Retail

The Sony Store, a Canadian chain of home entertainment stores owned and operated by Sony Canada, upgrades its point-of-sale (POS) hardware chain-wide.

Barnes & Noble announces that www.bn.com will market books, CDs and DVDs on BlackBerry smartphones.

Burt's Bees, a manufacturer of earth-friendly natural personal-care products, selects the Atlas Planning Suite by John Galt Solutions to fulfill its forecasting needs.

T3Ci formally announces the appointment of Cedric Guyot as the new vice president of Marketing. Guyot will report to Jonathan Golovin, chairman & CEO, T3Ci.

Meijer launches a new e-commerce site, which allows customers to shop the retail supercenter store online.

Woolworths deploys Manhattan Associates' supply chain platform at one of its distribution centers.

Hope Brick is appointed chief merchandising officer of Kellwood's Lifestyle Alliance.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation's consumer tissue and baby and child care businesses are notifying customers of plans to raise prices in the United States during the first quarter of 2008.