The department store chain will offer hotels, vacation rentals and managed properties blankets, pillows, towels and window treatments. The program utilizes Penney's nationwide fleet of brick-and-mortar stores and its vast supply chain. It also benefits from the retailer's experienced sourcing organization. It's entering a $200 billion market.

Novak Djokovic will wear LaCoste on-court for the first time at Roland Garros beginning next week. It's a big change from his long-time fashion partner Uniqlo. The tennis player is also switching coaches, having signed tennis icon Andre Agassi as his new coach. A multi-media campaign will support the new alliance, including TV, print, Internet, social media and on-site activation.

A partnership debuted on Friday night when Facebook livestreamed the first of 20 MLB games after months of discussion. MLB said the Facebook deal is not exclusive, meaning each game would feature the feed from the respective home team's local broadcast rights holder, NYSportsJournalism reports.

Before Pam Lifford, the president of Warner Bros. Consumer Products, joined the company in 2016, the studio's merchandising unit in some years showed no growth at all. Since then, profit has grown 47% since 2015. With movies stalling, studios like Warner are taking a look at merchanding as an engine. Lifford came over from Disney.

A leaked document shows the company allows advertisers to target 6.4 million users as young as 14 during times when they are psychologically vulnerable. The 23-page document had been prepared for a potential advertiser and highlighted Facebook's ability to micro-target ads down to "moments when young people need a confidence boost," "The Australian" reported.

Co-founder Ev Williams says he is sorry if Twitter helped Donald Trump win the presidential election. "It's a very bad thing, Twitter's role in that," Williams said in an interview with the "New York Times." "If it's true that he wouldn't be president if it weren't for Twitter, then yeah, I'm sorry." Trump has repeatedly credited Twitter with his win.

On Saturday, the 146-year reign of America's most famous circus ended at Nassau Coliseum in suburban New York. Melissa Angevine of Walton, N.Y., was there and said, "It's a pastime that no longer anybody gets to enjoy anymore, unfortunately. Everybody's in their tablets and not really going out and seeing different kinds of entertainment anymore."

"Built for bros, the ReeRomp will keep you cool in more ways than one," Reebok said in its description, the "Boston Globe" reports. "Embrace the season's coolest new trend, perfectly paired with Classic Leathers." It's apparently not a joke, although it has been widely panned on social media. In case you are interested, the price tag is $89.

First, there were selfies. Then there were selfie sticks. Now comes a new phase: selfie booths, which some stores and other businesses are adding as a sort of next-generation photo kiosk. In the age of ubiquitous social media, these booths and rooms seem to be the latest way to engage customers and build a brand.

Plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit over defective Takata airbag inflators have reached a settlement with Toyota, Subaru, Mazda and BMW worth $553 million. The deal covers nearly 16 million vehicles. It does not cover claims of personal injury or property damage, the plaintiffs, say. The deal is now in the hands of a federal court in Miami.