HSN Inc. (HSNi) has let go 110 employees, or less than 3% of HSN's staff and eliminated 75 positions, or approximately 3%, from Cornerstone's staff, according to the company.

Tribune Co., publisher of the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and other newspapers nationwide, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company will continue operating its media business — which also includes television stations and online properties — and insists that consumers will see no interruption in Tribune's media services during the debt restructuring process.

UPS has opened a new international hub in Shanghai, improving access to China and speeding the movement of express packages and heavy freight. The facility, located at the Pudong International Airport, becomes the key gateway linking China to UPS's global network, according to the company.

MySpace has released its response to the recently launched Facebook Connect: MySpaceID. The social networking giant is partnering with Google to allow its 127 million users to use their MySpace log in information to gain access to other areas of the Web.

CompUSA is testing a new in-store initiative that mixes bricks-and-mortar merchandising strategies with the Internet with the goal of giving shoppers access to the same research information they are viewing at home. "Shoppers will get the online experience inside the store," said Gilbert Fiorentino, CEO of Systemax Inc.'s technology products business, which includes CompUSA, in a statement about the new initiative. "They will know everything about the product before getting it home and unpackaged."

American Express Co. has extended its long-running SkyMiles partnership with Delta Airlines Inc. in a move calculated to increase the value of its credit cards and Membership Rewards program.

DirectInnovations Inc. has introduced the Your HR Digest Active Subscribers at Postal Address list to the market. This list is comprised of subscribers to Your HR Digest, an online newsletter devoted to HR-related topics.

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Online sales spiked significantly on Cyber Monday last week, according to several reports, bringing a bit of good news to online and multichannel retailers during what is expected to be a slow holi­day season. However, sales were down in some sectors as compared with 2007.

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