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Abercrombie & Fitch generated net sales of $482.5 million for the five-week period ended Jan. 2.

Direct to customer sales lead retail revenue for the brands under the Anthropologie umbrella during November and December.

Point-of-sale loyalty program provider Maritz Real-Time Rewards has teamed up with Affinity Solutions, a relationship marketing program provider. The two firms will jointly offer a point-of-purchase relationship marketing program for US credit and debit card issuers and retailers.

Nautilus, Inc. completed the sale and licensing of certain assets of its commercial business to Xiamen World Gear Sports Goods Co., Ltd.

Today we meet Linda West, vice president of multichannel marketing at Catalyst Direct Marketing in Dublin, NH.

Here’s good news for marketers who have invested in mobile marketing platforms: Smartphone users will make purchases using their handheld devices. But here’s some bad news: Potential customers will hang up if a retailer’s mobile site functionality is poor.

Infogroup, formerly InfoUSA, is changing its branding structure. Under the new policy, the Infogroup name will be at the forefront, Brands the company has acquired, such as Yesmail, Opinion Research Corp. and a variety of list management and brokerage firms, will be subsumed.

The Direct Marketing Association has opened nominations for vacancies on its 2011 board of directors.

Gander Mountain Co. has moved forward on its previously announced plans to take itself private.

The Nasdaq Stock Market has informed Atrinsic Inc. that the company no longer meets the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq Global Market