Andre Smith
Editor

Andre's responsibilities include the initial diagnosis of client needs, ongoing management of client engagements and overseeing the implementation of cross-industry business solutions.

Articles by this author:

  • West Marine sales rise 8.4% in 2Q
    Fri, 07/16/2010 - 3:11pm

    West Marine Inc. reported Thursday that its net revenues for the quarter ended July 3 were $233.4 million, an increase of 8.4% over the year-ago period.

    Same-store sales jumped 9.4%.

    According to the company, sales benefitted from warmer weather in the northeast. However, “in the southeast, we have been starting to feel the effects of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as boating activities are increasingly restricted,” said Geoff Eisenberg, CEO.

  • Hudson’s Bay selects TradeStone for merchandise lifecycle management software (Technology)
    Fri, 07/16/2010 - 2:56pm

    TradeStone Software said Thursday that Hudson’s Bay Trading Co. has selected the company’s Merchandise Lifecycle Management solutions to unify the retailer’s design, sourcing, ordering and delivery of private-label and branded goods.

    Hudson’s Bay Trading Co., parent company of Lord & Taylor and its namesake Canadian chain Hudson’s Bay Co., which operates more than 600 retail locations across its banners the Bay, Zellers, Home Outfitters and Fields.

  • American Eagle to debut kids concept store at Cherry Hill Mall (News, Real Estate)
    Fri, 07/16/2010 - 11:13am

    American Eagle Outfitters Inc. said Thursday it will premier one of its first seven children’s apparel concept stores, 77kids, at Cherry Hill Mall this summer.

  • Survey: Back-to-school sales may soar 16% (News, Finance)
    Thu, 07/15/2010 - 3:25pm

    WASHINGTON — According to the National Retail Federation's 2010 Consumer Intentions and Actions Back to School survey, released on Thursday, the average American family will spend $606.40 on clothes, shoes, supplies and electronics, compared with $548.72 last year, and close to the $594.24 in 2008.

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