, tells CNBC that in retail the people who are winning are those who have the right marriage between online and offline.

• Moisturizing Jeans Test 

  

  CNBC News Associate Katie Spencer tested "moisturizing jeans," which are currently only available in Europe. Katie did feel "a little bit softer" after wearing them. (1:46)

• E&Y: UK Profit Warnings Highest Since 2008 

  

  Keith McGregor, head of restructuring at Ernst and Young, tells CNBC that the retail sector is omitted from the survey because they successfully reset market expectations to expect lower earnings.

• Tuesday Morning appoints Rossler as its COO

  DALLAS-- Discount home decor retailer Tuesday Morning has named John Rossler, a former executive with discount shoe store chain DSW, as chief operating officer, saying he will help "revitalize" the company. Rossler has been an executive adviser to Tuesday Morning Corp. since October. Shares of Tuesday Morning fell 3 cents to $6.82 in morning trading on Tuesday.

• Analyzing Burberry's Earnings  

  

  Carl Weinberg, chief economist at High Frequency Economics, tells CNBC that people in the high-end retail market have done very well.

• UK Retailer Says No Xmas Turkey as Sales Leaked

  

  British retailer Marks & Spencer reported a bigger-than-expected drop in non-food sales in the Christmas quarter after deciding to offer fewer discounts just as Debenhams and other rivals were offering more.

• Australia Retail Sales Take Surprise Dip in November

  

  Australian retail sales were surprisingly soft in November as spending fell on clothes and household goods, a sign lower interest rates had yet to breathe life into the long-struggling bricks and mortar shopping sector.

• Death of Gift Cards?

  

  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.

• Are UK Retailers Set for a Bumper 2013?  

  

  Richard Perks, director of retail research at Mintel International, shares his views on the outlook for UK retailers in 2013 and what the key trends will be.

• Retail Sales Winners & Losers

  

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

• UPDATE 1-Gap moves into luxury market with Intermix buy

  Jan 3- Gap Inc, which owns clothing retailers Banana Republic and Old Navy as well as its namesake brand, expanded into the thriving luxury market with its purchase of women's apparel retailer Intermix Holdco Inc for $130 million.

• December Retail Sales See Some Hits, but Mostly Misses

  

  Some of the biggest U.S. retailers reported December same store sales on Thursday, showing both hits and misses in a still unsteady economy.

• UPDATE 1-Bebe Stores appoints ex-Lacoste executive as CEO

  Jan 3- Women's apparel retailer Bebe Stores Inc named retail industry veteran Steve Birkhold as its new chief executive as it looks to turn around its business amid declines in same-store sales. Birkhold, who replaces founder Manny Mashouf, joins Bebe from French fashion brand Lacoste, where he was heading its North American business.

• Stock in Sixty Seconds: Next  

  

  Steve Sedgwick takes you through the UK retailer Next and where it is trading.

• Nike Earnings Fall, but Beat Street

  

  Nike says its second-quarter net income fell 18 percent as the European economy remained weak and growth slowed in China.

• Fierce Competitors: Wal-Mart vs. Target 

  

  Retail stores are amidst the most critical time of year, and Christmas is just 7 days away. Stacey Widlitz, S.W. Retail Advisors; Burt Flickinger, Strategic Resource Insight Group; Jan Kniffen, Rogers Kniffen Worldwide CEO; and CNBC's Courtney Reagan discuss.

• Iconix CEO on Retail, Consumers & the Fiscal Cliff 

  

  How the fiscal cliff talks may impact holiday spending, and the state of retail now, with CNBC's Courtney Reagan and Neil Cole, Iconix president & CEO.

• Retail's Holiday Winners 

  

  There is one week left to wrap up your holiday shopping. From Abercrombie & Fitch to Costco, Roxanne Meyer, UBS retail analyst, and Joe Feldman, Telsey Advisory Group, discuss which retailer is set to see top sales this season.

• Australia's Billabong Says Fresh Takeover Bid Possible

  

  Australian surfwear company Billabong International put its shares in a trading halt on Monday ahead of a possible takeover bid for the company, the latest development in a tumultuous year in which three previous takeover offers failed.