Retail

American Greetings Corporation signs a licensing agreement with comedian Ellen DeGeneres to partner on a signature line of humorous greeting cards entitled the ellen collection.

ADT, a provider of electronic fire and security solutions, introduces a source tagging system based on the Visual Source Tag (VST) concept.

Like most other consumer product companies, Kimberly-Clark Corporation invests significantly in in-store product promotions, using a manufactured display that

Giant Eagle rolls out the IBM personal shopping assistant (PSA) shopping cart system.

Pony International LLC appoints experienced athletic footwear industry executive Kevin Wulff as its Chief Executive Officer.

Altria Group Inc. announces the distribution ratio for its previously announced spin off of Kraft Foods Inc. Altria shareholders received approximately 0.69 of a share of Kraft for each share of Altria common stock held.

Ward Klein, chief executive officer of Energizer Holdings Inc., has been elected to the Board of Directors of Brown Shoe Company Inc.

Genius Jones implements the Web-based retail management system from CORESense.