This week's retail news nuggets.(Golf-equipment retailer 2nd Swing backs off plans to go public; notes other news)(Brief Article)

Golf-equipment retailer 2nd Swing backed off its plans to go public. The company had planned to offer 2 million common shares at between $8 and $10 per share.... Sears, Roebuck and Co. acquired all rights to the Structure brand from Limited Brands. Specific terms were not disclosed except that the financial consideration was less than $10 million.... Sales last week at U.S. chain stores increased 4.1% compared to the same week last year, but slipped 0.3% on a week-to-week basis. Those findings of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi/UBS Weekly Chain Store Sales …