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• Agencies

  JCPenney Says Online December Sales Increased “Strongly”

  J. C. Penney Company, Inc. said its comparable store sales decreased 3.8% for the five-week period ended Jan. 2.

• Agencies

  Retail Takes Hit, DM Slides Slightly For A&F

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

• Agencies

  Direct Holiday Sales Shine For Anthropologie

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

• Agencies

  Gander Mountain To Take Itself Private

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

• Agencies

  Nature’s Products Buys DM, Retail Operations From Nutrition 21

  Nutrition 21, Inc. has sold most of the assets of its direct response and retail businesses to Nature’s Products, Inc.

• Agencies

  Online Apparel Retailer Bluefly Gets $15 Million Infusion

  Rho Ventures will purchase $15 million of newly issued common stock from Bluefly Inc., an online apparel retailer.

• Agencies

  Direct Operations Take Loss At Gander Mountain

  Third-quarter direct response operations recorded a $2.3 million net loss at Gander Mountain, while the outdoors products marketer

• Agencies

  FedEx Net Income Falls 30%

  FedEx Corp. reported net income of $345 million for the second quarter, a 30% decrease from $493 million last year.

• Agencies

  New Firm Acquires Food Marketer, Food Manufacturer

  MA Holdings, Inc., a newly formed holding corporation, has acquired catalog/Internet marketer M&S Fine Foods as well as Authentic Mexican, Inc., a specialty foods manufacturer.

• Agencies

  DM Holds Good News For Talbots

  It takes a strong stomach to set aside a $50 million drop in sales, but The Talbots is fully justified in asking those following the company to do so.