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May 9, 2013
Walmart gets in on conservation effort

Walmart’s Acres for America program, a conservation partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, is working on new projects in Arkansas, New Mexico, Nebraska, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Maine and Oregon.

February 13, 2013
Report: Retail imports to increase 8.5% in February

A report released Friday by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates estimated that retail imports will increase 8.5% in February, after a contract deal between the East Coast and Gulf Coast dockworkers is finalized.

January 31, 2013
NRF goes after surcharge fear mongering

The National Retail Federation is hoping to dispel fears that merchants are expected to surcharge customers for using a credit card as theoretically allowed under a controversial proposed lawsuit settlement with Visa and MasterCard being debated in the courts.

January 17, 2013
Cal-Maine Foods hatches promotions

Cal-Maine Foods, the nation’s largest egg producer, has elevated two operations executives. Kevin Lastowski and Chris Myers have both been promoted to VP of operations.

January 17, 2013
Cal-Maine Foods hatches promotions

Cal-Maine Foods, the nation’s largest egg producer, has elevated two operations executives. Kevin Lastowski and Chris Myers have both been promoted to VP of operations.

January 2, 2013
Nordstrom Rack reaches Maine

Nordstrom plans to open another new Rack store this spring in Maine as the number of off price locations now exceeds the company’s full price stores.

December 6, 2012
Big brands to benefit from digital gifting deal

CashStar, a leading digital gifting company, has partnered with celebrations site Punchbowl.com, which enables its consumers to embed eGift Cards in their digital greeting cards.

August 29, 2012
Tom's of Maine teams up with TerraCycle for recycling initiative

Tom's of Maine, a maker of natural oral and personal care products, has partnered with TerraCycle, a recycling and upcycling company, to give a second life to product packaging with the launch of the Tom's of Maine Natural Care Brigade.

August 29, 2012
Tom's of Maine teams up with TerraCycle for recycling initiative

Tom's of Maine, a maker of natural oral and personal care products, has partnered with TerraCycle, a recycling and upcycling company, to give a second life to product packaging with the launch of the Tom's of Maine Natural Care Brigade.

July 9, 2012
Bosco syrup sweetens up Walmart aisles

Bosco brand chocolate syrup is making its Walmart debut in 530 stoes in 12 Eastern states including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.

July 3, 2012
Olympia Sports continues southern expansion

Dick’s Sporting Goods isn’t the only rapidly growing sporting goods chain based in the Northeast.

April 23, 2012
Five Shaw’s Supermarkets reach waste milestone

WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. — Five Shaw’s Supermarkets in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, have reached a major environmental milestone in the company’s “zero waste” program by diverting over 90% of all store waste from local landfills.

The environmental impact of the five stores has been significant:

In November 2010, the stores were generating an average of 745 lbs. of waste each day per store.

 

October 20, 2011
Barnes & Noble expands Marketplace

Barnes & Noble announced that it has expanded BN.com Marketplace, adding over one million new products to the catalog.

October 17, 2011
Lowe's scales back store plans

Lowe's Monday announced that it would close several stores and discontinue a number of planned new store projects as the company looks to bounce back from a second quarter of declining earnings and flat same-store sales.

July 11, 2011
Cal-Maine Foods names VP operations

Cal-Maine Foods announced that the company has named Todd Walters VP operations, effective July 11.

July 11, 2011
Cal-Maine Foods names VP operations

Cal-Maine Foods announced that the company has named Todd Walters VP operations, effective July 11.

July 14, 2010
Delhaize announces new sustainable seafood program

Delhaize America announced its banners – Hannaford, Sweetbay, Bottom Dollar Food, and Food Lion family...

June 14, 2010
Lowe's brings dry-erase paint to Eastern stores

Lowe's has added dry-erase paint solutions to its shelves through a new relationship with Ashland,...

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