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April 23, 2013
Walmart exec among keynote speakers slated for Mobile Commerce World

Executives from Walmart, Facebook and Groupon are among the keynote speakers slated for the Mobile Commerce World three-day conference and expo in June.

April 10, 2013
California Grocers Association names head of public policy

The California Grocers Association has named Keri Askew Bailey as SVP government relations and public policy, effective immediately.

March 25, 2013
Dollar General's legal head to retire

Dollar General announced that Susan Lanigan, EVP and general counsel, has decided to retire from Dollar General later this year after nearly 11 years with the company.

March 15, 2013
Whirlpool names head of Europe, Middle East and Africa region

Whirlpool has appointed Esther Berrozpe as president of the company's Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region and to the company's executive Committee.

March 14, 2013
Kennedy assumes new finance role at Target

Scott Kennedy was named president of Target financial and retail service to replace long time finance executive Terry Scully.

March 11, 2013
GE names ex-SEC head to board

The board of directors of the General Electric Company nominated former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Mary Schapiro to serve on its board.

March 11, 2013
Walmart corporate affairs head steps down

Walmart's EVP Corporate affairs, Leslie Dach, is stepping down in June.

March 8, 2013
Wilson named head of Best Buy Canada

Best Buy has named Ron Wilson as its new president and COO of its Canada operations, effective immediately.

March 4, 2013
New appointments named at Quicksilver

Quiksilver has announced the appointments of Tom Hartge as global head of footwear and Kasey Mazzone as global head of supply chain.

February 27, 2013
Merchant Warehouse names head of revenue and strategy

Merchant Warehouse, a leading innovator of payment technologies and merchant account services, has named Greg Cohen chief revenue and strategy officer.

February 25, 2013
Food industry fires back at obesity book

The head of the Grocery Manufacturers Association took exception this week to a new book which portrays consumers as hapless victims preyed upon by food industry giants that peddle addictive products.

February 25, 2013
Insight Beverages names head of sales

Insight Beverages has named Sharon Porter as director of national sales effective Feb. 25, 2013.

February 19, 2013
Coca-Cola Foundation head to retire

Ingrid Saunders Jones, SVP global community connections for the Coca-Cola Company and chair of the Coca-Cola Foundation will retire after 30 years with the company, effective June 1.

February 18, 2013
Stater Bros. promotes long-time exec to head of retail ops

Stater Bros. has promoted Dan Meyer to the position of EVP retail operations.

February 14, 2013
Pep Boys names head of store operations

The Pep Boys – Manny, Moe & Jack has appointed Chris Adams as SVP store operations.

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 11, 2013
Wet Seal operations head resigns

The Wet Seal announced that Barbara Cook, SVP store operations, has resigned from the company to accept a new professional opportunity.

February 8, 2013
Sur La Table names head of general merchandising

Kitchen goods retailer, Sur La Table, has promoted Jacob Maurer to the position of SVP, general merchandising manager.

February 7, 2013
Predictix names head of Europe, Middle East and Africa sales

Retail merchandising solutions provider, Predictix, has named Tom Fischer managing director for Europe, Middle East and Africa.

February 6, 2013
Kroger promotes perishables VP to head of Central division

Kroger has promoted Jeff Burt, formerly group VP perishables, merchandising and procurement, to president of the company's Central division. Kroger's Central Division operates 136 food stores primarily in Indiana and Illinois.

February 5, 2013
Ahold U.S. names e-commerce, supply chain head

Ahold has appointed the former head of one of its European supermarket chains to an executive position in its U.S. division.

February 4, 2013
Rite Aid names head of public policy

Rite Aid on Thursday announced the appointment of Yong Choe as VP federal affairs and public policy.

January 31, 2013
Kroger central division head retires

Robert Moeder, president of Kroger's central division, is retiring from the company after more than 40 years in the retail industry.

January 30, 2013
Ahold names head merchant

Ahold USA has named Mark McGowan as EVP merchandising. He will lead a merchandising team that supports Ahold USA and its four divisions: Stop & Shop New England, Stop & Shop New York Metro, Giant Landover and Giant Carlisle.

January 30, 2013
Silicon Valley vet joins media solutions provider

Valassis, a provider of intelligent media delivery, has hired Silicon Valley innovator Rajat Shroff as VP product development for Brand.net, a Valassis Digital Company.

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