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May 21, 2013
Kohl’s donates $1.5m to Wis. children’s hospital

Kohl’s has donated $1.5 million to Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin on behalf of Kohl’s Cares, the company’s philanthropic arm.

May 17, 2013
SC Johnson CEO hailed champion of literacy

Fisk Johnson, SC Johnson's chairman and CEO, has been named "Friend of the Library" by the Racine Public Library. Johnson received the award for sponsoring the Racine Reads: Dream Big! program during the 2011-2012 school year.

May 7, 2013
Chico's names new board member

Chico's FAS, a women's specialty retailer of private-branded apparel, intimates and accessories, has appointed McDonald’s executive Janice L. Fields to its board of directors.

May 7, 2013
Little Debbie gets first makeover since 1985

McKee Foods, the makers of Little Debbie Snacks, unveiled a new Little Debbie logo, the third version of the logo since the brand was introduced in 1960.

May 1, 2013
Spectrum thinks over repositioning manufacturing

During the Spectrum Brands second-quarter earnings call, the Madison, Wis.-based company showed interest in bringing back some offshore production.

April 23, 2013
Tacoma Screw Products launches Web store

Tacoma, Wash.-based Tacoma Screw Products is turning to e-commerce to reach more customers with the launch of a new Web store.

April 19, 2013
JCP rehires company veteran, scores latest court victory

The revolving door continues to turn at Penney with the news that Ron Johnson-appointee Nick Wooster, SVP of product and design is out while company veteran Ken Mangone has returned to the fold.

April 18, 2013
Q1 results paint pretty picture for Sherwin-Williams

Cleveland-based Sherwin-Williams Co. reported a sales increase of 1.4% in the first quarter ended March 31, thanks to higher volume in the Paint Stores Group.

April 16, 2013
Jo-Ann brings a bit of OSU campus into stores

Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores has added The Ohio State University to its assortment of exclusively licensed collegiate fabrics.

April 11, 2013
Kroger oversees massive charitable initiative in Louisville

Kroger on Thursday announced plans to bring together more than 4,800 associates at the Kentucky Exposition Center on April 16 to assemble an estimated 17,000 emergency food and personal care boxes for the metro community of Louisville, Ky.

April 5, 2013
True Value posts gains in Q4

True Value reported “gross billings” of $451.9 million for the fourth quarter, up 2.3% from the same quarter last year.

April 4, 2013
P&G to sponsor Hispanic trends event

Hispanicize 2013, the annual Latino trends event, has announced Procter & Gamble as the official presenting sponsor for this year's event taking place in Miami Beach from April 9 to 13.

April 4, 2013
Revionics names SVP global business development

Revionics, a provider of end-to-end merchandise optimization solutions, that it has named John Greenfield as SVP global business development.

March 27, 2013
Sprouts Farmers Market comes to Houston area

Sprouts Farmers Market, an independent natural foods grocery store chain, opened its first Houston-area store today.

March 21, 2013
Office Depot honored for working with women-owned businesses

BOCA RATON, Fla. — Office Depot was named to the 2012 list of America’s Top Corporations for Women’s Business Enterprises by Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). This marks the eleventh year that Office Depot has been included on the selective list.

March 18, 2013
Costco reportedly to expand HQ

Costco Wholesale Corp. will expand its Issaquah, Wash., headquarters, according to a regional news reports.

March 18, 2013
Keds steps out on tour with Taylor Swift

Keds has announced its sponsorship of seven-time Grammy winning, multi-platinum singer-songwriter and style icon Taylor Swift's North American RED Tour, kicking-off on March 13 in Omaha, Nebraska and continuing through September.

March 18, 2013
Promotions announced at Easton Sports

Easton-Bell Sports, a designer, developer and marketer of innovative sports equipment and accessories under the Easton, Bell, Giro, Riddell and Blackburn brands, has announced the following key executive appointments and promotions at Easton Sports:

March 7, 2013
Things get steamy with Black & Decker mops

Towson, Md.-based Black & Decker introduced four new models of germ-killing steam cleaning units.

The units use water to kill 99.9% of germs to achieve a deep down clean, according to the company. 

February 22, 2013
Nebraska academic joins Kellogg board

Kellogg Company has elected Cynthia H. Milligan, dean emeritus of the College of Business Administration at University of Nebraska-Lincoln and trustee of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, to its board of directors effective Feb. 22, 2013.

February 12, 2013
Lowe's, Rebuilding Together partner to repair Phoenix homes

Rebuilding Together has teamed up with Lowe's through its Community Partners program to provide free home repairs to four low-income homeowners and to support the Friendly House in the Central City neighborhood of Phoenix on Feb. 20 and 21.

February 12, 2013
Shopping mall developer announces promotions

CBL & Associates Properties has announced the promotions of Gary Roddy to VP collections, Tricia Tweedie to VP billings and Jim Ward to VP branding.

February 12, 2013
Stage Stores consolidates operations to boost efficiency

Stage Stores is consolidating its South Hill, Virginia regional operations into its Houston, Texas corporate headquarters, in an effort to increase efficiency, create synergies, reduce expenses and enhance growth.

February 11, 2013
CVS names head of digital initiatives

CVS Caremark has announced the appointment of former Staples executive Brian Tilzer as SVP chief digital officer.

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.

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