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May 8, 2013
Foot Locker to acquire Runners Point Group

Foot Locker has started the ball rolling toward acquiring Runners Point Warenhandelsges, a specialty athletic store and online retailer based in Recklinghausen, Germany, for a total cash consideration of approximately $94 million.

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.

March 11, 2013
Foot Locker profits up in Q4

Foot Locker's fourth quarter profit rose to $104 million from $81 million a year earlier.

January 31, 2013
Walmart prevails in union ordeal

Organized labor was dealt a setback in its attacks on Walmart on Thursday when the National Labor Relations Board sided with the retailer in a dispute involving the United Food and Commercial Workers.

November 14, 2012
Wal-Mart launches food subscription service called Goodies

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced Wednesday it will officially launch its previously announced food-by-mail subscription service, called Goodies, which allows customers to trial sample-sized foods for a monthly fee.

October 17, 2012
Foot Locker extends partnership with HR solutions provider

PeopleAnswers has extended its software licensing agreement for Foot Locker, Inc. to use the PeopleAnswers HR solution in its 2,500 stores across the United States representing Foot Locker, Lady Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, Champs Sports and Footaction.

October 1, 2012
Foot Locker taps LightHaus to measure customer traffic, shopping behavior

LightHaus announced that Foot Locker has deployed the LightHaus Visual Customer Intelligence (VCI) solution to measure customer traffic and sales conversion rates at all of its Champs Sports stores in the United States and Canada, as well as its Foot Locker Canada stores.

August 17, 2012
Foot Locker wears a size 10.6

A double-digit comps increase propelled the athletic footwear chain’s 63% second quarter earnings surge.

August 1, 2012
RedPrairie helps Foot Locker boost customer service

Foot Locker has rolled out retail technology provider RedPrairie's Enterprise Work force Management (EWFM) solution at approximately 2,700 retail stores throughout North America.

April 13, 2012
Record expansion and leadership depth on display in Canada

Impressive. That is the best way to describe what a ballroom full of financial analysts and thousands of others watching via Web cast saw unfold Thursday inside a Toronto hotel ballroom where Walmart held its annual international meeting for the financial community.

March 2, 2012
Foot Locker profit surges on higher sales, cost cuts

Foot Locker Inc. grew its fourth-quarter profit 42% amid higher sales and cost cuts.

February 7, 2012
Walmart's Foran heads to China

Walmart's Greg Foran will be packing bags and heading to China.

October 3, 2011
Walmart evolves Canadian leadership too

Former Asda executive and Walmart Canada CEO David Cheesewright has a new role that opens up some intriguing growth possibilities, given his new responsibilities include oversight of geographic areas where Walmart doesn’t currently operate stores.

May 18, 2011
Stop & Shop "shores" up N.J. acquisition

The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company announced that it has finalized its acquisition of five New Jersey Shore-area Foodtown supermarkets previously owned by Norkus Enterprises Inc.

January 18, 2011
Francis holds key to Canadian conundrum

Conventional wisdom seems to be that Target will be as successful in Canada as it has been in the United States, following last week’s bombshell announcement that the company would enter the market via an acquisition. Target said it would acquire leasehold interests in 220 Zellers stores from the Hudson’s Bay Company, and during 2013 and 2014 it would open between 100 and 150 of the locations as Target stores.

The man in charge of the heavy lifting, and one of the reasons why Target’s brand of retail is expected to succeed in Canada, is Michael Francis, Target’s chief marketing officer. A lot of companies about to embark on their first foray into an international market might opt for a seasoned operations executive to manage the details. Not Target.

January 13, 2011
New competition comes to Canada

Walmart Canada has a few years to get ready for the arrival of Target following yesterday’s major announcement that its arch rival would be heading north of the border via an acquisition. That is the same strategy Walmart employed all the way back in 1994 when it bought 122 former Woolco stores. Walmart now operates 323 stores in Canada, and by the time Target gets around to opening its first units in 2013 that figure will probably be closer to 400.

August 29, 2010
Claire's to launch exclusive 'Glee' line

Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products and Claire’s Stores, have announced a partnership to launch exclusive...

August 24, 2010
Target announces new CE services

Target has announced three new consumer electronics services -- 1-877-myTGTtech, Target Mobile and Target...

July 11, 2010
Charming Shoppes names president of Lane Bryant division

Charming Shoppes has announced the appointment of Marla Anderson as the president of its Lane...

June 14, 2010
Walmart Canada introduces rewards card

Walmart Canada Bank, a subsidiary of Wal-Mart Canada Corp., has announced the launch of the...

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