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Karalee Designs (www.karaleedesigns.com) markets belt buckles, necklaces, rings, pet collars and other products

Amazon.com Inc. has unveiled a new category store, the Amazon All Business Center that aims to help entrepreneurs find products and services to fit the needs of their businesses.

Amazon.com reported $80 million in net income during its third quarter, up from $19 million a year ago. The online retailer’s net sales rose from $2.31 billion to $3.26 billion during the same period. The quarter ended Sept. 30.

1-800-Flowers.Com trimmed its first-quarter net loss from $7.4 million a year ago to $5.8 million. During the year, the company’s first quarter revenue grew from $137.1 million to $145.8 million. The quarter ended Sept. 30.

Haggin Marketing Inc. has acquired Coupons, Inc., which does business as Getmembers.com. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

McDonald’s, Brach’s and MySpace are buzzing with promotional support for the upcoming release of DreamWorks Animation’s “Bee Movie.”

(DIRECT) Brunswick Bowling and Billiards has turned an offer of an hour of free bowling in return for e-mail contact information into a database of almost half a million e-mail addresses. Some managers say the database has helped them meet their sales goals for the year.

A new Web site aims to help customer relationship management experts build bonds to help their own careers.

MyCRMCareer.com launched last month at Gartner’s CRM Summit in Hollywood, FL. The site, says co-founder Ted Hartley, is centered around the “4 Cs” of community, content, competency and career.

If one player on either team steals a base in the World Series, it’s free crunchy beef tacos all around at Taco Bell.