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May 15, 2013
Kroger puts food waste to work

Kroger plans on putting food waste to good use with a clean energy production system that converts food that cannot be sold or donated into clean energy, which will help power its Ralphs/Food 4 Less distribution center in Compton, Calif.

May 13, 2013
Sports Chalet turns to PR agency to re-establish brand

Specialty sporting goods retailer Sport Chalet is looking to public relations boutique agency Formula PR to help establish its brand as a leader within the active lifestyle industry.

May 6, 2013
Barington CEO to step into Jones Group board

The Jones Group Inc. has nominated chairman and CEO of Barington Capital Group James A. Mitarotonda to stand for election to the board of directors at the company's 2013 annual meeting of stockholders.

May 1, 2013
Former VS exec to be chief designer at Guess

Guess has appointed former Victoria’s Secret executive Sharleen Ernster Lazear as chief design officer, overseeing all product categories for the Guess brands. She will report to CEO Paul Marciano.

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 25, 2013
Icing by Claire’s to get brand makeover

Icing, the jewelry and accessories brand founded by Claire's in 1996, is about to get a branding makeover.

April 24, 2013
Peapod, nonprofit help Hurricane Sandy families rebuild

As the six month anniversary of Hurricane Sandy approaches, online grocery service Peapod is teaming up with Family-to-Family, Inc. to launch a 90-day campaign to restock the kitchen cupboards of families still struggling from the effects of the storm.

April 17, 2013
Office Depot expands National Green Business Challenge

Office Depot will team up with ICLEI–Local Governments for Sustainability to expand the National Green Business Challenge, a program that encourages local businesses to take part in a friendly competition to save energy and money, reduce waste and water consumption and procure greener products.

April 17, 2013
Unilever winning battle against waste

Unilever United States and Canada has achieved 100% zero waste to landfill in all 26 of its manufacturing and non-manufacturing headquarter facilities. Other countries in which Unilever has achieved this milestone include the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Germany and Japan.

April 10, 2013
Rena Ware announces CEO succession

Kitchenware manufacturer, Rena Ware International, has announced that Benjamin J. Zylstra will succeed his father, Russell J. Zylstra , as CEO of the company.

April 8, 2013
Cache names two new directors

Cache Inc., a specialty chain of women’s apparel stores, announced that Michael Price, managing partner of MFP Partners, L.P., Cache’s largest shareholder, has joined the board of directors.

April 2, 2013
Private sales site Totsy names new CEO

Totsy, a leading private sale site of children's goods has named Lisa Kennedy as CEO.

March 29, 2013
Belk donates $19 million to charity in 2012

Belk announced that the company, and its associates, customers and vendors contributed more than $19.3 million to local communities in the fiscal year ending Jan. 31.

March 26, 2013
Pepsi, Walmart offer free food to D.C. kids

Feed The Children, PepsiCo and Walmart partnered with Central Union Mission in Washington, D.C. this week to distribute two tractor-trailers full of food and essentials to help 800 area children and families in need.

March 22, 2013
Former Adidas exec named CEO at 2XU

2XU, a manufacturer of high performance athletic apparel, has named Kevin Roberts CEO of the company.

March 18, 2013
Skullcandy names CEO

Skullcandy has appointed Hoby Darling as president and CEO effective immediately.

March 11, 2013
New Target collection feeds need for fashion and hunger relief

Target has partnered with FEED Projects, a social business founded by Lauren Bush Lauren, to create the FEED USA + Target collection. The limited-time-only collection will include more than 50 stylish products and benefit Feeding America, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity.

March 4, 2013
Retail consultant joins Nutrisystem board

Nutrisystem has announced that Andrea Weiss has joined the company’s board of directors, effective immediately.

February 26, 2013
Publix tops among retailers in customer satisfaction, followed by Amazon and Office Depot

Customer satisfaction with retailers is on the rise, according to a report released by the American Customer Satisfaction Index. In fact, it’s at an all time high, up 0.7% to 76.6 in 2012 on ACSI’s 100-point scale.

February 20, 2013
Iconix acquires Lee Cooper denim brand

NEW YORK — Iconix Brand Group has acquired Lee Cooper, a global lifestyle brand with over a 100-year heritage for $72 million in cash. The brand was acquired through the company's Luxembourg subsidiary, Iconix Luxembourg Holdings Sarl. 

February 8, 2013
Skullcandy founder resumes CEO role

Skullcandy, a manufacturer of performance headphones, has named Rick Alden, the company's founder, former CEO and a current director, as Interim 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 23, 2013
Goya Foods recognizes achievement

Jorge A. Plasencia was the inaugural recipient of the Goya Hispanic Achievement Award presented this week in New York.

January 18, 2013
Shopko promotes former Kohl’s exec to president

Shopko has promoted Jill Soltau to president. She will retain her position as the retailer’s CMO.

January 17, 2013
Reebok leaps into obstacle racing

Global fitness brand Reebok has entered into a multi-year partnership with Spartan Race that will see Reebok as the title sponsor of the global race series.

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