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  AeroGrow Posts $4.4 Million Loss

  AeroGrow International Inc. posted a $4.4 million loss for the third quarter, compared to a loss of $1.7 million the prior year.

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  America’s Garden Resource Taps Alliance

  America’s Gardening Resource, Inc., parent company of Gardener’s Supply and Dutch Gardens catalogs and Web sites, has chosen Alliance Data Systems Corp. to provide direct and database marketing services.

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  Voice Commerce Acquires Perpetual Payments

  Voice Commerce Group, a British transaction processing firm, has acquired Perpetual Payments, a London-based credit card and merchant services processing company.

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  FetchDog Lines Up $4 Million for Web and Catalog Expansion

  Fetch Enterprises has arranged $4 million in investment capital to fund expansion of its FetchDog.com and catalog marketing operations for targeting products to dog owners.

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  Frederick’s of Hollywood Names Thomas Lynch CEO

  Frederick’s of Hollywood Group Inc. has selected Thomas Lynch to serve as its CEO. Lynch had been a member of the company’s board of directors since January 2008.

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  Neiman Marcus Offers Preliminary January Sales

  Neiman Marcus Inc. generated $223 million during January, down from $290 million in January 2008.

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  E-Dialog Names Laura Saati Group Director For Retail

  E-mail service provider e-Dialog has appointed Laura Saati group director of retail. In this role she will work with clients in generating measurement-based marketing programs.

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  Keith Stewart Takes CEO Role At ShopNBC

  Keith R. Stewart has been named CEO of ShopNBC. Stewart will continue to serve at the company

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  Pete Pedersen Named To DMA Circulation Hall Of Fame

  Pete Pedersen, the former executive director of publisher relations for Publisher

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  Williams-Sonoma to Lay Off 1,400

  Williams-Sonoma Inc. will lay off 1,400 employees (about 18% of its workforce) and close its Camp Hill, PA call center and Memphis, TN distribution center, all as part of an effort to cut overhead costs by $75 million.