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Many of America's best-known retailers, including Walmart, Home Depot and JCPenney, will be stepping into the earnings spotlight this week. Their reports come on the heels of disappointing January retail sales numbers from the Commerce Department.

If timing is everything, Mindy Grossman had little to work with last year. The long-time Nike executive became CEO of HSN Inc. (HSNI) in 2006, as it struggled to find its place in the stable of Barry Diller's InterActive Corp. (IACI). IAC spun off businesses, including HSN and TicketMaster, as...