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May 13, 2013
Former Sara Lee exec new SVP, CFO at PetSmart

PetSmart has appointed former Sara Lee executive Carrie Teffner as the company’s new SVP and CFO.

May 10, 2013
Dunnhumby beefs up senior leadership

DunnhumbyUSA, a global leader in building brand value for consumer goods and retail companies, has made changes to its Cincinnati-based senior leadership.

May 8, 2013
The Hillshire Brands names new CIO

The Hillshire Brands Company has appointed David W. Stahl as its new CIO. Stahl will oversee all IT strategy and planning activities and will provide executive leadership and direction for IT.

May 7, 2013
PetSmart, Bret Michaels bring back the 80s

Reality television star and Poison frontman Bret Michaels is bringing the eighties back to PetSmart with the Pets Rock collection, a line which has expanded to a throwback, neon-inspired line of apparel, toys and accessories for dogs.

May 6, 2013
H-E-B announces Excellence in Education Award winners

H-E-B announced the statewide winners of its 12th annual H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards during a banquet at Austin’s Hilton Hotel.

May 1, 2013
Social media firm growing in Minneapolis

Social shopper media firm Collective Bias may have been founded in Walmart’s home town of Bentonville, Ar., but the firm has big plans to help suppliers to Target achieve their social media objectives.

April 23, 2013
RadioShack’s disappointing Q1 sales spell branding changes

RadioShack posted first quarter 2013 quarter sales of $849 million and a loss of $43 million, compared with $913 million last year and a loss of $8 million.

April 19, 2013
Lowe’s grades its corporate social responsibility

Lowe's has released its Corporate Social Responsibility Report Card, which covers education, environment and more.

April 16, 2013
Beall’s exec joins Publix board

Publix has elected Beall’s CEO Steve Knopik to its board of directors.

March 21, 2013
Macy's expands fulfillment center to meet growing omnichannel needs

Macy’s announced that it will expand its online order fulfillment center in Goodyear, Ariz., to accommodate continued sales growth as part of the company’s omnichannel strategy.

February 5, 2013
Haier seeks supply chain edge

Third party logistic provider Kenco was chosen by Haier America to manage the appliance brand’s U.S. distribution.

February 1, 2013
Ralphs, P&G execs to chair women's leadership event

The Network of Executive Women on Friday named Donna Giordano, president of the Ralphs division of Kroger, and Monica Turner, general manager of market strategy and planning for Procter & Gamble, co-chairs of the NEW Executive Leaders Forum 2013.

January 30, 2013
Mobile commerce tech company gets new CEO

Revel Touch, a technology provider in the mobile commerce space, has named Joe Davis as CEO.

January 25, 2013
Hilco seeks to elevate retail consulting biz

Hilco Trading wants to build the next great retail consulting business and consistent with that goal it has hired Antony Karabus to serve as president of Hilco’s retail consulting arm and elevated current CEO Greg Rubin to the role of chairman.

January 10, 2013
Walmart joins health care efficiency program

Walmart has committed $670,000 to help fund a first-of-its-kind program in its home state known as the Arkansas Payment Improvement Initiative (APII).

January 3, 2013
Global freight manager gets new COO

Global freight management firm Geodis Wilson named Eric Martin-Neuville as chief operating officer and a board member.

November 28, 2012
Costco gives shareholders a special gift

Costco will pay a $7 a share special dividend before year end as it looks to return cash to shareholders in advance of what is expected to be a 2013 tax increase on dividend payments.

October 1, 2012
Publix declares common stock dividend to be awarded semi-annually

Publix on Monday announced its board of directors declared a semi-annual dividend on its common stock of 30 cents per share.

September 25, 2012
Toys'R'Us not playing around with holiday hiring

Toys"R"Us is getting ready for the increased demand this holiday season by hiring 45,000 seasonal employees to staff its stores and distribution centers across the country this holiday season.

August 14, 2012
Where’s your merchandise?

As a leading retailer, you know what your customer wants, and you’ve done the hard work of building the right assortment, sourcing from the right factories, and making it available in time for the season. Now you need to make sure that your customers can have what they want when they want it.

July 24, 2012
Dollar General launches employee education program

Dollar General is showing its support for education with a new scholarship and education program for its 90,000 employees and their families.

June 27, 2012
Lowe's enlists Microsoft to improve customer service

Lowe's is engaging the services of Microsoft to help improve customer service.

May 22, 2012
Walmart tops list of most valuable retail brands

Walmart topped the list retailers on the BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands, according to a study commissioned by WPP Group and conducted by Millward Brown Optimor.

April 27, 2012
Sales surge, profits decline as Amazon.com funds growth in Q1

First quarter sales at Amazon.com surged 34% to $13.2 billion during the first quarter ended March 31, but profits declined 35% to $130 million due to rising expenses related to growth initiatives.

March 30, 2012
Employee engagement in a social media world

Retailers are now well familiar with social media as a means of engaging consumers, but may be less familiar with using this means of interactive dialogue to engage employees. And, yes, even those employees out on the sales floor. Why is employee engagement so important? Because profits are important.

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