Filed under: Products and services, Launches, Consumer experience, Competitive strategy, Marketing and advertising, Penney (J.C.) (JCP) Like most retailers, J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) is struggling. Its stock is more than 50% off its 52-week high and the company recently announced it intends to slow it...

Filed under: Industry, Wal-Mart (WMT), Target Corp. (TGT), Penney (J.C.) (JCP), Costco Wholesale (COST), Economic data, Liz Claiborne (LIZ) In economics, inferior goods are defined as goods that are less in demand as consumers get richer but more in demand as consumers get poorer -- which of course ...

JavaOne is always a forcing function for announcements, releases, deals, etc. Some happen during the week, some the weeks before - makes it a bit hard to keep up, but now that CommunityOne is over, I'll try to start catching up... New Previews of JavaEE 6 Specifications: • Rajiv announces the l...

The retail sector has proven to be an interesting pocket of strength recently, as many expect this group to be hit hard by the slowdown in the economy...(Read More)...