Celebrity favorites including Britney Spears, Avril Lavigne and Hayden Panettiere have exclusive fashion lines at Kohl's, and now The Hills star Lauren Conrad joins this growing list. The launch of LC Lauren Conrad builds upon Kohl's private and exclusive brand strategy, which has been well received by customers and a huge win for Kohl's. Private and exclusive brands accounted for nearly 42 percent of total sales for the company in 2008. Kohl's was recently honored at the 2009 RACie Awards ceremony held at the 2009 Retail Advertising Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada for its "Life In Rhythm" and "Simply Vera" by Vera Wang campaigns."

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Personal shopping device Scan It! by Modiv Shopper hits the grocery aisles of 250 Stop & Shop and Giant supermarkets.  Shoppers pick up a Scan It!-branded Motorola MC17 mobile computer and scan their loyalty card. The mobile computer then displays exclusive special offers and promotions to customers, based on their purchase history and current shopping behavior. The system tracks the shopper's progress through the aisles and presents money-saving coupons and promotions as the shopper nears those products. Customers can select items, scan them and bag them in the cart. Purchases are then automatically totaled and the customer can pay for items quickly at a self-checkout station. Nearly one million shopping trips are now completed each month using Scan It! and more than 50 brands have run paid campaigns