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June 18, 2013
Ikea to more-than-double solar array atop Denver-area store

Ikea said it plans to increase the solar array atop its two-year-old Centennial, Colo. store, with panel installation slated to begin in July.

June 4, 2013
Build-A-Bear Workshop names former Stride Rite exec as new CEO

Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. has appointed Sharon Price John, 49, as CEO, effective immediately.

May 20, 2013
Rite Aid appoints Bodaken to board of directors

Bruce G. Bodaken, former chairman, president and CEO of Blue Shield California, been named to the Rite Aid Corporation board of directors.

May 13, 2013
Toys ‘R’ Us names interim CEO

Toys "R" Us has appointed Antonio Urcelay, 61, the head of its European operations, as interim CEO, according to a filing the retailer made on Monday with the Securities and Exchange commission, The Record reported.

May 10, 2013
Dunkin’ Brands shuffles board

Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc., parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin Robbins, has named current CEO Nigel Travis, 63, as chairman of the board of directors.

May 7, 2013
Hointer Is High-Tech, High-Feel

Robotics and smartphone app power Amazon vet's retail start-up

A Seattle-based retail start-up with an in-store backend robotic system and a smartphone app that rivals the convenience of an online shopping cart is generating big buzz these days. Founded and headed up by Nadia Shouraboura, former head of supply chain and fulfillment technologies for Amazon.com, Hointer combines the best of online and brick-and-mortar retailing to take the hassle out of shopping.

May 7, 2013
Real Estate's 10 Under 40

In an era where brick-and-mortar retailers face increasing challenges from the Internet and a still slow recovery, they must rely on their real estate staff — particularly those under the age of 40 — more than ever before. These professionals, who bridge the "tried-and-true" methods of their mentors and the technology-driven next generation, are creating the stores, the shopping centers, the streets of today and tomorrow.

May 7, 2013
Report: Wal-Mart has sights set on two internal candidates in CEO succession

Wal-Mart Stores has identified two internal candidates to succeed CEO Mike Duke, Bloomberg News reported.

May 7, 2013
Worth Watching

Here are several pure-play online retailers that are venturing into the physical space — or thinking about making the leap:

• Rent the Runway, which rents high-end designer gowns, dresses and accessories to women for weddings and other special events, will use a recent infusion of $24.4 million in financing to build showrooms where shoppers can try on the frocks and consult with stylists. The popular online destination reportedly has Chicago next on its agenda.

April 30, 2013
Big Lots names Campisi CEO

Discount retailer Big Lots has named David Campisi, 57, as CEO and president of Big Lots, effective May 6.

April 30, 2013
Don’t Count Out Direct Mail: Five Ways to Boost ROI

By Michael W. Maynard, 89 Degrees

April 26, 2013
Ex-Aeropostale executive found guilty on all 16 counts

Christopher Finazzo, 57, who was an executive VP and chief merchandising officer at Aeropostale, was found guilty on Thursday of 14 counts of mail fraud, one count of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy.

April 25, 2013
Aaron’s names COO

Aaron's said that David L. Buck has been named COO. Ken Butler, age 60, will be retiring as COO after a 39-year career at Aaron's effective May 1.

March 15, 2013
Safeway names new EVP retail ops

Safeway Inc. said that Bruce Everette, 61, is retiring as EVP retail operations after a 44-year career at Safeway.

February 13, 2013
Toys “R” Us CEO stepping down

The search is on for a new chief executive of Toys “R” Us with the announcement that Gerald L. Storch is stepping down as CEO of the company.

December 27, 2012
Retail’s Power Players

Some are merchants, with long careers in brick-and-mortar stores. Others are tech trailblazers, using new media to match merchandise and buyers. Others are influencing retail in less direct, but no less significant, ways. All share an ability to create new opportunities and, in their own way, are looking to reinvent the shopping experience. And all wield a great deal of influence in today’s complex retail landscape.

December 14, 2012
Kroger promotes Lynn Gust to president of Fred Meyer

The Kroger Co. announced the promotion of Lynn Gust as president of the company's Fred Meyer Stores division. Gust, 59, has been senior VP operations since 2011.

November 27, 2012
Gordmans: Filling the Retail “Voids”

Jeff Gordman is following in the family tradition. As president, chairman and CEO of Gordmans, he leads a company whose roots go back nearly 100 years, to when his grandfather opened a store in downtown Omaha in 1915.

From that one store, the company evolved over the years, eventually expanding beyond Nebraska. It also added a discount division, Half Price Stores. By 1990 the company had 32 stores, equally divided between the two divisions.

June 7, 2012
Best Buy founder and chairman vacates board earlier than planned

Best Buy Co. said Thursday that its founder and chairman Richard Schulze is resigning from his position on the board, one he has held for more than 40 years.

April 11, 2012
J.C. Penney CFO to step down on Friday

J.C. Penney Co. said that CFO Michael Dastugue will depart the company, effective April 13.

March 2, 2012
J.C. Penney puts retail veteran in charge of new center core strategy

J.C. Penney Co. has named Laurie Beja Miller as executive VP The Square, a position in which she will lead the company’s efforts to execute its new center core strategy.

January 31, 2012
Apple taps head of U.K. retailer Dixons to replace Johnson

Apple Inc. has hired John Browett, CEO of Dixons Retail PLC, the United Kingdom’s largest consumer-electronics retailer, to lead its retail store division.

January 30, 2012
Carrefour selects retail veteran as new CEO

Carrefour, the second largest retailer in the world after Wal-Mart Stores, has selected French retailing veteran Georges Plassat, 62, as its next CEO and chairman.

January 25, 2012
SuperValu appoints marketing exec

SuperValu Inc. said it has named Michael Moore as executive VP and chief marketing officer.

January 20, 2012
Wal-Mart names Rosalind Brewer CEO of Sam’s Club; first female CEO in company history

Wal-Mart Stores announced a series of management changes that include an unexpected change in leadership at Sam’s Club, and a new chief information officer.

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