Staples to Close 225 Stores, Target’s $100M Security Plan, Oscar Mayer Invents Bacon-Scented Alarm Clock

Staples, the largest U.S. office supplies retailer, will close 225 stores in North America by 2015 as part of a $500 million cost-cutting program.

Target plans to implement a $100 million security plan.

Sales for U.S. retailers rose in February after the cold and snowy weather kept shoppers at home.

Brilliance and cruelty converge in Oscar Mayer’s latest invention: an alarm clock that emits the sounds and smell of fresh bacon.