Kim Kardashian, soon to be married to Nets forward Kris Humphries, sued Old Navy recently after they used a model that looked like her in their latest campaign. She claimed the Fauxdashian cost her around $20 million, and now TMZ explains the suit was an effort to protect a deal with... Sears. Gotta pay for those kitten-sized rings and glitter ponies somehow! more ›

Know who's interested in buying J. Crew? Sears and Urban Outfitters. According to Bloomberg News, the two wildly different retail chains are "weighing rival bids.. in a potential challenge to TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners LP’s $3 billion buyout." An analyst said if Sears bought it, it "would be great for Sears, but horrible for J. Crew... J. Crew is positioned as aspirational and Sears is not. It would have a negative impact on the J. Crew brand," adding it doesn't make sense for Urban Outfitters either because UO and J.Crew have overlapping customers. more ›

In its advertising, Sears vows to match competitors' prices, but one Long Island lawyer has been walking a long road of disillusionment after the retailer refused to live up to its promises. Back in 2007, when Warren Dank showed employees at a Hicksville Sears ad clippings from competitors selling a 46-inch flat-screen for as low as $2,400—$1,200 less than what Sears was charging for the exact same product—a manager refused to budge on the price. And so Dank found his life's calling: He drove around to three different Sears outlets in the metropolitan area and was denied the promised discount every time. more ›